1 Corinthians 15:3-22

3For 1I delivered to you 2as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died 3for our sins 4according to the Scriptures, 4and that He was buried, and that He was 5raised on the third day 6according to the Scriptures, 5and that 7He appeared to 8Cephas, then 9to the twelve. 6After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some 10have fallen asleep; 7then He appeared to 1112James, then to 13all the apostles; 8and last of all, as 14to one untimely born, 15He appeared to me also. 9For I am 16the least of the apostles, 17and not fit to be called an apostle, because I 18persecuted the church of God. 10But by 19the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I 20labored even more than all of them, yet 21not I, but the grace of God with me. 11Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

12Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there 22is no resurrection of the dead? 13But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised; 14and 23if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain. 15Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified 24against God that He 25raised 26Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. 16For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; 17and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; 27you are still in your sins. 18Then those also who 28have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are 29of all men most to be pitied.

20But now Christ 30has been raised from the dead, the 31first fruits of those who 32are asleep. 21For since 33by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22For 34as in Adam all die, so also in 35Christ all will be made alive.