1 Corinthians 15:3

Amplified Bible

For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to [that which] the Scriptures [foretold],

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
I gave you the message that I received. I told you the most important truths: that Christ died for our sins, as the Scriptures say;

Revised Standard Version
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For fyrst of all I delivered vnto you that which I receaved: how that Christ dyed for oure synnes agreinge to the scriptures:

Hebrew Names Version
For I delivered to you first of all that which also I received: that Messiah died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

International Standard Version
For I passed on to you the most important points ofto you as matters of great importance">[fn] what I received: Christ died for our sins in keeping with the Scriptures,Psalm 22:15; Isaiah 53:5-6; Daniel 9:26; Zechariah 13:7; Luke 24:26,46; Acts 3:18; 26:23; Luke 24:26,46, 1 Corinthians 11:2,23; Galatians 1:12; 1 Peter 1:11; 2:24;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
For I handed down to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

New Century Version
I passed on to you what I received, of which this was most important: that Christ died for our sins, as the Scriptures say;

Update Bible Version
For I delivered to you first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

Webster's Bible Translation
For I delivered to you first of all, that which I also received, that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures;

English Standard Version
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,

World English Bible
For I delivered to you first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For I delivered to you first, that which I also received, That Christ died for our sins,

Weymouth's New Testament
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;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For Y bitook to you at the bigynnyng that thing which also Y haue resseyued; that Crist was deed for oure synnes, bi the scripturis;

English Revised Version
For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

Berean Standard Bible
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

Contemporary English Version
I told you the most important part of the message exactly as it was told to me. That part is: Christ died for our sins, as the Scriptures say.

American Standard Version
For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

Bible in Basic English
For I gave to you first of all what was handed down to me, how Christ underwent death for our sins, as it says in the Writings;

Complete Jewish Bible
For among the first things I passed on to you was what I also received, namely this: the Messiah died for our sins, in accordance with what the Tanakh says;

Darby Translation
For I delivered to you, in the first place, what also I had received, that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures;

Etheridge Translation
For I delivered to you from the first, according as I had received: That the Meshiha died for our sins, as it is written;

Murdock Translation
For I delivered to you from the first, as I had received it; that the Messiah died on account of our sins, as it is written:

King James Version (1611)
For I deliuered vnto you first of all, that which I also receiued, how that Christ died for our sinnes according to the Scriptures:

New Living Translation
I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said.

New Life Bible
First of all, I taught you what I had received. It was this: Christ died for our sins as the Holy Writings said He would.

New Revised Standard
For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures,

Geneva Bible (1587)
For first of all, I deliuered vnto you that which I receiued, how that Christ died for our sinnes, according to the Scriptures,

George Lamsa Translation
For I delivered to you first of all that which I had also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For I delivered unto you, among the first things, what also I received: - how that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures,

Douay-Rheims Bible
For I delivered unto you first of all, which I also received: how that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For first of all I deliuered vnto you, that which I receaued: howe that Christe dyed for our sinnes, agreeyng to the scriptures:

Good News Translation
I passed on to you what I received, which is of the greatest importance: that Christ died for our sins, as written in the Scriptures;

Christian Standard Bible®
For I passed on to you as most important what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

King James Version
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

Lexham English Bible
For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,

Literal Translation
For I delivered to you in the first place what I also received, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures,

Young's Literal Translation
for I delivered to you first, what also I did receive, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Writings,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For first of all I delyuered vnto you that which I also receaued, how that Christ dyed for oure synnes acordinge to the scriptures,

Mace New Testament (1729)
I acquainted you chiefly with what I received myself, that Christ died for our sins, as the scriptures foretold:

THE MESSAGE
The first thing I did was place before you what was placed so emphatically before me: that the Messiah died for our sins, exactly as Scripture tells it; that he was buried; that he was raised from death on the third day, again exactly as Scripture says; that he presented himself alive to Peter, then to his closest followers, and later to more than five hundred of his followers all at the same time, most of them still around (although a few have since died); that he then spent time with James and the rest of those he commissioned to represent him; and that he finally presented himself alive to me. It was fitting that I bring up the rear. I don't deserve to be included in that inner circle, as you well know, having spent all those early years trying my best to stamp God's church right out of existence.

