Brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the good news I preached to you. You received it and have put your faith in it.

弟兄们，我如今把先前所传给你们的福音告诉你们知道；这福音你们也领受了，又靠着站立得住，

弟兄们，我要你们认清我先前传给你们的福音；这福音你们领受了，又靠着它站立得住，

弟兄们，我要你们认清我先前传给你们的福音；这福音你们领受了，又靠着它站立得住，

弟兄姊妹，我希望你们记住我传给你们的福音，就是你们曾经领受，向来坚持的福音。

弟兄们，我要把我从前传给你们的福音向你们讲明。这福音你们已经领受了，并且靠着它站立得稳。

弟兄们，我要你们明白我先前所传给你们的福音；你们也领受了这福音，并且在这福音上站立得住。

弟兄們，我如今把先前所傳給你們的福音告訴你們知道；這福音你們也領受了，又靠着站立得住，

弟兄們，我要你們認清我先前傳給你們的福音；這福音你們領受了，又靠着它站立得住，

弟兄們，我要你們認清我先前傳給你們的福音；這福音你們領受了，又靠着它站立得住，

弟兄姊妹，我希望你們記住我傳給你們的福音，就是你們曾經領受，向來堅持的福音。

弟兄們，我要把我從前傳給你們的福音向你們講明。這福音你們已經領受了，並且靠著它站立得穩。

弟兄們，我要使你們知道、我先前所傳給你們的福音、我是用甚麼話傳給你們的；這福音是你們所領受，也站穩在上頭，且藉以得救的；如果你們還在堅心執守、的話，便是如此；除非你們無根無據地相信，那又當別論了。

弟兄們，我要你們明白我先前所傳給你們的福音；你們也領受了這福音，並且在這福音上站立得住。

兄弟乎、今我示爾、昔我所宣於爾之福音、即爾所受而賴之以立者、

兄弟乎、昔我所傳、爾所受、而賴以立之福音、我申命爾、

兄弟乎、昔我所傳爾之福音、即爾所受者、爾賴以得立者、今我復以此福音告爾、今我復以此福音告爾或作今我以此福音向爾伸言之

吾茲欲為爾重述福音之道；此福音、即吾嚮者所授爾嚮者所受、至今猶賴以立焉。

Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand.

Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand,

Let me now remind you, dear brothers and sisters, of the Good News I preached to you before. You welcomed it then, and you still stand firm in it.

Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel I preached to you, which you received, on which you have taken your stand

Now I make known to you, brothers and sisters, the gospel which I preached to you, which you also received, in which you also stand,

Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand,

Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand,

Now brothers, I want to clarify for you the gospel I proclaimed to you; you received it and have taken your stand on it.

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;

Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel that I preached to you, that you received and on which you stand,

Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,

I am amazed. You are so quickly deserting the one who chose you. He chose you to live in the grace that Christ has provided. You are turning to a different“ good news.”What you are accepting is really not the good news at all. It seems that some people have gotten you all mixed up. They are trying to twist the good news about Christ.But suppose even we should preach a different“ good news.” Suppose even an angel from heaven should preach it. Suppose it is different from the good news we gave you. Then let anyone who does that be cursed by God.I have already said it. Now I will say it again. Suppose someone preaches a“ good news” that is different from what you accepted. That person should be cursed by God.Am I now trying to get people to think well of me? Or do I want God to think well of me? Am I trying to please people? If I were, I would not be serving Christ.Brothers and sisters, here is what I want you to know. The good news I preached does not come from human beings.No one gave it to me. No one taught it to me. Instead, I received it from Jesus Christ. He showed it to me.

