1 Corinthians 15:2 (GNV)

Passage

And whereby ye are saued, if ye keepe in memorie, after what maner I preached it vnto you, except ye haue beleeued in vaine.

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 15:1 Moreouer brethren, I declare vnto you the Gospel, which I preached vnto you, which ye haue also receiued, and wherein ye continue,

1 Corinthians 15:2 And whereby ye are saued, if ye keepe in memorie, after what maner I preached it vnto you, except ye haue beleeued in vaine.

1 Corinthians 15:3 For first of all, I deliuered vnto you that which I receiued, how that Christ died for our sinnes, according to the Scriptures,

1 Corinthians 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he arose the third day, according to the Scriptures,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "whereby", "saued", "keepe", "memorie", "after", "maner", "preached", and "vnto". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "whereby" and "saued", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Moreouer brethren I declare vnto you the..." into verse 3's "For first of all I deliuered vnto...", so "whereby" and "saued" 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 "whereby" and "saued" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.