Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
Parallel translations
- WEB Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.
- BSB Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.
- NKJV Now I praise you, brethren, that you remember me in all things and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you.
- NASB Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I handed them down to you.
- NLT I am so glad that you always keep me in your thoughts, and that you are following the teachings I passed on to you.
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Paul commends the Corinthians for remembering him and holding to the traditions he delivered. Faithful transmission of apostolic teaching is praiseworthy.
Overview
Before correcting their worship practices, Paul affirms what is good: they have retained the teachings he passed on. 'Traditions' here refers to authoritative apostolic instruction, not mere human custom. This commendation sets a gracious tone and underscores the importance of preserving the doctrine and practice received from the apostles, which carries Christ's own authority.
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- 2 Th 2:15Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
- Prov 31:28–31Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
- 1 Cor 4:17For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
- 2 Th 3:6Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
- 1 Cor 11:22What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
- 1 Cor 11:17Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
- 1 Cor 15:2By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
- Luke 1:6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
- 1 Th 4:1–2Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
- 1 Th 3:6But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:
- 1 Cor 7:17But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.
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