1 Corinthians 15:6-16

6 After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some 1have fallen asleep;
7 then He appeared to 2James, then to 3all the apostles;
8 and last of all, as to one untimely born, 4He appeared to me also.
9 For I am 5the least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I 6persecuted the church of God.
10 But by 7the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I 8labored even more than all of them, yet 9not I, but the grace of God with me.
11 Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
12 Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there 10is no resurrection of the dead?
13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised;
14 and 11if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain.
15 Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that He 12raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised.
16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised;

Cross References 12

  • 1. Acts 7:60; 1 Corinthians 15:18, 20
  • 2. Acts 12:17
  • 3. Luke 24:33, 36; Acts 1:3
  • 4. Acts 9:3-8; Acts 22:6-11; Acts 26:12-18; 1 Corinthians 9:1
  • 5. 2 Corinthians 12:11; Ephesians 3:8; 1 Timothy 1:15
  • 6. Acts 8:3
  • 7. Romans 12:3
  • 8. 2 Corinthians 11:23; Colossians 1:29; 1 Timothy 4:10
  • 9. 1 Corinthians 3:6; 2 Corinthians 3:5; Philippians 2:13
  • 10. Acts 17:32; Acts 23:8; 2 Timothy 2:18
  • 11. 1 Thessalonians 4:14
  • 12. Acts 2:24

Footnotes 5

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