1 Corinthians 15:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Whether then [it be] I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἴτε οὖν ἐγὼ εἴτε ἐκεῖνοι, οὕτως κηρύσσομεν, καὶ οὕτως ἐπιστεύσατε.

Transliteration

Eite oun egō eite ekeinoi, houtōs kēryssomen, and houtōs episteusate

Grammar Details

*Eite*: conjunction (repeated) - whether
*oun*: inferential conjunction - therefore/then
*egō*: personal pronoun, nominative, 1st person singular - I
*eite*: conjunction (repeated) - or
*ekeinoi*: demonstrative pronoun, nominative, masculine, plural - those/they
*houtōs*: adverb - thus/in this manner
*kēryssomen*: present active indicative, 1st person plural - we preach
*episteusate*: aorist active indicative, 2nd person plural - you believed

Word Meanings

*Eite ... eite*: whether ... or/either ... or
*oun*: therefore/then/consequently
*egō*: I/myself
*ekeinoi*: those/they/those men
*houtōs*: thus/in this manner/so
*kēryssomen*: we preach/proclaim/herald
*episteusate*: you believed/came to faith/trusted

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 2:2 : 2 For I determined not to know anything among you, save {G3361} Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
1 Cor 15:3-4 : 3 For I delivered unto you {G1722} first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 and that he was buried; and that he hath been raised on the third day according to the scriptures;

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