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and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I passed on to you as of first importance[a] what I also received—that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he was raised[b] on the third day according to the scriptures,

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:3 tn Grk “among (the) first things.”
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:4 tn Grk “he has been raised/is raised,” using a Greek tense that points to the present effect of the act of raising him. But in English idiom the temporal phrase “on the third day” requires a different translation of the verb.

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

For what I received(C) I passed on to you(D) as of first importance[a]: that Christ died for our sins(E) according to the Scriptures,(F) that he was buried,(G) that he was raised(H) on the third day(I) according to the Scriptures,(J)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:3 Or you at the first