14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.

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14 And if Christ has not been raised,(A) our preaching is useless and so is your faith.

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

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

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14 For (A)since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him (B)those who have fallen asleep.

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14 For we believe that Jesus died and rose again,(A) and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.(B)

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20 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?

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20 You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless[a]?(A)

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Footnotes

  1. James 2:20 Some early manuscripts dead

31 because he has fixed (A)a day on which (B)he will judge the world (C)in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and (D)of this he has given assurance to all (E)by raising him from the dead.”

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31 For he has set a day when he will judge(A) the world with justice(B) by the man he has appointed.(C) He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”(D)

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in vain do they worship me,
    teaching as (A)doctrines the commandments of men.’”

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They worship me in vain;
    their teachings are merely human rules.(A)[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 15:9 Isaiah 29:13

I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those (A)who seemed influential) the gospel that (B)I proclaim among the Gentiles, (C)in order to make sure I was not running or had not (D)run in vain.

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I went in response to a revelation(A) and, meeting privately with those esteemed as leaders, I presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles.(B) I wanted to be sure I was not running and had not been running my race(C) in vain.

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and by which (A)you are being saved, if you (B)hold fast to the word I preached to you—(C)unless you believed in vain.

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By this gospel you are saved,(A) if you hold firmly(B) to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

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(A)But I said, “I have labored in vain;
    I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;
yet surely my right is with the Lord,
    and my recompense with my God.”

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But I said, “I have labored in vain;(A)
    I have spent my strength for nothing at all.
Yet what is due me is in the Lord’s hand,(B)
    and my reward(C) is with my God.”(D)

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26 If anyone thinks he is religious (A)and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's (B)religion is worthless.

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26 Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues(A) deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.

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13 All in vain have I (A)kept my heart clean
    and (B)washed my hands in innocence.

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13 Surely in vain(A) I have kept my heart pure
    and have washed my hands in innocence.(B)

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Then he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground.

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Then he sent out a dove(A) to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground.

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