1 Corinthians 15:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)2 [and] you have been saved by it also, if you hold on to it firmly [i.e., continue believing and practicing it]. For if you do not [hold on to it firmly], you will have believed [it] all for nothing. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 17692 by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition2 And by which you are saved, if you hold fast and keep firmly what I preached to you, unless you believed at first without effect and all for nothing. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)2 by which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the word which I preached unto you, except ye believed in vain. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible2 You are being saved through it if you hold on to the message I preached to you, unless somehow you believed it for nothing. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version2 By the Gospel, too, you are being saved, if you hold to the understanding that I preached to you, lest you believe in vain. Ver Capítulo |
[It is] God who saved us and called us to live holy lives [or, “to be dedicated people”], not as a result of our [good] deeds, but in harmony with His own purpose and unearned favor. [This was] given to us through [the atoning work of] Christ Jesus, before the beginning of time. [Note: Salvation through Christ was planned before time began. See Titus 1:2; Rom. 16:25; Eph. 1:4].
[This will happen] if you continue in the faith [Note: This means either “continue to observe God’s teaching” or, “continue to believe”], firmly grounded and established, and not moved away from the hope offered by the Gospel message, which you have heard and which was preached to people throughout the entire created world under heaven. I, Paul, was made a minister of this Gospel.