1 Corinthians 15:14 - No Resurrection = Faith in Vain

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This particular verse strikes me as to the centrality of ensuring genuine belief in our Lord’s resurrection. “And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain , and your faith is also vain.”

Did St. Paul or any of the Apostles make other similar statements regarding other Christological truths? For example, “And if Christ be not baptized,” or “And if Christ did not institute the Eucharist,” etc., then our faith is in vain.
 
Don’t know about the New Testament but when Praying the Liturgy of hours one of the usual Psalm prayer for None is this:

Psalm 126 (127)
Without the Lord, we labour in vain

The Lord will build the house for us; he will watch over our city.

If the Lord does not build the house,

its builders labour in vain.

If the Lord does not watch over a city,

its watchmen guard it in vain.

It is vain for you to rise before the dawn

and go late to your rest,

eating the bread of toil –

to those he loves, the Lord gives sleep.

The Lord bestows sons as an heirloom,

the fruit of the womb as a reward.

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior –

so are the sons of one’s youth.

Happy the man who fills his quiver thus:

when he disputes with his enemies at the gate,

he will not be the loser.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son

and to the Holy Spirit,

as it was in the beginning,

is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.

Amen.

The Lord will build the house for us; he will watch over our city.
 
The answer to your question seems to be No, there is no other saying of the same kind. “Vain,” in this verse, is a translation of the Greek adjective kenos, which literally means “empty.” The word occurs 18 times in the NT (link below) but as far as I can see, this verse, 1 Cor 15:14, is the only place in which it is used in a conditional sense, “if it’s not like this, then it’s empty/vain.”

https://biblehub.com/greek/strongs_2756.htm
 
Most of Paul’s writings are in response to specific issues faced by the varied churches or people addressed by Paul.
In Corinth, people were being told that Jesus really did not rise from the dead, just like many “sophisticated denominations” are teaching today - that resurrection is symbolic.

For the most part, all the Churches of the Church had no issue with knowing Jesus was risen literally. But here, in one case, Paul had to set the record straight, using his Apostolic Authority to enforce the Church Tradition of the whole Church, that Jesus was raised. He reminded them of the verbal preaching he had done there, and now in this letter was ordering them to remember his preaching only and to reject the theology of those who deny Apostolic Tradition of the Witnesses of the Resurrection.
Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.” Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God—.
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And if Christ has not been not been raised ,then our preaching is vain ,your faith is also vain

1 Corinthians 15:14

What this verse means -

If Christ didn’t rise again then the preaching of the apostles and people’s faith is pointless. Because if Christ didn’t rise from the dead it would mean Christ wasn’t the Messiah and the Son of God.

Jesus rose from the dead making Him the Son of God and Messiah.
 
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