1 Corinthians 15:3

1 Corinthians 15:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
• New International Version (NIV)For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
• English Standard Version (ESV)For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
• New King James Version (NKJV)For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

Context of 1 Corinthians 15:3

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. 2Because 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. I 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. 5After that, Christ appeared to Peter. Later, he appeared to his 12 disciples.

1 Corinthians 15:3 word by word

παρέδωκα γὰρ ὑμῖν ἐν πρώτοις ὃ καὶ παρέλαβον ὅτι Χριστὸς ἀπέθανεν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν κατὰ τὰς γραφὰςRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• I deliveredπαραδίδωμιparadidōmi · to deliverG3860
• unto youσύsu · youG4771
• ·ἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• first of allπρῶτοςprōtos · firstG4413
• that whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• Iπαραλαμβάνωparalambanō · to takeG3880
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• how thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• diedἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
• forὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
• ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• sinsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• sinsἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
• according toκατάkata · according toG2596
• the scripturesγραφήgraphē · a writingG1124

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 15:3

• 1 Corinthians 4:1This is how you should think about us, who are leaders in the church. We are Christ's servants. God has also given a special job to us. We must explain his message to people so that they understand it.
• 1 Corinthians 11:2I praise you, because you remember me and everything that I taught you. You continue to obey the message that I gave to you.
• Ezekiel 3:17‘Son of man, I have made you a guard to warn Israel's people about danger. You must listen to the messages that I will give to you. Then you must use my messages to warn the Israelites.
• Matthew 20:18‘Listen!’ he said to them. ‘We are going to Jerusalem. There, someone will deliver the Son of Man to the leaders of the priests and the teachers of God's Law. These Jewish leaders will decide that I must die.
• Mark 16:15Then Jesus said to them, ‘Go to all people everywhere in the world. Tell God's good news to everyone.
• Luke 24:46He told them, ‘This is what it says there: The Messiah had to die. Then, after three days, he had to rise up and become alive again.
• Galatians 1:12Nobody on earth gave it to me. Nobody taught it to me. No, it was Jesus Christ himself who showed it to me clearly.
• Matthew 26:28This is my blood that shows God's promise. When I die, my blood will pour out of my body. In that way God will forgive many people for the wrong things that they have done. That is the promise that God makes because of my death.
• Romans 3:25God showed everyone that Jesus Christ died on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins. God forgives us if we trust in Jesus and the blood of his sacrifice. God did this to show clearly that he is always right and fair. In past times, God was patient. He did not punish people who did wrong things.
• Romans 4:25God let people kill Jesus on the cross because of the wrong things that we have done. Then God raised Jesus from death, to show that he would accept us as right with him.
• 2 Corinthians 5:21Christ never did any wrong thing, but God punished him as if he had. He died as punishment for our sins. As a result, we become right with God when we belong to Christ. We become right, because he is right.
• Galatians 1:4Jesus offered himself as a sacrifice because of all the wrong things that we have done. He did that to save us from all the bad things of this world in which we live now. This is what God, our Father, wanted him to do.
• Galatians 3:13So God's Law shows that it is right for God to punish us. But Christ took that punishment away from us, because God punished him instead of us. It says in the Bible: ‘When people hang someone on a tree to kill him, it shows that God has cursed that person.’
• Ephesians 1:7When Christ died as a sacrifice on the cross, he paid the price to make us free. Because of Christ's death on our behalf, God has forgiven our sins. God is so very kind that he has done all this for us!
• Ephesians 5:2Show that you love other people. Remember how much Christ loved us. He gave himself as a sacrifice on our behalf. He offered himself in a way that pleased God, like a sacrifice with a lovely smell.
• Hebrews 10:11Every day, the priests do their work to serve God. They offer the same sacrifices to God again and again. But those sacrifices can never take away people's sins.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3For I delivered unto you first of all - · As the chief things, or matters of the greatest importance; fundamental truths. That which I - received - By revelations from God himself, and not from man. That Christ died for our sins - The death of Jesus Christ, as a vicarious sacrifice for sin, is ; among the things that are of chief importance, and is essential to the Gospel scheme of salvation. According to the Scriptures - It is not said any where in the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3For I delivered unto you - See the note at 1 Corinthians 11:23. “First of all.” Among the first doctrines which I preached. As the leading and primary doctrines of Christianity. That which I also received - Which had been communicated to me. Not doctrines of which I was the author, or which were to be regarded as my own. Paul here refers to the fact that he had received these doctrines from the Lord Jesus by inspiration; compare the 1 Corinthians 10:23…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The main message of the good news is that Christ died for our sins (see Romans 3:24–25; 5:8–10; Galatians 1:4; 1 Thessalonians 5:9–10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. I delivered unto you--A short creed, or summary of articles of faith, was probably even then existing; and a profession in accordance with it was required of candidates for baptism (Ac 8:37). first of all--literally, "among the foremost points" (He 6:2). The atonement is, in Paul's view, of primary importance. which I ... received--from Christ Himself by special revelation (compare 1Co 11:23). died for our sins--that is, to atone FOR them; for taking…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 15:3

• Atonement
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Suffering
• Word of God
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• Christ, Messiah
• Awake
• Corrupt
• Corruptible
• Die
• Differ
• Flesh
• Immortality
• Incorruption

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