1 Corinthians 15:11 - Exposition

Whether it were I or they; namely, who preached this gospel to you. It is not his immediate object to maintain his independent apostolic claims, but only to appeal to the fact of the Resurrection which was preached by all the apostles alike. So . In accordance with the testimony just given ( 1 Corinthians 15:4-8 ). We preach. There are in the New Testament two words for "preaching." One is often rendered "prophesy," and refers to spiritual instruction and exhortation. The other, which is used here, is "we proclaim," or "herald" ( kerusso ) , and refers to the statement of the facts of the gospel—Christ crucified and risen ( 1 Corinthians 2:2 ; Acts 4:2 ; Acts 8:5 ). Besides these, there is the one word for "to preach the gospel," or "evangelize."