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1 Corinthians 15:2

1 Corinthians 15:2 is verse 2 of 1 Corinthians chapter 15, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

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King James Version

By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

World English Bible

by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

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1 Corinthians 15:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, and in which you stand firm.

2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

4 that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 Corinthians 1:18

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.

Acts 2:47

praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

Romans 1:16

I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

2 Corinthians 2:15

For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.

Ephesians 2:8

For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,

2 Timothy 1:9

He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.

1 Corinthians 15:11

Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

1 Corinthians 15:12

But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

Proverbs 3:1

My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;

Proverbs 4:13

Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.

Proverbs 6:20

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

Proverbs 6:21

Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.

Proverbs 6:22

When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

Proverbs 6:23

For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

Proverbs 23:23

Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.

Colossians 1:23

if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

2 Thessalonians 2:15

Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.

Hebrews 2:1

We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.

Hebrews 3:14

We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.

Hebrews 4:14

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.

Hebrews 10:23

Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.

1 Corinthians 15:14

And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.

Psalms 106:12

Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

Psalms 106:13

Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.

Luke 8:13

The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.

John 8:31

So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.

John 8:32

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Acts 8:13

Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he observed.

2 Corinthians 6:1

As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.

Galatians 3:4

Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing?

James 2:14

What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?

James 2:17

So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.

James 2:26

As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

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