1 Corinthians 15:1-11 - Paul's Gospel And The Resurrection Of Christ

¹ Next, Brothers, I would remind you of the Good News which I told you, and which you received-the Good News on which you have taken your stand, ² And by means of which you are being saved. I would remind you of the very words that I used in telling it to you, since you are still holding fast to it, and since it was not in vain that you became believers in Christ. ³ For at the very beginning of my teaching I gave you the account which I had myself received-that Christ died for our sins (as the Scriptures had foretold), ⁴ That he was buried, that on the third day he was raised (as the Scriptures had foretold), ⁵ And that he appeared to Kephas, and then to the Twelve. ⁶ After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of our Brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have gone to their rest. ⁷ After that, he appeared to James, and then to all the Apostles. ⁸ Last of all, he appeared even to me, who am, as it were, the abortion.

⁹ For I am the meanest of the Apostles, I who am unworthy of the name of 'Apostle,' because I persecuted the Church of God. ¹⁰ But it is through the love of God that I am what I am, and the love that he showed me has not been wasted. No, I have toiled harder than any of them, and yet it was not I, but the love of God working with me. ¹¹ Whether, then, it was I or whether it was they, this we proclaim, and this you believed.