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1 Corinthians 15:3
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KJ21
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received: how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
ASV
For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
AMP
For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to [that which] the Scriptures [foretold],
AMPC
For I passed on to you first of all what I also had received, that Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) died for our sins in accordance with [what] the Scriptures [foretold],
BRG
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
CSB
For I passed on to you as most important what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
CSBA
For I passed on to you as most important what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
CEB
I passed on to you as most important what I also received: Christ died for our sins in line with the scriptures,
CJB
For among the first things I passed on to you was what I also received, namely this: the Messiah died for our sins, in accordance with what the Tanakh says;
CEV
I told you the most important part of the message exactly as it was told to me. This part is: Christ died for our sins, as the Scriptures say.
DARBY
For I delivered to you, in the first place, what also I had received, that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures;
DLNT
For I delivered to you among the first things what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
DRA
For I delivered unto you first of all, which I also received: how that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures:
ERV
I gave you the message that I received. I told you the most important truths: that Christ died for our sins, as the Scriptures say;
EASY
I received the good news from Christ, and I told that message to you. I told you the most important things: Christ died as a sacrifice for our sins. The Bible already said how that would happen.
EHV
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
ESV
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
ESVUK
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
EXB
[L For] I passed on to you what I received, which is ·of greatest importance [or the first thing I told you]: that Christ died for our sins, ·as the Scriptures say [L according to the Scripture; Is. 53:5–6];
GNV
For first of all, I delivered unto you that which I received, how that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures,
GW
I passed on to you the most important points of doctrine that I had received: Christ died to take away our sins as the Scriptures predicted.
GNT
I passed on to you what I received, which is of the greatest importance: that Christ died for our sins, as written in the Scriptures;
HCSB
For I passed on to you as most important what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
ICB
I passed on to you what I received. And this was the most important: that Christ died for our sins, as the Scriptures say;
ISV
For I passed on to you the most important points that I received: The Messiah died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
PHILLIPS
For I passed on to you Corinthians first of all the message I had myself received—that Christ died for our sins, as the scriptures said he would; that he was buried and rose again on the third day, again as the scriptures foretold. He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve, and subsequently he was seen simultaneously by over five hundred Christians, of whom the majority are still alive, though some have since died. He was then seen by James, then by all the messengers. And last of all, as if to one born abnormally late, he appeared to me!
JUB
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received: how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures
KJV
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
AKJV
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
LSB
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
LEB
For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,
TLB
I passed on to you right from the first what had been told to me, that Christ died for our sins just as the Scriptures said he would,
MSG
The first thing I did was place before you what was placed so emphatically before me: that the Messiah died for our sins, exactly as Scripture tells it; that he was buried; that he was raised from death on the third day, again exactly as Scripture says; that he presented himself alive to Peter, then to his closest followers, and later to more than five hundred of his followers all at the same time, most of them still around (although a few have since died); that he then spent time with James and the rest of those he commissioned to represent him; and that he finally presented himself alive to me. It was fitting that I bring up the rear. I don’t deserve to be included in that inner circle, as you well know, having spent all those early years trying my best to stamp God’s church right out of existence.
MEV
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: how Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
MOUNCE
For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for · our sins according to the Scriptures,
NOG
I passed on to you the most important points of doctrine that I had received: Christ died to take away our sins as the Scriptures predicted.
NABRE
For I handed on to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures;
NASB
For I handed down to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
NASB1995
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
NCB
For I handed on to you as of primary importance what I received: that Christ died for our sins, in accordance with the Scriptures,
NCV
I passed on to you what I received, of which this was most important: that Christ died for our sins, as the Scriptures say;
NET
For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received—that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,
NIRV
What I received I passed on to you. And it is the most important of all. Here is what it is. Christ died for our sins, just as Scripture said he would.
NIV
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
NIVUK
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
NKJV
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
NLV
First of all, I taught you what I had received. It was this: Christ died for our sins as the Holy Writings said He would.
NLT
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.
NMB
For first of all I delivered to you that which I received: how Christ died for our sins, agreeing to the scriptures;
NRSVA
For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures,
NRSVACE
For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures,
NRSVCE
For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures,
NRSVUE
For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures
NTFE
What I handed on to you at the beginning, you see, was what I received, namely this: “The Messiah died for our sins in accordance with the Bible;
OJB
For I transmitted and handed on to you as authoritative Torah, rishon (first), that which was also transmitted and handed on to me as authoritative Torah (Ga 1:18): that Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach died on behalf of avoneinu (our averos YESHAYAH 1:4, iniquities, gross wickedness, depravities) according to the Kitvei Hakodesh (YESHAYAH 53:8-9; DANIEL 9:26),
RGT
For first of all, I delivered to you that which I received, how that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures.
RSV
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures,
RSVCE
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures,
TLV
For I also passed on to you first of all what I also received— that Messiah died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
VOICE
For I passed down to you the crux of it all which I had also received from others, that the Anointed One, the Liberating King, died for our sins and was buried and raised from the dead on the third day. All this happened to fulfill the Scriptures; it was the perfect climax to God’s covenant story.
WEB
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
WE
I told you first what was told to me. I told you that Christ died for the wrong things we did, as the holy writings said.
WYC
For I betook to you at the beginning that thing which also I have received; that Christ was dead for our sins, by the scriptures;
YLT
for I delivered to you first, what also I did receive, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Writings,
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