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andδὲifεἰthe MessiahΧριστὸςhas notοὐκbeen raised,ἐγήγερταιyour faithἡ πίστις ὑμῶνisfutile;ματαίαyou areἐστὲstillἔτιinἐνyour sins.ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ὑμῶν
1 Corinthians 15:17
Study it in the app“and if the Messiah has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.”
Paul: if the Messiah has not been raised, our faith is emptyThe Resurrection
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 15:17, word by word
- the MessiahΧριστὸςChristos
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christos” appears- been raisedἐγήγερταιegēgertai
raise
To come back to life after death.
Where else “egēgertai” appears- your faithπίστιςpistis
trust
Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pistis” appears- futileματαίαmataia
worthless, futile
Vain, futile, worthless.
Where else “mataia” appears- you areἐστὲeste
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “este” appears- your sinsἁμαρτίαιςhamartiais
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartiais” appears
The context
16For if the dead are not raised, not even the Messiah has been raised;
17 · This verse (above)
18Then also those who fell asleep in the Messiah perished.