1 Corinthians 15:1-13 ▼

1 Now I'm making known to you, brothers, the gospel that I proclaimed to you, which you accepted, on which you have taken your stand,

2 and by which you are also being saved if you hold firmly to the message I proclaimed to you—unless, of course, your faith was worthless.

3 For I passed on to you the most important points that I received: The Messiah died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

4 he was buried, he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures—and is still alive!—

5 and he was seen by Cephas, and then by the Twelve.

6 After that, he was seen by more than 500 brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died.

7 Next he was seen by James, then by all the apostles,

8 and finally he was seen by me, as though I were born abnormally late.

9 For I am the least of the apostles and not even fit to be called an apostle because I persecuted God's church.

10 But by God's grace I am what I am, and his grace shown to me was not wasted. Instead, I worked harder than all the others—not I, of course, but God's grace that was with me.

11 So, whether it was I or the others, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

12 Now if we preach that the Messiah has been raised from the dead, how can some of you keep claiming there is no resurrection of the dead?

13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then the Messiah has not been raised,