1 CORINTHIANS 15:3 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;”
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures — Paul invokes the pre-Pauline kerygma (the 'received' creed), marking it as tradition of supreme importance (en protois). Christ's death is interpreted through sin-bearing and validated by Scripture. This is the foundation.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 15:3
“For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received.” Neither here does he say, “I said to you,” nor, “I taught you,” but uses the same expression again, saying, “I delivered unto you that which also I received:” nor again here does he say, “I was taught,” but, “I received:” establishing these two things; first, that one ought to introduce nothing from one's self; next, that by demonstration from his deeds they were fully persuaded, not by bare words: and by…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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