New English Translation
For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received—that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,

New King James Version
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

Simplified Cowboy Version
I was given the truth and I've told it to you plain and straight. Christ died for our sins just like the Good Book said he would.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

Legacy Standard Bible
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

Contextual Overview

¹Now brothers and sisters, let me remind you [once again] of the good news [of salvation] which I preached to you, which you welcomed and accepted and on which you stand [by faith]. ²By this faith you are saved [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose], if you hold firmly to the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain [just superficially and without complete commitment]. ³For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to [that which] the Scriptures [foretold], ⁴and that He was buried, and that He was [bodily] raised on the third day according to [that which] the Scriptures [foretold], ⁵and that He appeared to Cephas (Peter), then to the Twelve. ⁶After that He appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, the majority of whom are still alive, but some have fallen asleep [in death]. ⁷Then He was seen by James, then by all the apostles, ⁸and last of all, as to one untimely (prematurely, traumatically) born, He appeared to me also. ⁹For I am the least [worthy] of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I [at one time] fiercely oppressed and violently persecuted the church of God. ¹⁰But by the [remarkable] grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not without effect. In fact, I worked harder than all of the apostles, though it was not I, but the grace of God [His unmerited favor and blessing which was] with me.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I delivered: 1 Corinthians 4:1, 1 Corinthians 4:2, 1 Corinthians 11:2, 1 Corinthians 11:23, Ezekiel 3:17, Matthew 20:18, Matthew 20:19, Mark 16:15, Mark 16:16, Luke 24:46, Luke 24:47, Galatians 1:12

Christ: Matthew 26:28, Romans 3:25, Romans 4:25, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Galatians 1:4, Galatians 3:13, Ephesians 1:7, Ephesians 5:2, Hebrews 10:11, Hebrews 10:12, 1 Peter 2:24, 1 Peter 3:18, 1 John 2:2, Revelation 1:5

according: Genesis 3:15, Psalms 22:1-31, Psalms 69:1-36, Isaiah 53:1-12, Daniel 9:24-26, Zechariah 13:7, Luke 24:26, Luke 24:27, Luke 24:46, Acts 3:18, Acts 26:22, Acts 26:23, 1 Peter 1:11, 1 Peter 2:24

Reciprocal: Exodus 34:32 - he gave Leviticus 8:4 - General Numbers 19:12 - third day Numbers 29:40 - General Deuteronomy 4:5 - General 2 Samuel 7:17 - General Psalms 22:15 - into the Psalms 40:7 - in the Isaiah 53:5 - But he was Isaiah 59:21 - my words Ezekiel 33:7 - thou shalt Matthew 16:21 - began Matthew 17:23 - the third Matthew 26:24 - Son of man goeth Mark 16:6 - he is risen Luke 12:1 - first Luke 18:33 - and the Luke 22:22 - truly Luke 24:44 - that all John 1:29 - which John 2:19 - I will Acts 10:40 - General Acts 17:3 - Christ Acts 17:18 - Jesus Acts 17:31 - in that Acts 18:28 - convinced Acts 20:20 - I kept Acts 22:14 - hear Acts 25:19 - which 1 Corinthians 5:7 - Christ 1 Corinthians 15:1 - I declare 1 Corinthians 15:11 - General 1 Thessalonians 5:10 - died 1 Timothy 2:1 - first 2 Timothy 3:15 - the holy

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you [abundantly], And make your name great (exalted, distinguished); And you shall be a blessing [a source of great good to others];

Genesis 13:16
"I will make your descendants [as numerous] as the dust of the earth, so that if a man could count the [grains of] dust of the earth, then your descendants could also be counted.

Genesis 14:14
When Abram heard that his nephew [Lot] had been captured, he armed and led out his trained men, born in his own house, [numbering] three hundred and eighteen, and went in pursuit as far [north] as Dan.

Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

Proverbs 29:21
He who pampers his slave from childhood Will find him to be a son in the end.

Proverbs 30:23
Under an unloved woman when she gets married, And under a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.

