1 Corinthians 15:2 “By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preache…”

1 Corinthians 15:2

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

American Standard Version

by which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the word which I preached unto you, except ye believed in vain.

Geneva Bible 1599

And whereby ye are saued, if ye keepe in memorie, after what maner I preached it vnto you, except ye haue beleeued in vaine.

Darby Translation

by which also ye are saved, (if ye hold fast the word which I announced to you as the glad tidings,) unless indeed ye have believed in vain.

Young's Literal Translation

through which also ye are being saved, in what words I proclaimed good news to you, if ye hold fast, except ye did believe in vain,

Bible in Basic English

By which you have salvation; that is to say, the form in which it was given to you, if it is fixed in your minds, and if your faith in it is not without effect.

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Cross references

“ye are”

1 Corinthians 1:18 Ephesians 2:8 2 Timothy 1:9 Romans 1:16 1 Corinthians 1:21 Acts 2:47

1 Corinthians 1:18 · BSB

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.

Ephesians 2:8 · BSB

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 · BSB

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.

Romans 1:16 · BSB

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.

1 Corinthians 1:21 · BSB

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 · BSB

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

“keep in memory”

Hebrews 3:6 Hebrews 2:1 Hebrews 3:14 Colossians 1:23 Hebrews 10:23 Proverbs 3:1

Hebrews 3:6 · BSB

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 2:1 · BSB

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

Hebrews 3:14 · BSB

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

Colossians 1:23 · BSB

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.

Hebrews 10:23 · BSB

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

Proverbs 3:1 · BSB

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

“unless”

Luke 8:13 James 2:14 James 2:26 2 Corinthians 6:1 Galatians 3:4 James 2:17

Luke 8:13 · BSB

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.

James 2:14 · BSB

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

James 2:26 · BSB

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

2 Corinthians 6:1 · BSB

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

Galatians 3:4 · BSB

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

James 2:17 · BSB

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

Also

Romans 11:22

Romans 11:22 · BSB

Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

3For 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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