1 Corinthians 15:8-15

New International Version

⁸ and last of all he appeared to me also,^(A) as to one abnormally born.

⁹ For I am the least of the apostles^(B) and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted^(C) the church of God.^{(D) 10} But by the grace^(E) of God I am what I am, and his grace to me^(F) was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them^(G)—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.^{(H) 11} Whether, then, it is I or they,^(I) this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

The Resurrection of the Dead

¹² But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead,^(J) how can some of you say that there is no resurrection^(K) of the dead?^{(L) 13} If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. ¹⁴ And if Christ has not been raised,^(M) our preaching is useless and so is your faith. ¹⁵ More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead.^(N) But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised.