1 Corinthians 15:11

1 Corinthians 15:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
• New International Version (NIV)Whether, then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

Context of 1 Corinthians 15:11

9Among all the apostles, I am the least important. I caused so much trouble for God's church that people should not really call me an apostle. 10But God was very kind to me. He helped me to become a different person. And because God has been so kind to me, the result has been great. I have worked more than all the other apostles. But it was not really I myself who could do that work. No, I could do it because God was so kind to me. So then, all of us apostles teach the same good news about Christ. That is the message that you have believed. It does not matter which of us told it to you, whether it was me or someone else. 12We all speak this message: God raised Christ up after his death. But some of you say that dead people do not live again. 13Anyone who says that is wrong. If dead people do not live again, then Christ did not rise up after his death. He would still be dead.

1 Corinthians 15:11 word by word

εἴτε οὖν ἐγὼ εἴτε ἐκεῖνοι, οὕτως κηρύσσομεν καὶ οὕτως ἐπιστεύσατε.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• whetherεἴτεeite · whetherG1535
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• theyἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• we preachκηρύσσωkērussō · to preachG2784
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• ye believedπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 15:11

• 1 Corinthians 15:3I received the good news from Christ, and I told that message to you. I told you the most important things: Christ died as a sacrifice for our sins. The Bible already said how that would happen.
• 1 Corinthians 2:2While I was with you, I decided to teach you only about Jesus Christ. I taught you about his death on a cross. I wanted to forget everything else.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Whether it were I or they - All the apostles of Christ agree in the same doctrines; we all preach one and the same thing; and, as we preached, so ye believed; having received from us the true apostolical faith, that Jesus died for our sins, and rose again for our justification; and that his resurrection is the pledge and proof of ours. Whoever teaches contrary to this does not preach the true apostolic doctrine. Paul was the last of the primitive…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Therefore, whether it were I or they - I or the other apostles. It is comparatively immaterial by whom it was done. The establishment of the truth is the great matter; and the question by whom it is done is one of secondary importance. So we preach - So we all preach. We all defend the same great doctrines; we all insist on the fact that the Lord Jesus died and rose; and this doctrine you all have believed. This doctrine is confirmed by all who preach…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11The important thing is the message, not the people delivering it (compare1:10–12).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. whether it were I or they--(the apostles) who "labored more abundantly" (1Co 15:10) in preaching, such was the substance of our preaching, namely, the truths stated in 1Co 15:3, 4.Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Awake
• Corrupt
• Corruptible
• Die
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• Flesh
• Immortality
• Incorruption
• Least
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings