When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you?unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where he was lying.

He said to them, "Do not be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Look, the place where they put him.

If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.