1 Corinthians 15:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;

I declare

Galatians 1:6

Which also

Ye stand

Romans 5:2

2 Corinthians 1:24

1 Peter 5:12

Bible References

I declare

For I repeated to you the all-important fact which also I had been taught, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures;

while we proclaim a Christ who has been crucified--to the Jews a stumbling-block, to Gentiles foolishness,

For I determined to be utterly ignorant, when among you, of everything except of Jesus Christ, and of Him as having been crucified.

But, Sabbath after Sabbath, he preached in the synagogue and tried to win over both Jews and Greeks.

I marvel that you are so readily leaving Him who called you by the grace of Christ, and are adhering to a different Good News.

Which also

I thank my God continually on your behalf for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus--

In the same way those who receive the seed on the rocky places are those who, when they have heard the Message, at once accept it joyfully,

He who sets me at naught and does not receive my teachings is not left without a judge: the Message which I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

Those, therefore, who joyfully welcomed his Message were baptized; and on that one day about three thousand persons were added to them;

Now the Apostles, and the brethren in various parts of Judaea, heard that the Gentiles also had received God's Message;

And you followed the pattern set you by us and by the Master, after you had received the Message amid severe persecution, and yet with the joy which the Holy Spirit gives,

And for this further reason we render unceasing thanks to God, that when you received God's Message from our lips, it was as no mere message from men that you embraced it, but as--what it really is--God's Message, which also does its work in the hearts of you who believe.

Moreover, brethren, as you learnt from our lips the lives which you ought to live, and do live, so as to please God, we beg and exhort you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live them more and more truly.

But, by the authority of the Lord, we command you, brethren, to stand aloof from every brother whose life is disorderly and not in accordance with the teaching which all received from us.

Ye stand

through whom also, as the result of faith, we have obtained an introduction into that state of favour with God in which we stand, and we exult in hope of some day sharing in God's glory.

Not that we want to lord it over you in respect of your faith--we do, however, desire to help your joy--for in the matter of your faith you are standing firm.

I send this short letter by Silas, our faithful brother--for such I regard him--in order to encourage you, and to bear witness that what I have told you is the true grace of God. In it stand fast.