1 Corinthians 15:5-19

5and that 1He appeared to 2Cephas, then 3to the twelve. 6After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some 4have fallen asleep; 7then He appeared to 56James, then to 7all the apostles; 8and last of all, as 8to one untimely born, 9He appeared to me also. 9For I am 10the least of the apostles, 11and not fit to be called an apostle, because I 12persecuted the church of God. 10But by 13the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I 14labored even more than all of them, yet 15not 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 16is no resurrection of the dead? 13But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised; 14and 17if 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 18against God that He 19raised 20Christ, 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; 21you are still in your sins. 18Then those also who 22have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are 23of all men most to be pitied.