1 Corinthians 15:3

Contextual Overview

¹Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. ¹ Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. ¹Now boys, y'all don't go forgettin' what I've told y'all about the good news. I know y'all have tied hard and fast to this message and it changed your lives. ¹ Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, ¹Now I make known to you, brothers, the gospel which I proclaimed as good news to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, ¹ Now I am going to make clear to you, my brothers, what the good news was which I gave to you, and which you took, and on which your faith is based, ¹ But I make known to you, brethren, the glad tidings which I announced to you, which also ye received, in which also ye stand, ¹ Now brothers, I want to clarify for you the gospel I proclaimed to you; you received it and have taken your stand on it. ¹ Now I declare to you, brothers, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand, ¹ Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also ye received, and wherein ye stand:

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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
"I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.

Genesis 12:2
"I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.

Genesis 12:2
And I will make you a great nation,And I will bless you,And make your name great;And so you shall be a blessing;

Genesis 12:2
And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And so you shall be a blessing;

Genesis 12:2
And I will make of thee a great people, and wyll blesse thee, and make thy name great, that thou shalt be [euen] a blessyng.

Genesis 12:2
I will build a great nation from you. I will bless you and make your name famous. People will use your name to bless other people.

Genesis 12:2
And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

Genesis 12:2
and Y schal make thee in to a greet folk, and Y schal blisse thee, and Y schal magnyfie thi name, and thou schalt be blessid;

Genesis 12:2
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I wil blesse thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt bee a blessing.

Genesis 12:2
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

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.