1 Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand,
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the word which I preached unto you, except ye believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried; and that he hath been raised on the third day according to the scriptures;
5 And that he appeared to Cephas; then to the twelve;
6 Then he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, but some are fallen asleep;
7 Then he appeared to James; then to all the apostles;
8 And last of all, as to the `child' untimely born, he appeared to me also.
9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.