SEV Biblia, Chapter 15:11
Porque, o sea yo o sean ellos, así predicamos, y así habis creído.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:11
Verse 11. Whether it were I or they] All the apostles of Christ agree in the same doctrines; we all preach one and the same thing; and, as we preached, so ye believed; having received from us the true apostolical faith, that Jesus died for our sins, and rose again for our justification; and that his resurrection is the pledge and proof of ours. Whoever teaches contrary to this does not preach the true apostolic doctrine. Paul was the last of the primitive apostles. The primitive apostles were those who had seen Christ, and got their call to the apostolate immediately from himself. There were many apostles after this time, but they were all secondary; they had a Divine call, but it was internal, and never accompanied by any vision or external demonstration of that Christ who had been manifested in the flesh.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 11. Therefore whether it were I or they , etc.] By whom Christ was seen first or last, we were all eyewitnesses of him; or whether I am the least, and others the chief of the apostles; or whether I have laboured more abundantly than they all, this matters not: so we preach ; we agree in our ministry to preach Christ, and him only, and with one heart and mouth assert, that he died, was buried, and rose again the third day: and so ye believed ; these several truths relating to the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. Thus the apostle, after he had made a digression upon his own character, as one of the witnesses of Christs resurrection, returns to the subject he set out upon in the beginning of the chapter, in order to lead on to the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, which he proves by the resurrection of Christ, in the following verses. One of Stephens copies read, so we believed; and so the Ethiopic version seems to have read; (see 2 Corinthians 4:13).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-11 - The word resurrection, usually points out our existence beyond the grave. Of the apostle's doctrine not a trace can be found in all the teaching of philosophers. The doctrine of Christ's death an resurrection, is the foundation of Christianity. Remove this, and all our hopes for eternity sink at once. And it is by holding this trut firm, that Christians stand in the day of trial, and are kept faithfu to God. We believe in vain, unless we keep in the faith of the gospel This truth is confirmed by Old Testament prophecies; and many saw Christ after he was risen. This apostle was highly favoured, but he always had a low opinion of himself, and expressed it. When sinner are, by Divine grace, turned into saints, God causes the remembrance of former sins to make them humble, diligent, and faithful. He ascribes to Divine grace all that was valuable in him. True believers, though no ignorant of what the Lord has done for, in, and by them, yet when the look at their whole conduct and their obligations, they are led to fee that none are so worthless as they are. All true Christians believ that Jesus Christ, and him crucified, and then risen from the dead, in the substance of Christianity. All the apostles agreed in thi testimony; by this faith they lived, and in this faith they died.
Greek Textus Receptus
ειτε 1535 CONJ ουν 3767 CONJ εγω 1473 P-1NS ειτε 1535 CONJ εκεινοι 1565 D-NPM ουτως 3779 ADV κηρυσσομεν 2784 5719 V-PAI-1P και 2532 CONJ ουτως 3779 ADV επιστευσατε 4100 5656 V-AAI-2P
Vincent's NT Word Studies
11. Ye believed (episteusate). When the Gospel was first preached: with a suggestion of a subsequent wavering from the faith.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
15:11 {So we preach, and so ye believed} (houtws kerussomen, kai houtws episteusate). this is what matters both for preacher and hearers. this is Paul's gospel. Their conduct in response to his message was on record.
