1 Corinthians 15:11 (DRB)

Passage

For whether I or they, so we preach: and so you have believed.

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am. And his grace in me hath not been void: but I have laboured more abundantly than all they. Yet not I, but the grace of God with me:

1 Corinthians 15:11 For whether I or they, so we preach: and so you have believed.

1 Corinthians 15:12 Now if Christ be preached, that he arose again from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

1 Corinthians 15:13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen again.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "whether", "preach", and "believed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "whether" and "preach", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "But by the grace of God I..." into verse 12's "Now if Christ be preached that he...", so "whether" and "preach" belong inside that flow. In 1 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "whether" and "preach" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.