15Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel^w I preached to you,^x which you received and on which you have taken your stand. ²By this gospel you are saved,^y if you hold firmly^z to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

³For what I received^a I passed on to you^b as of first importance^a: that Christ died for our sins^c according to the Scriptures,^d ⁴that he was buried,^e that he was raised^f on the third day^g according to the Scriptures,^h

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Footnotes

aOr you at the first

Cross references

w Isa 40:9; Ro 2:16
xSee 1 Co 3:6; See Gal 1:8
y Ro 1:16
zSee Ro 11:22
a Gal 1:12
bSee 1 Co 11:2
c Isa 53:5; Jn 1:29; See Gal 1:4; 1 Pe 2:24
dSee Mt 26:24; See Lk 24:27; See 24:44; Ac 17:2; 26:22, 23
e Mt 27:59, 60
fSee Ac 2:24
gSee Mt 16:21
h Jn 2:21, 22; Ac 2:25, 30, 31

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel I preached to you, which you received, on which you have taken your stand and by which you are being saved, if you hold to the message I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I passed on to you as most important what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

NLTNew Living Translation

Let me now remind you, dear brothers and sisters, of the Good News I preached to you before. You welcomed it then, and you still stand firm in it. 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.

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. He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now I make known to you, brothers, the gospel which I proclaimed to you, which you have also received, in which you also stand, by which you are also being saved, if you hold fast to the message I proclaimed to you, unless you believed to no purpose. For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he was raised up on the third day according to the scriptures,

KJV 1900King James Version

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

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