1 Corinthians 15:1-9

1Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel I preached to you, which you received, on which you have taken your stand

2and by which you are being saved, if you hold to the message I preached to you — unless you believed in vain.

3For I passed on to you as most important what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

4that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

5and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve.

6Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers and sisters at one time; most of them are still alive, but some have fallen asleep.

7Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

8Last of all, as to one born at the wrong time, he also appeared to me.

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