Good News Translation GNT
New International Version NIV
1 And now I want to remind you, my friends, of the Good News which I preached to you, which you received, and on which your faith stands firm.
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Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand.
2 That is the gospel, the message that I preached to you. You are saved by the gospel if you hold firmly to it - unless it was for nothing that you believed.
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By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3 I passed on to you what I received, which is of the greatest importance: that Christ died for our sins, as written in the Scriptures;
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For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance : that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
4 that he was buried and that he was raised to life three days later, as written in the Scriptures;
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that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
5 that he appeared to Peter and then to all twelve apostles.
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and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve.
6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred of his followers at once, most of whom are still alive, although some have died.
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After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.
7 Then he appeared to James, and afterward to all the apostles.
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Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
8 Last of all he appeared also to me - even though I am like someone whose birth was abnormal.
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and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
9 For I am the least of all the apostles - I do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted God's church.
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For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
10 But by God's grace I am what I am, and the grace that he gave me was not without effect. On the contrary, I have worked harder than any of the other apostles, although it was not really my own doing, but God's grace working with me.
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But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
11 So then, whether it came from me or from them, this is what we all preach, and this is what you believe.
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Whether, then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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