God’s Word Translation
1 Corinthians 15:11
11So, whether it was I or someone else, this is the message we brought you, and this is what you believed.
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
9I’m the least of the apostles. I’m not even fit to be called an apostle because I persecuted God’s church. 10But God’s kindness made me what I am, and that kindness was not wasted on me. Instead, I worked harder than all the others. It was not I who did it, but God’s kindness was with me. So, whether it was I or someone else, this is the message we brought you, and this is what you believed. 12If we have told you that Christ has been brought back to life, how can some of you say that coming back from the dead is impossible? 13If the dead can’t be brought back to life, then Christ hasn’t come back to life.
Read all of 1 Corinthians 151 Corinthians 15:11 word by word
εἴτε οὖν ἐγὼ εἴτε ἐκεῖνοι, οὕτως κηρύσσομεν καὶ οὕτως ἐπιστεύσατε.¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 15:11
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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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
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