Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I handed them down 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.
- KJV Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, 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.
- 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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Quick answer
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 2:15So then, brothers, stand firm, and hold the traditions which you were taught by us, whether by word, or by letter.
- Prov 31:28–31Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:
- 1 Cor 4:17Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.
- 2 Th 3:6Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.
- 1 Cor 11:22What, don’t you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God’s assembly, and put them to shame who don’t have? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I don’t praise you.
- 1 Cor 11:17But in giving you this command, I don’t praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse.
- 1 Cor 15:2by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you — unless you believed in vain.
- Luke 1:6They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
- 1 Th 4:1–2Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.
- 1 Th 3:6But when Timothy came just now to us from you, and brought us glad news of your faith and love, and that you have good memories of us always, longing to see us, even as we also long to see you;
- 1 Cor 7:17Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.
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