1 Corinthians 15:3

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

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"Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures" — Paul names the very heart of the gospel: a real death, for our sins, foretold by the Old Testament.

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

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“For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;”

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“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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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 15:3 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 3:15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
  2. Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
  3. Psalms 69:1Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
  4. Isaiah 53:1Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
  5. Ezekiel 3:17“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.
  6. Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
  7. Zechariah 13:7Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,against the man who is My Companion,declares the LORD of Hosts.Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered,and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
  8. Matthew 20:18“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death
  9. Matthew 26:28This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
  10. Mark 16:15And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
  11. Luke 24:26Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”
  12. Luke 24:46And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
  13. John 1:29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
  14. Acts 3:18But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.
  15. Acts 26:22But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
  16. Romans 3:25God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
  17. Romans 4:25He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.
  18. 1 Corinthians 4:1So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
  19. 1 Corinthians 11:2Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.
  20. 1 Corinthians 11:23For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,
  21. 2 Corinthians 5:21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
  22. Galatians 1:4who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
  23. Galatians 1:12I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
  24. Galatians 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”

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