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1 Korintus 15:2

Oleh Injil itu kamu diselamatkan, asal kamu teguh berpegang padanya, seperti yang telah kuberitakan kepadamu--kecuali kalau kamu telah sia-sia saja menjadi percaya.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gospel;   Perseverance;   Zeal, Religious;   Scofield Reference Index - Resurrection;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dead, the;   Mortality-Immortality;   Resurrection;   Salvation;   Salvation-Condemnation;   Sinners;   The Topic Concordance - Gospel;   Salvation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Man;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Death;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gospel;   Jesus christ;   Preaching;   Teacher;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Evangelize, Evangelism;   Gospel;   Word;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Annihilation;   Omnipotence of God;   Resurrection;   Resurrection of Christ;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Preaching in the Bible;   1 Corinthians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Corinthians, First Epistle to the;   Eschatology;   Ethics;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Preaching;   Salvation Save Saviour;   Trust;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Sacrifice;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom or Church of Christ, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Memorial;   Paul, the Apostle;   Pauline Theology;   Resurrection of Jesus Christ, the;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for August 15;   Every Day Light - Devotion for December 1;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Oleh Injil itu kamu diselamatkan, asal kamu teguh berpegang padanya, seperti yang telah kuberitakan kepadamu--kecuali kalau kamu telah sia-sia saja menjadi percaya.
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
dan olehnya juga kamu beroleh selamat, asal kamu berpegang teguh kepada perkataan yang kuberitakan kepada kamu, kecuali imanmu itu sia-sia.

Contextual Overview

1 Moreouer brethren I declare vnto you, the Gospell which I preached vnto you, which also ye haue receaued, and wherin ye cotinue, 2 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. 3 For first of all I deliuered vnto you, that which I receaued: howe that Christe dyed for our sinnes, agreeyng to the scriptures: 4 And that he was buryed, and that he arose agayne the thirde day, accordyng to the scriptures: 5 And that he was seene of Cephas, then of the twelue: 6 After that, he was seene of mo then fiue hundred brethren at once: of which, many remayne vnto this day, & some are fallen a slepe. 7 After that, he was seene of Iames, then of all the Apostles. 8 And last of all he was seene of me, as of one borne out of due tyme. 9 For I am the least of the Apostles, which am not worthy to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Churche of God. 10 But by the grace of God, I am that I am: And his grace which is in me, was not in vayne: But I laboured more aboundauntly then they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which is with me.

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

Genesis 15:1
After these thynges, the worde of the Lorde came vnto Abram in a vision, saying: feare not Abram I am thy shielde [and] thy exceedyng great rewarde.
Genesis 15:2
And Abram sayde: Lorde God what wylt thou geue me when I go chyldelesse, the chylde of the stewardship of my house is this Eleazer of Damasco?
Genesis 15:3
And Abram saide: See, to me thou hast geuen no seede: lo [borne] in my house is myne heire.
Genesis 15:4
And beholde, the worde of the Lorde came vnto hym, saying, he shall not be thine heire: but one that shall come out of thine own bowels shalbe thine heire.
Genesis 15:6
And [Abram] beleued the Lord, & that counted he to hym for righteousnesse.
Genesis 24:2
And Abraham saide vnto his eldest seruaut of his house, whiche had the rule ouer all that he had: put thy hande vnder my thigh:
Genesis 24:10
And the seruaunt toke ten Camelles of the Camelles of his maister, & departed (& had of al maner of goods of his maister with him) and so he arose & went to Mesopotamia, vnto ye citie of Nachor.
Genesis 25:21
And Isahac made intercession vnto the Lorde for his wyfe, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of hym, and Rebecca his wyfe conceaued.
Genesis 39:9
There is no man greater in the house then I, neither hath he kept any thyng from me but only thee, because thou art his wyfe: how then can I do euen this so great a wickednes, & sinne against God?
Genesis 43:19
Therefore came they to the man that was the ruler ouer Iosephes house, and communed with him at the doore of the house,

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 “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 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 “in fact” 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, “if ye hold fast.” 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 “not” 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.


 
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