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THE MESSAGE
1 Corinthians 15:2
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This good news I gave you is the only way you'll be saved, but you can't go lettin' your cinch get loose. You've got to stay pulled down to the message or all of this has been in vain.
by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.
by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I proclaimed to you as good news, unless you believed for nothing.
By which you have salvation; that is to say, the form in which it was given to you, if it is fixed in your minds, and if your faith in it is not without effect.
by which also ye are saved, (if ye hold fast the word which I announced to you as the glad tidings,) unless indeed ye have believed in vain.
You are also saved by it, if you hold to the message I proclaimed to you—unless you believed for no purpose.
by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you -- unless you believed in vain.
By which also ye are saved, if ye retain what I preached to you, unless ye have believed in vain.
through which also you are obtaining salvation, if you bear in mind the words in which I proclaimed it--unless indeed your faith has been unreal from the very first.
By which also yee are saued, if yee keepe in memorie what I preached vnto you, vnlesse yee haue beleeued in vaine.
by which you also are being kept safe, if you hold fast the Word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.
by the which also ye are saued) after what maner I preached it vnto you, yf ye haue kepte it, excepte ye haue beleued in vayne.
by which also you will be saved, if you so retain it as I preached it to you, unless you have believed without sufficient grounds.
By 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].
by which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the word which I preached unto you, except ye believed in vain.
by which you are saved, if you hold it fast--unless you believed in vain.
by which also ye are saved: I do you to wit after what maner I preached vnto you yf ye kepe it except ye have beleved in vayne.
by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, except you believed in vain.
By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached to you, unless ye have believed in vain.
through which also ye are being saved, in what words I proclaimed good news to you, if ye hold fast, except ye did believe in vain,
And you are being saved by it if you continue believing what I told you. If you do not, then you believed for nothing.
and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
You will be saved by this message, if you hold firmly to it. But if you don't, your faith was all for nothing.
and by which you are being saved — provided you keep holding fast to the message I proclaimed to you. For if you don't, your trust will have been in vain.
and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
And whereby ye are saued, if ye keepe in memorie, after what maner I preached it vnto you, except ye haue beleeued in vaine.
By which also you are saved if you keep in remembrance that very word which I have preached to you, and if your conversion has not been in vain.
by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you -- unless you believed in vain.
and by which you are also being saved if you hold firmly to the message I proclaimed to you - unless, of course, your faith was worthless.Romans 1:16; 1 Corinthians 1:21; Galatians 3:4;">[xr]
and by which you are saved; of which, the word I have preached to you, you are mindful, unless you have vainly believed.
and by which ye have life. In what terms I preached to you, ye remember; unless ye have believed in vain.
by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain.
It is this Good News that saves you if you continue to believe the message I told you—unless, of course, you believed something that was never true in the first place.
This is what I preached to you. You are saved from the punishment of sin by the Good News if you keep hold of it, unless your faith was worth nothing.
by which also ye are saved; [I make known, I say], in what words I preached it unto you, if ye hold it fast, except ye believed in vain.
through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you—unless you have come to believe in vain.
Through which also ye are being saved, - if ye hold fast, with what discourse, I announced the joyful message unto you; unless indeed, in vain, ye believed.
By which also you are saved, if you hold fast after what manner I preached unto you, unless you have believed in vain.
By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
by which you are also being saved, if you hold fast to the message I proclaimed to you, unless you believed to no purpose.
By the which also ye are saued, yf ye kepe in memorie after what maner I preached vnto you, except ye haue beleued in vayne.
That Good News, the message you heard from me, is God's way to save you. But you must continue believing it. If you don't, you believed for nothing.
by which you also are saved, if you hold firmly to the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.
That is the gospel, the message that I preached to you. You are saved by the gospel if you hold firmly to it—unless it was for nothing that you believed.
also bi which ye schulen be sauyd; `bi which resoun Y haue prechid to you, if ye holden, `if ye han not bileuyd ideli.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
ye are: 1 Corinthians 1:18, 1 Corinthians 1:21, Acts 2:47,*Gr: Romans 1:16, 2 Corinthians 2:15, Ephesians 2:8, 2 Timothy 1:9
keep in memory: or, hold fast, 1 Corinthians 15:11, 1 Corinthians 15:12, Proverbs 3:1, Proverbs 4:13, Proverbs 6:20-23, Proverbs 23:23, Colossians 1:23, 2 Thessalonians 2:15, Hebrews 2:1, Hebrews 3:6, Hebrews 3:14, Hebrews 4:14, Hebrews 10:23
what I preached: Gr. by what speech I preached
unless: 1 Corinthians 15:14, Psalms 106:12, Psalms 106:13, Luke 8:13, John 8:31, John 8:32, Acts 8:13, 2 Corinthians 6:1, Galatians 3:4, James 2:14, James 2:17, James 2:26
Reciprocal: Matthew 15:9 - in Romans 11:22 - if thou 1 Corinthians 11:2 - that 1 Corinthians 15:10 - his grace 1 Corinthians 15:17 - your 1 Corinthians 16:13 - stand Galatians 2:21 - Christ 1 Thessalonians 2:1 - in vain James 1:21 - which James 1:26 - this
Cross-References
After all these things, this word of God came to Abram in a vision: "Don't be afraid, Abram. I'm your shield. Your reward will be grand!"
