1 Corinthians 15:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore whether it were 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 2:2 : 2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
1 Cor 15:3-4 : 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

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