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1 Corinthians 15:1

Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand,
1 Corinthians 15:1 · New King James Version
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  • WEB Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,
  • KJV Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
  • BSB Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, and in which you stand firm.
  • NASB Now I make known to you, brothers and sisters, the gospel which I preached to you, which you also received, in which you also stand,
  • NLT Let me now remind you, dear brothers and sisters, of the Good News I preached to you before. You welcomed it then, and you still stand firm in it.

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Paul reminds the Corinthians of the gospel he preached, which they received and in which they stand. It matters because the resurrection he is about to defend is part of that saving message.

Overview

Opening the great resurrection chapter, Paul recalls the Good News as the foundation of their faith. This gospel was not invented but proclaimed, received, and now the ground on which they stand secure. By grounding everything in the gospel, Paul prepares to show that denying the resurrection undermines the very message that saved them in Christ.

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Cross-references · 19

  • Gal 1:6–12I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different “good news”;
  • 1 Pet 5:12Through Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.
  • 2 Cor 1:24Not that we control your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.
  • 1 Cor 1:23–24but we preach Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,
  • 1 Th 2:13For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.
  • 1 Th 4:1Finally 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 1:6You became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,
  • 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 15:3–11For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
  • John 12:48He who rejects me, and doesn’t receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke, the same will judge him in the last day.
  • Rom 5:2through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
  • Acts 11:1Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
  • Acts 18:4–5He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
  • Mark 4:16–20These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.
  • 1 Cor 2:2–7For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
  • Acts 2:41Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.
  • Rom 2:16in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Cor 1:4–8I always thank my God concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;
  • 1 Cor 3:6I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.

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Christ at the center

Christ crucified is the wisdom and power of God; he is our Passover sacrificed for us, the firstfruits of resurrection, the foundation on which everything is built.

How 1 Corinthians 15:1 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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