Abram said, " God , Master, what use are your gifts as long as I'm childless and Eliezer of Damascus is going to inherit everything?" Abram continued, "See, you've given me no children, and now a mere house servant is going to get it all."
Then God 's Message came: "Don't worry, he won't be your heir; a son from your body will be your heir."
And he believed! Believed God ! God declared him "Set-Right-with-God."
Abraham spoke to the senior servant in his household, the one in charge of everything he had, "Put your hand under my thigh and swear by God —God of Heaven, God of Earth—that you will not get a wife for my son from among the young women of the Canaanites here, but will go to the land of my birth and get a wife for my son Isaac."
The servant took ten of his master's camels and, loaded with gifts from his master, traveled to Aram Naharaim and the city of Nahor. Outside the city, he made the camels kneel at a well. It was evening, the time when the women came to draw water. He prayed, "O God , God of my master Abraham, make things go smoothly this day; treat my master Abraham well! As I stand here by the spring while the young women of the town come out to get water, let the girl to whom I say, ‘Lower your jug and give me a drink,' and who answers, ‘Drink, and let me also water your camels'—let her be the woman you have picked out for your servant Isaac. Then I'll know that you're working graciously behind the scenes for my master."
Isaac prayed hard to God for his wife because she was barren. God answered his prayer and Rebekah became pregnant. But the children tumbled and kicked inside her so much that she said, "If this is the way it's going to be, why go on living?" She went to God to find out what was going on. God told her, Two nations are in your womb, two peoples butting heads while still in your body. One people will overpower the other, and the older will serve the younger.
So they went up to Joseph's house steward and talked to him in the doorway. They said, "Listen, master. We came down here one other time to buy food. On our way home, the first night out we opened our bags and found our money at the mouth of the bag—the exact amount we'd paid. We've brought it all back and have plenty more to buy more food with. We have no idea who put the money in our bags."
Joseph ordered his house steward: "Fill the men's bags with food—all they can carry—and replace each one's money at the top of the bag. Then put my chalice, my silver chalice, in the top of the bag of the youngest, along with the money for his food." He did as Joseph ordered.
Don't you see that children are God 's best gift? the fruit of the womb his generous legacy? Like a warrior's fistful of arrows are the children of a vigorous youth. Oh, how blessed are you parents, with your quivers full of children! Your enemies don't stand a chance against you; you'll sweep them right off your doorstep.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
By which also ye are saved,.... It was the means of their salvation, and had been made the power of God unto salvation to them. Salvation is inseparably connected with true faith in Christ as a Saviour, and with a hearty belief of his resurrection from the dead, which is the earnest and pledge of the resurrection of the saints; and because of the certainty of it in the promise of God, through the obedience and death of Christ, and in the faith and hope of believers, which are sure and certain things, they are said to be saved already. To which the apostle puts in the following provisos and exceptions; the one is,
if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you; or rather, "if ye hold fast, or retain"; that is, by faith, the doctrine preached to you, and received by you, particularly the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead; for the salvation that is connected with it does not depend upon the strength of the memory, but upon the truth and steadfastness of faith: it is the man that perseveres in the faith and doctrine of Christ that shall be saved; and everyone that has truly believed in Christ, and cordially embraced his Gospel, shall hold on, and out to the end; though the faith of nominal believers may be overthrown by such men, as Hymenaeus and Philetus, who asserted, that the resurrection was past already; but so shall not the faith of real believers, because the foundation on which they are built stands sure, and the Lord has perfect knowledge of them, and will keep and save them. The other exception is,
unless ye have believed in vain: not that true faith can be in vain; for that is the faith of God's elect, the gift of his grace, the operation of his Spirit; Christ is the author and finisher of it, and will never suffer it to fail; it will certainly issue in everlasting salvation: but then as the word may be heard in vain, as it is by such who are compared to the wayside, and to the thorny and rocky ground; and as the Gospel of the grace of God may be received in vain; so a mere historical faith may be in vain; this a man may have, and not the grace of God, and so be nothing; with this he may believe for a while, and then drop it: and since each of these might possibly be the case of some in this church, the apostle puts in these exceptions, in order to awaken the attention of them all to this important doctrine he was reminding them of.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
By 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 âimportanceâ 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 this they were brought into a salvable state (Clarke, Macknight, Whitby, Bloomfield, etc.), but it means that their hopes of eternal life rested on this; and by this they were then âin factâ saved from the condemnation of sin, and were in the possession of the hope of eternal life.
If ye keep in memory - Margin, as in the Greek, âif ye hold fast.â The idea is, that they were saved by this, or would be, if they faithfully retained or held the doctrine as he delivered it; if they observed it, and still believed it, notwithstanding all the efforts of their enemies, and all the arts of false teaching to wrest it from them. There is a doubt delicately suggested here, whether they did in fact still adhere to his doctrine, or whether they had not abandoned it in part for the opposite.
Unless ye have believed in vain - You will be saved by it, if you adhere to it, unless it shall turn out that it was vain to believe, and that the doctrine was false. That it was ânotâ false, he proceeds to demonstrate. Unless all your trials, discouragements, and hopes were to no purpose, and all have been the result of imposture; and unless all your profession is false and hollow, you will be saved by this great doctrine which I first preached to you.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Corinthians 15:2. By 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.