Ecclesiastes 2:7
I bought male and female slaves and had slaves born in my house. I also possessed herds and flocks larger than any who preceded me in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 12:1
You, O LORD are [uncompromisingly] righteous and consistently just when I plead my case with You; Yet let me discuss issues of justice with You: Why has the way of the wicked prospered? Why are those who deal in treachery (deceit) at ease and thriving?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For I delivered unto you first of all,.... Not only in the first place as to order; but among the chief and principal things, as the words will bear to be rendered, this was insisted on in his ministry; this was one he after relates, even a crucified Christ, or the doctrine of his dying for the sins of his people; and which he mentions to lead on to his resurrection; which he meant to improve, and does improve, in a very strong manner, in favour of the resurrection of the saints. This doctrine of a crucified Saviour, which he at first determined only to make known among them, and did make known, was what he fully and faithfully delivered to them, as he had received it:

that which also I received; not from men, but from Christ; for from him he had the doctrines of the Gospel, as well as the ordinances of it; and he delivered nothing to be believed and practised, but what he had received, and which ought to be the practice and conduct of every Gospel minister; whatever they have received they should deliver, and nothing else: and especially the following important doctrine,

how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; that is, of the Old Testament, the writings of Moses, and the prophets, according to Scripture promises, Scripture types, and Scripture prophecies; particularly Genesis 3:15 Daniel 9:24 which declare that his heel was to be bruised, that he should be brought to the dust of death, should pour out his soul unto death, and be stricken and cut off in a judicial way, and that for sins; not his own, but for the sins of his people, in order to atone for them, procure the pardon of them, take them away, make an end of them, and abolish them; all which he has done, as the Gospel declares, and the apostle affirms; and thereby was accomplished what Moses and the prophets did say should come to pass. Every promise, type, and prophecy recorded in the law, in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning his sufferings and death, had their fulfilment in him; nothing was more clearly prefigured and foretold, and nothing more punctually and fully answered.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For 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, note; Galatians 1:2, note. This is one instance in which he claims to be under the divine guidance, and to have received his doctrines from God.

How that Christ died for our sins - The Messiah, The Lord Jesus, died as an expiatory offering on account of our sins. They caused his death; for them he shed his blood; to make expiation for them, and to wipe them away, he expired on the cross. This passage is full proof that Christ did not die merely as a martyr, but that his death was to make atonement for sin. That he died as an atoning sacrifice, or as a vicarious offering, is here declared by Paul to be among the “first” things that he taught; and the grand fundamental truth on which the church at Corinth had been founded, and by which it had been established, and by which they would be saved. It follows that there can be no true church, and no wellfounded hope of salvation, where the doctrine is not held that Christ died for sin.

According to the Scriptures - The writings of the Old Testament; See the note at John 5:39. It is, of course, not certain to what parts of the Old Testament Paul here refers. He teaches simply that the doctrine is contained there that the Messiah would die for sin; and, in his preaching, he doubtless adduced and dwelt upon the particular places. Some of the places where this is taught are the following: Psalms 22:0; Isaiah 53:1-12; Daniel 9:26; Zechariah 12:10; compare Luke 24:26, Luke 24:46. See also Hengstenberg’s Christology of the Old Testament, vol. 1:pp. 187,216, translated by Keith.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Corinthians 15:3. For I delivered unto you first of all — εν προτοις. 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 ενπρωτοις; 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 Scriptures, in express terms, that Christ should rise on the third day; but it is fully implied in his types, as in the case of Jonah, who came out of the belly of the fish on the third day; but particularly in the case of Isaac, who was a very expressive type of Christ; for, as his being brought to the Mount Moriah, bound and laid on the wood, in order to be sacrificed, pointed out the death of Christ; so his being brought alive on the third day from the mount was a figure of Christ's resurrection. Bishop Pearce and others refer to Matthew 12:40; Matthew 16:21; and Luke 9:22; "which two Gospels, having been written at the time when Paul wrote this epistle, were properly called by the name of the Sacred Scriptures." It might be so; but I do not know of one proof in the New Testament where its writings, or any part of them, are called the Scriptures.