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1 Corinthians 15:3 (KJV)
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
Paul's language here is clear: that which Paul received (Galatians 1:12 - 'by revelation from Jesus Christ') he delivered to them 'first of all'. He didn't proclaim it after some period of time or event. The literal Greek (of the first part of the verse) is: I delivered indeed to you in the foremost, what also I received,
What was received was delivered to them 'in the foremost'. It is apparent that Paul did not wait until conversion before delivering what he had received. That would not constitute 'in the foremost'.
Such a gospel was proclaimed by the other apostles too:
v.11 Whether, then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
Paul's language here is clear: that which Paul received (Galatians 1:12 - 'by revelation from Jesus Christ') he delivered to them 'first of all'. He didn't proclaim it after some period of time or event. The literal Greek (of the first part of the verse) is: I delivered indeed to you in the foremost, what also I received,
What was received was delivered to them 'in the foremost'. It is apparent that Paul did not wait until conversion before delivering what he had received. That would not constitute 'in the foremost'.
Such a gospel was proclaimed by the other apostles too:
v.11 Whether, then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
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