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1 Corinthians 15:17 (WEB)
If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.

Fathers and councils · 6

John Damascene, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.27Book IV
“And if Christ be not raised, our faith is vain: we are yet in our sins.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 16, 17.
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Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 14
“If the Cross is fancy, the Resurrection is fancy also; but if Christ be not risen, we are yet in our sins.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 17.
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Theodoret of Cyrus, Dialogues (Eranistes) §4
“But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen, and if Christ he not risen…your faith is vain, you are yet in your sins.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 12, 13, 17
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Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit Chapter 10
“…who is confessing Christ and denying God, that Christ will profit him nothing; to every man that calls upon God but rejects the Son, that his faith is vain; to every man that sets aside the Spirit, that his faith in the Father and the Son will be useless, for he cannot even hold it without the presence of the…” — editor's note: cf. 1 Cor. xv. 17.
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Tertullian, On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 48
“For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain, because ye are yet in your sins, and they which have fallen asleep in Christ are perished.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 12–18.
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Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion III.7Book III
“Christ’s death, wherein lies the whole weight and fruit of the Christian name, is denied although the apostle asserts it so expressly as undoubtedly real, making it the very foundation of the gospel, of our salvation and of his own preaching.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 3, 4, 14, 17, 18.
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