1 Corinthians 15:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now I am going to make clear to you, my brothers, what the good news was which I gave to you, and which you took, and on which your faith is based,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Γνωρίζω δὲ ὑμῖν, ἀδελφοί, τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ὃ εὐηγγελισάμην ὑμῖν, ὃ καὶ παρελάβετε, ἐν ᾧ καὶ ἑστήκατε·

Transliteration

Gnōrizō de to you, adelphoi, the euangelion which euēngelisamēn to you, which also you parelabete, in which also you hestēkate

Grammar Details

• *Gnōrizō*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - make known/declare
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/now/and
• you: dative, plural (ὑμῖν) - to you
• *adelphoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - brothers
• *euangelion*: accusative, neuter, singular - gospel/good news
• which: relative pronoun (ὃ), accusative, neuter, singular
• *euēngelisamēn*: aorist middle indicative, 1st person singular - preached/evangelized
• *parelabete*: aorist active indicative, 2nd person plural - received
• *hestēkate*: perfect active indicative, 2nd person plural - stand/have stood

Word Meanings

• *Gnōrizō*: make known/declare/remind
• *de*: but/now/moreover/and
• *adelphoi*: brothers/siblings/fellow believers
• *euangelion*: gospel/good news
• *euēngelisamēn*: preached/proclaimed/announced good news
• *parelabete*: received/accepted/took
• *hestēkate*: stand firmly/have taken your stand/remain standing

Referenced Verses

• Rom 5:2 : 2 Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.
• 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 Not that we have authority over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy: for it is faith which is your support.
• Gal 1:6-9 : 6 I am surprised that you are being so quickly turned away from him whose word came to you in the grace of Christ, to good news of a different sort; 7 Which is not another sort: only there are some who give you trouble, desiring to make changes in the good news of Christ. 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, were to be a preacher to you of good news other than that which we have given you, let there be a curse on him. 9 As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man is a preacher to you of any good news other than that which has been given to you, let there be a curse on him. 10 Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ. 11 Because I say to you, my brothers, that the good news of which I was the preacher is not man's. 12 For I did not get it from man, and I was not given teaching in it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.
• Rom 2:16 : 16 In the day when God will be a judge of the secrets of men, as it says in the good news of which I am a preacher, through Jesus Christ.
• 1 Pet 5:12 : 12 I have sent you this short letter by Silvanus, a true brother, in my opinion; comforting you and witnessing that this is the true grace of God; keep to it.
• 1 Thess 1:6 : 6 And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit;
• 1 Thess 2:13 : 13 And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.
• 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.
• 2 Thess 3:6 : 6 Now we give you orders, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from all those whose behaviour is not well ordered and in harmony with the teaching which they had from us.
• 1 Cor 1:4-8 : 4 I give praise to my God for you at all times, because of the grace of God which has been given to you in Christ Jesus; 5 So that in him you have wealth in all things, in word and in knowledge of every sort; 6 Even as the witness of the Christ has been made certain among you: 7 So that having every grace you are living in the hope of the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ; 8 Who will give you strength to the end, to be free from all sin in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Cor 1:23-24 : 23 But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles; 24 But to those of God's selection, Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power and the wisdom of God.
• 1 Cor 2:2-7 : 2 For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross. 3 And I was with you without strength, in fear and in doubt. 4 And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you: 5 So that your faith might be based not on man's wisdom but on the power of God. 6 But still we have wisdom for those who are complete in knowledge, though not the wisdom of this world, and not of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing: 7 But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory;
• 1 Cor 3:6 : 6 I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but God gave the increase.
• 1 Cor 15:3-9 : 3 For I gave to you first of all what was handed down to me, how Christ underwent death for our sins, as it says in the Writings; 4 And he was put in the place of the dead; and on the third day he came back from the dead, as it says in the Writings; 5 And he was seen by Cephas; then by the twelve; 6 Then by more than five hundred brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, but some are sleeping; 7 Then he was seen by James; then by all the Apostles. 8 And last of all, as by one whose birth was out of the right time, he was seen by me. 9 For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 11 If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.
• Mark 4:16-20 : 16 And in the same way, these are they who are planted on the stones, who, when the word has come to their ears, straight away take it with joy; 17 And they have no root in themselves, but go on for a time; then, when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, they quickly become full of doubts. 18 And others are those planted among the thorns; these are they who have given ear to the word, 19 And the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, and the desire for other things coming in, put a stop to the growth of the word, and it gives no fruit. 20 And these are they who were planted on the good earth; such as give ear to the word, and take it into their hearts, and give fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundred times as much.
• John 12:48 : 48 He who puts me on one side and does not take my words to heart, is not without a judge: the word which I have said will be his judge on the last day.
• Acts 2:41 : 41 Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.
• Acts 11:1 : 1 Now the Apostles and the brothers who were in Judaea had news that the word of God had been given to the Gentiles.
• Acts 18:4-5 : 4 And every Sabbath he had discussions in the Synagogue, turning Jews and Greeks to the faith. 5 And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.