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For I delivered to you first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,
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The Gospel is Received, Not Invented
Paul emphasizes that the core message of Christianity is not his own idea but a truth he "received" and faithfully "delivered." Commentators like Spurgeon and Calvin highlight that Christian leaders are heralds of a divine message, not inventors of new doctrines. The gospel's authority comes from God, not human originality.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For I delivered to you. (See Barnes' commentary on 1 Corinthians 11:23).
First of all: among the first doctrin…
First of all (εν πρωτοις). Among first things. In primis. Not to time, but to importance.
Which I also recei…
19th Century
Anglican
For I delivered . . .—Here follows the explanation and illustration of what he meant, in 1 Corinthians 15:2, …
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Baptist
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received,
Notice that the preacher does not make the gospel. If he makes it…
“Of first importance” stresses the centrality of the doctrines cited to the Gospel. Paul gives two kinds of witness to the historic events of Chris…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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…