What I received I passed on to you. And it is the most important of all. Here is what it is. Christ died for our sins, just as Scripture said he would.He was buried. He was raised from the dead on the third day, just as Scripture said he would be.He appeared to Peter. Then he appeared to the 12 apostles.After that, he appeared to more than 500 brothers and sisters at the same time. Most of them are still living. But some have died.He appeared to James. Then he appeared to all the apostles.Last of all, he also appeared to me. I was like someone who wasn’t born at the right time.I am the least important of the apostles. I’m not even fit to be called an apostle. I tried to destroy God’s church.But because of God’s grace I am what I am. And his grace was not wasted on me. No, I have worked harder than all the other apostles. But I didn’t do the work. God’s grace was with me.So this is what we preach, whether I or the other apostles who preached to you. And that is what you believed.

I consider Silas to be a faithful brother. With his help I have written you this short letter. I have written it to encourage you. And I have written to speak the truth about the true grace of God. Remain strong in it.

Through faith in Jesus we have received God’s grace. In that grace we stand. We are full of joy because we expect to share in God’s glory.

This will happen on the day God appoints Jesus Christ to judge people’s secret thoughts. That’s part of my good news.

Every Sabbath day he went to the synagogue. He was trying to get both Jews and Greeks to believe in the Lord.Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia. Then Paul spent all his time preaching. He was a witness to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.

Your faith is not under our control. You remain strong in your own faith. But we work together with you for your joy.

The apostles and the believers all through Judea heard that Gentiles had also received God’s word.

And what is seed scattered on rocky places like? The people hear the message. At once they receive it with joy.But they have no roots. So they last only a short time. They quickly fall away from the faith when trouble or suffering comes because of the message.And what is seed scattered among thorns like? The people hear the message.But then the worries of this life come to them. Wealth comes with its false promises. The people also long for other things. All of these are the kinds of things that crowd out the message. They keep it from producing fruit.And what is seed scattered on good soil like? The people hear the message. They accept it. They produce a good crop 30, 60, or even 100 times more than the farmer planted.”

Those who accepted his message were baptized. About 3,000 people joined the believers that day.

We never stop thanking God for the way you received his word. You heard it from us. But you didn’t accept it as a human word. You accepted it for what it really is. It is God’s word. It is really at work in you who believe.

Now I want to talk about some other matters, brothers and sisters. We taught you how to live in a way that pleases God. In fact, that is how you are living. In the name of the Lord Jesus we ask and beg you to do it more and more.

Brothers and sisters, here is a command we give you. We give it in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Keep away from every believer who doesn’t want to work and makes trouble. Keep away from any believer who doesn’t live up to the teaching you received from us.

But there is a judge for anyone who does not accept me and my words. These words I have spoken will judge them on the last day.

We and the Lord were your examples. You followed us. You welcomed our message even when you were suffering terribly. You welcomed it with the joy the Holy Spirit gives.

My goal while I was with you was to talk about only one thing. And that was Jesus Christ and his death on the cross.When I came to you, I was weak and very afraid and trembling all over.I didn’t preach my message with clever and compelling words. Instead, my preaching showed the Holy Spirit’s power.This was so that your faith would be based on God’s power. Your faith would not be based on human wisdom.The words we speak to those who have grown in the faith are wise. Our words are different from the wisdom of this world. Our words are different from those of the rulers of this world. These rulers are becoming less and less powerful.No, we announce God’s wisdom. His wisdom is a mystery that has been hidden. But before time began, God planned that his wisdom would bring us heavenly glory.

I always thank my God for you. I thank him because of the grace he has given to you who belong to Christ Jesus.You have been blessed in every way because of him. You have been blessed in all your speech and knowledge.God has shown that what we have spoken to you about Christ is true.There is no gift of the Holy Spirit that you don’t have. You are full of hope as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to come again.God will also keep you strong in faith to the very end. Then you will be without blame on the day our Lord Jesus Christ returns.

But we preach about Christ and his death on the cross. That is very hard for Jews to accept. And everyone else thinks it’s foolish.But there are those God has chosen, both Jews and Greeks. To them Christ is God’s power and God’s wisdom.

I planted the seed. Apollos watered it. But God has been making it grow.