The Resurrection of the Messiah

15 Now I’m making known to you, brothers, the gospel that I proclaimed to you, which you accepted, on which you have taken your stand, ² and by which you are also being saved if you hold firmly to the message I proclaimed to you—unless, of course, your faith was worthless.

³ For I passed on to you the most important points that^[a] I received: The Messiah^[b] died for our sins according to the Scriptures, ⁴ he was buried, he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures—and is still alive!— ⁵ and he was seen by Cephas,^[c] and then by the Twelve. ⁶ After that, he was seen by more than 500 brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died.^{[d] 7} Next he was seen by James, then by all the apostles, ⁸ and finally he was seen by me, as though I were born abnormally late.

⁹ For I am the least of the apostles and not even fit to be called an apostle because I persecuted God’s church.