Study Desk

Now I would remind you, brothers,^[a] of the gospel ^(a)I preached to you, which you received, ^(b)in which you stand,

and by which ^(c)you are being saved, if you ^(d)hold fast to the word I preached to you—^(e)unless you believed in vain.

For ^(f)I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died ^(g)for our sins ^(h)in accordance with the Scriptures,

that he was buried, that he was raised ⁽ⁱ⁾on the third day ^(j)in accordance with the Scriptures,

and that ^(k)he appeared to Cephas, then ^(l)to the twelve.

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

Then he appeared to ^(m)James, then ⁽ⁿ⁾to all the apostles.

Last of all, as to one untimely born, ^(o)he appeared also to me.

For ^(p)I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because ^(q)I persecuted the church of God.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, ^(r)I worked harder than any of them, ^(s)though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.

Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.