1 Corinthians 15:2

1 Corinthians 15:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
• New International Version (NIV)By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
• New King James Version (NKJV)by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

Context of 1 Corinthians 15:2

1My Christian friends, I want you to remember the good news that I taught to you. You received it from me and you continue to believe it as a true message. Because of the message that I spoke to you, God will save you. He will save you if you continue to trust that same good news. If you do not, you have believed it for nothing. 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. 4People buried his dead body. On the third day after that God raised him up to live again. The Bible already spoke about that too.

1 Corinthians 15:2 word by word

δι᾽ οὗ καὶ σῴζεσθε, τίνι λόγῳ εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν εἰ κατέχετε, ἐκτὸς εἰ μὴ εἰκῇ ἐπιστεύσατε.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• ye are savedσῴζωsōzō · to saveG4982
• ifεἰei · ifG1487
• ye keep in memoryκατέχωkatechō · to hold back/fastG2722
• whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• ·λόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• I preachedεὐαγγελίζομαιeuaggelizō · to speak good newsG2097
• unto youσύsu · youG4771
• unlessἐκτόςektos · outside/exceptG1622
• ·μήmē · notG3361
• ye have believedπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
• in vainεἰκῇeikē · in vainG1500

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 15:2

• 1 Corinthians 1:18Some people think that the message about Christ's death on the cross is silly. Those people are destroying themselves. But it is different for us, the people that God is saving. The message about the cross shows us God's power to save us.
• Acts 2:47All the time, they praised God. All the other people thought that the believers were good people. Every day, the Lord saved more people so that the group of believers grew bigger.
• Romans 1:16I am not ashamed to tell people the good news. God uses that good news to show his great power. He uses it to save all people who believe in Jesus Christ. First, God saves all Jews who are believers. And he also saves all Gentiles who are believers.
• 2 Corinthians 2:15When we tell people about Christ, we are like a lovely smell that rises up to God. We are like that among the people that God is saving. We are also like that among the people who are dying because they are far from God.
• Ephesians 2:8When you believed in Jesus, God saved you because he is very kind. You could not save yourselves, but that is God's gift to you.
• 2 Timothy 1:9God is the one who has saved us. He has chosen us to serve him with good, clean lives. He did not save us because of any good things that we have done. He chose to do it because he is very kind. He decided to do that before time began, because of what Christ Jesus would do for us.
• 1 Corinthians 15:11So 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.
• Proverbs 3:1My child, do not forget what I teach you. Always think carefully about my commands.
• Proverbs 4:13Keep hold of my teaching. Do not forget it. Keep it safe because it will give you a good life.
• Proverbs 6:20My child, obey your father's commands. Do not forget what your mother has taught you.
• Proverbs 23:23Truth, wisdom, good teaching and knowledge are valuable things. Buy them for yourself. Do not sell them.
• Colossians 1:23But you must continue to believe God's true message. Do not turn away from it. Continue to trust God, as you did when you first heard the good news. People have told this good news to everyone all over the world. And God has chosen me, Paul, as his servant to tell this good news.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:15Because of that, our Christian friends, you must continue to trust Christ. Continue to believe the true things that we taught you. Those are the things that we told you when we were with you. We also wrote about them in our letter to you.
• Hebrews 2:1So we must be very careful. We must continue to remember the message that we have heard about God's Son. Then we will not go in the wrong direction, and turn away from God.
• Hebrews 3:6But Christ serves in God's house as a son, not as a servant. He is the leader of God's people today. And we are God's people. We belong to his house if we continue to believe in Christ. We must be brave. We must continue to show people clearly that we trust God. He will do what he has promised to do.
• Hebrews 4:14Jesus, the Son of God, helps us as God's most important priest. He is our great priest who has gone up into heaven. We say that we believe in him. So we must continue to show people that we trust him.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2By which also ye are saved - That is, ye are now in a salvable state; and are saved from your Gentilism, and from your former sins. If ye keep in memory - Your future salvation, or being brought finally to glory, will now depend on your faithfulness to the grace that ye have received.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2By which also ye are saved - On which your salvation depends; the belief of which is indispensable to your salvation; see the note on Mark 16:16. The apostle thus shows the “importance” of the doctrine. In every respect it demanded their attention. It was that which was first preached among them; that which they had solemnly professed; that by which they had been built up; and that which was connected with their salvation. It does not mean simply that by…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2If you hold firmly to the word I preached to you: Those who stay strong in their faith will find salvation (see Matthew 10:22; 24:13; John 15:6; Galatians 5:4; Colossians 1:23; Hebrews 6:4–6; contrast with 1 Corinthians 1:8; Romans 8:38–39; Philippians 1:6; Hebrews 6:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. ye are saved--rather, "ye are being saved." if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you--Able critics, Bengel and others, prefer connecting the words thus, "I declare unto you the Gospel (1Co 15:1) in what words I preached it unto you." Paul reminds them, or rather makes known to them, as if anew, not only the fact of the Gospel, but also with what words, and by what arguments, he preached it to them. Translate in that case, "if ye hold it fast." I…Read the comment

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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