And if Christ has not been raised, your faith doesn’t mean anything. Your sins have not been forgiven.

基督若没有复活，你们的信便是徒然，你们仍在罪里。

基督若没有复活，你们的信就是徒然，你们仍活在罪里。

基督若没有复活，你们的信就是徒然，你们仍活在罪里。

如果基督没有复活，你们的信仰就是虚空，你们依旧沉沦在罪中，

基督若没有复活，你们的信就是徒然，你们仍在你们的罪里。

如果基督没有复活，你们的信仰就是虚妄的，你们也仍然在自己的罪孽中；

基督若沒有復活，你們的信便是徒然，你們仍在罪裏。

基督若沒有復活，你們的信就是徒然，你們仍活在罪裏。

基督若沒有復活，你們的信就是徒然，你們仍活在罪裏。

如果基督沒有復活，你們的信仰就是虛空，你們依舊沉淪在罪中，

基督若沒有復活，你們的信就是徒然，你們仍在你們的罪裡。

基督如果沒有得甦活起來，那你們的信便是徒然，你們就仍然在你們的罪中了。

如果基督沒有復活，你們的信仰就是虛妄的，你們也仍然在自己的罪孽中；

基督未起、則爾之信徒然、而爾仍在罪中矣、

基督不甦、則爾為徒信、而罪依然在矣、

若基督未復活、則爾之信徒然、爾仍在罪中、

基督未復活、則爾所信、實為徒然、爾至今且仍在罪中、

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.

And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is useless and you are still guilty of your sins.

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.

and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.

And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins!

and if Christ hath not been raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.

And if Christ be not raised, your faith[ is] vain; ye are yet in your sins.

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless; you are still in your sins.

If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.

Jesus was handed over to die for our sins. He was raised to life in order to make us right with God.

And if Christ has not been raised, what we preach doesn’t mean anything. Your faith doesn’t mean anything either.

Give praise to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In his great mercy he has given us a new birth and a living hope. This hope is living because Jesus Christ rose from the dead.

Because of what Christ has done, you believe in God. It was God who raised him from the dead. And it was God who gave him glory. So your faith and hope are in God.

It isn’t possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.So when Christ came into the world, he said,“ You didn’t want sacrifices and offerings. Instead, you prepared a body for me.You weren’t pleased with burnt offerings and sin offerings.Then I said,‘ Here I am. It is written about me in the book. I have come to do what you want, my God.’ ”( Psalm 40:6–8)First Christ said,“ You didn’t want sacrifices and offerings. You didn’t want burnt offerings and sin offerings. You weren’t pleased with them.” He said this even though they were offered in keeping with the law.Then he said,“ Here I am. I have come to do what you want.” He did away with the shadow of the good things that were coming. He did it to put in place the good things themselves.We have been made holy by what God wanted. We have been made holy because Jesus Christ offered his body once and for all time.Day after day every priest stands and does his special duties. He offers the same sacrifices again and again. But they can never take away sins.Jesus our priest offered one sacrifice for sins for all time. Then he sat down at the right hand of God.

Once more Jesus said to them,“ I am going away. You will look for me, and you will die in your sin. You can’t come where I am going.”This made the Jews ask,“ Will he kill himself? Is that why he says,‘ You can’t come where I am going’?”But Jesus said,“ You are from below. I am from heaven. You are from this world. I am not from this world.I told you that you would die in your sins. This will happen if you don’t believe that I am he. If you don’t believe, you will certainly die in your sins.”

“ My friends, here is what I want you to know. I announce to you that your sins can be forgiven because of what Jesus has done.Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin. Moses’ law could not make you right in God’s eyes.

Who can bring any charge against God’s chosen ones? God makes us right with himself.Then who can sentence us to death? No one. Christ Jesus is at the right hand of God and is also praying for us. He died. More than that, he was raised to life.

Now Jesus is Prince and Savior. God has proved this by giving Jesus a place of honor with him. He did it to turn Israel away from their sins and forgive them.

Once we were God’s enemies. But we have been brought back to him because his Son has died for us. Now that God has brought us back, we are even more secure. We know that we will be saved because Christ lives.

There were many priests in Levi’s family line. Death kept them from continuing in office.But Jesus lives forever. So he always holds the office of priest.People now come to God through him. And he is able to save them completely and for all time. Jesus lives forever. He prays for them.A high priest like that really meets our need. He is holy, pure and without blame. He isn’t like other people. He does not sin. He is lifted high above the heavens.He isn’t like the other high priests. They need to offer sacrifices day after day. First they bring offerings for their own sins. Then they do it for the sins of the people. But Jesus gave one sacrifice for the sins of the people. He gave it once and for all time. He did it by offering himself.The law appoints as high priests men who are weak. But God’s promise came after the law. By his promise the Son was appointed. The Son has been made perfect forever.

Because you believed the good news, you are saved. But you must hold firmly to the message I preached to you. If you don’t, you have believed it for nothing.

In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be made“ clean” with blood. Without the spilling of blood, no one can be forgiven.So the copies of the heavenly things had to be made pure with these sacrifices. But the heavenly things themselves had to be made pure with better sacrifices.Christ did not enter a sacred tent made with human hands. That tent was only a copy of the true one. He entered heaven itself. He did it to stand in front of God for us. He is there right now.The high priest enters the Most Holy Room every year. He enters with blood that is not his own. But Christ did not enter heaven to offer himself again and again.If he had, he would have had to suffer many times since the world was created. But he has appeared once and for all time. He has come at the time when God’s work is being completed. He has come to do away with sin by offering himself.People have to die once. After that, God will judge them.In the same way, Christ was offered up once. He took away the sins of many people. He will also come a second time. At that time he will not suffer for sin. Instead, he will come to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

“ Son of man, speak to the Israelites. Tell them,‘ You are saying,“ Our sins and the wrong things we have done weigh us down. We are wasting away because we have sinned so much. So how can we live?” ’