1 Corinthians 15:5-19

5and that 1He appeared to 23Cephas, then 4to the twelve. 6After that He appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some 5have fallen asleep; 7then He appeared to 67James, then to 8all the apostles; 8and last of all, as 9to one untimely born, 10He appeared to me also. 9For I am 11the least of the apostles, 12and not fit to be called an apostle, because I 13persecuted the church of God. 10But by 14the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I 15labored even more than all of them, yet 16not 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 17is no resurrection of the dead? 13But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised; 14and 18if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, your faith also is in vain. 15Moreover, we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified 19against God that He 20raised 21Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. 16For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised; 17and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; 22you are still in your sins. 18Then also those who 23have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19If we have hoped in Christ only in this life, we are 24of all people most to be pitied.