1 Corinthians 15:1-9

1My Christian friends, I want you to remember the good news that I taught to you. You received it from me and you continue to believe it as a true message.

2Because of the message that I spoke to you, God will save you. He will save you if you continue to trust that same good news. If you do not, you have believed it for nothing.

3I received the good news from Christ, and I told that message to you. I told you the most important things: Christ died as a sacrifice for our sins. The Bible already said how that would happen.

4People buried his dead body. On the third day after that God raised him up to live again. The Bible already spoke about that too.

5After that, Christ appeared to Peter. Later, he appeared to his 12 disciples.

6And after that, he appeared to more than 500 believers at the same time. Most of those 500 people are still alive, but some of them have died.

7Then Christ appeared to James. Later he appeared to all the apostles.

8After all these people had seen him, Christ also appeared to me. I was like someone who was born at the wrong time.

9Among all the apostles, I am the least important. I caused so much trouble for God's church that people should not really call me an apostle.