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1 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.
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Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand,
2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
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through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you—unless you have come to believe in vain.
3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance : that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
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For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures,
4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
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and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures,
5 and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve.
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and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
6 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.
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Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died.
7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
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Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
8 and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
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Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.
9 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.
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For I am the least of the apostles, unfit 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 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.
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But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them—though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
11 Whether, then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
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Whether then it was I or they, so we proclaim and so you have come to believe.
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