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Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.
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A Unified Gospel
Commentators unanimously emphasize that Paul's point is one of profound unity. Regardless of the messenger—whether it was Paul, the 'least of the apostles,' or the original apostles like Peter—the core message of the gospel was identical. All apostles preached the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, showing that the truth of the gospel transcends the individual personalities who deliver it.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Therefore whether it were I or they. I or the other apostles. It is comparatively immaterial by whom it was done. The establishment of the…
So we preach, and so ye believed (ουτως κηρυσσομεν, κα ουτως επιστευσατε). This is what matters both for preacher and hearers. Thi…
19th Century
Anglican
Therefore whether . . .—Better, Whether, therefore, it was I or they. Such (see 1 Corinthians 15:3–4) was an…
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Baptist
Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.
There was not a doubt about that. All the apostles, all the…
Paul reflects on his own unworthiness and on God’s matchless redeeming grace. Though he taught that all are unworthy before God ([Reference Romans …
16th Century
Protestant
Whether I or they—Having compared himself with the other Apostles, he now associates himself with them, and them with him, in agreement as…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore whether it were I or they By whom Christ was seen first or last, we were all eyewitnesses of him; or wheth…
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…
13th Century
Catholic
After instructing the Corinthians about the sacrament and the reality it contains and signifies—namely, grace and its effects—the Apostle now instr…