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Through it you are also being saved, provided that you are holding fast to what I proclaimed to you. If not, then you have believed in vain.

[a]For I handed on to you as of primary importance what I received: that Christ died for our sins, in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried and that he was raised to life on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:3 Paul offers two lines of testimony for Christ’s Passion and Resurrection: (1) the testimony of the Old Testament (e.g., Ps 16:8-11; Isa 53:5f, 11) and (2) the testimony of eyewitnesses (Acts 1:21f). He lists only six appearances of the risen Christ; the Gospels and Acts offer ten (see note on Mt 28:10).

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