Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position.

If after all there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords),

For just as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body -- though many -- are one body, so too is Christ.

Then he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.