1 Corinthians 15:1–11

The Resurrection of Christ

15Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel^w I preached to you,^x which you received and on which you have taken your stand. ²By this gospel you are saved,^y if you hold firmly^z to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

³For what I received^a I passed on to you^b as of first importance^a: that Christ died for our sins^c according to the Scriptures,^{d 4}that he was buried,^e that he was raised^f on the third day^g according to the Scriptures,^{h 5}and that he appeared to Cephas,^bi and then to the Twelve.^{j 6}After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.^{k 7}Then he appeared to James,^l then to all the apostles,^{m 8}and last of all he appeared to me also,ⁿ as to one abnormally born.

⁹For I am the least of the apostles^o and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted^p the church of God.^{q 10}But by the grace^r of God I am what I am, and his grace to me^s was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them^t—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.^{u 11}Whether, then, it is I or they,^v this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.