First of all (εν πρωτοις). Among first things. In primis. Not to time, but to importance.

Which I also recei…

For I delivered to you. (See Barnes' commentary on 1 Corinthians 11:23).

For I delivered . . .—Here follows the explanation and illustration of what he meant, in 1 Corinthians 15:2, …

Which I preached to you, which also you have received, and in which you stand; by which also you are saved, if you keep in memory what I preach…

“Of first importance” stre es the centrality of the doctrines cited to the Gospel. Paul gives two kinds of witne to the historic events of Christ’s…

For I delivered to you first of all He now confirms what he had previously stated by explaining that the resurrection had been preached by…

For I delivered unto you first of all
Not only in the first place as to order; but among the chief and principal thi…

The word resurrection usually points to our existence beyond the grave. Not a trace of the apostle's doctrine can be found in all the teaching of p…

After instructing the Corinthians about the sacrament and the reality it contains and signifies—namely, grace and its effects—the Apostle now instr…