1 Corinthians

1611 King James Version (KJV)

1 Corinthians 15:15

“Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we haue testified of God, that he raised vp Christ: whom hee raised not vp, if so bee that the dead rise not.”

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Other Translations for 1 Corinthians 15:15

Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
- King James Version

Moreover we are even found {to be} false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Yea, we are found false witnesses of God; because we witnessed of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead are not raised.
- American Standard Version (1901)

Yes, and we are seen to be false witnesses of God; because we gave witness of God that by his power Christ came again from the dead: which is not true if there is no coming back from the dead.
- Basic English Bible

And we are found also false witnesses of God; for we have witnessed concerning God that he raised the Christ, whom he has not raised if indeed [those that are] dead are not raised.
- Darby Bible

And indeed we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified concerning God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not, if in truth the dead rise not.
- Webster's Bible

Nay more, we are actually being discovered to be bearing false witness about God, because we have testified that God raised Christ to life, whom He did not raise, if in reality none of the dead are raised.
- Weymouth Bible

Yes, we are found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he didn't raise up, if it is so that the dead are not raised.
- World English Bible

And we ben foundun false witnessis of God, for we han seid witnessyng ayens God, that he reiside Crist, whom he reiside not, if deed men risen not ayen.
- Wycliffe Bible

and we also are found false witnesses of God, because we did testify of God that He raised up the Christ, whom He did not raise if then dead persons do not rise;
- Youngs Literal Bible

Commentary for 1 Corinthians 15:15

Wesley's Notes for 1 Corinthians 15:15

15:15 If the dead rise not - If the very notion of a resurrection be, as they say, absurd and impossible.


People's Bible Notes for 1 Corinthians 15:15


1Co 15:15 We are found false witnesses of God. In that case we have declared that God did what he never did do.

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