| 14. Linguistic Exegesis The verse presents a conditional protasis with ei {εἰ | eí} “if,” linked by de {δὲ | dè} to the preceding argument, imagining the non-resurrection of Christos {Χριστὸς | Khris-tós} by negating the perfect passive egegertai {ἐγήγερται | egḗ-ger-tai}. The inferential particle ara {ἄρα | á-ra} introduces the apodosis. In the first clause of the apodosis, to kerygma hemon {τὸ κήρυγμα ἡμῶν | tó kḗ-ryg-ma hē-môn} is the subject with kenon {κενὸν | ke-nón} as predicate adjective, assessing the proclamation’s meaninglessness. The conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} parallels this in the second clause: he pistis hymon {ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν | hē pís-tis hy-môn} with kene {κενὴ | ke-nḗ} as its predicate adjective, forming a rhetorical parallelism that underscores how both preaching and faith collapse without Christ’s resurrection. |