15 Now I make known unto you brethren, the ^[a]gospel which I ^[b]preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand, ² by which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast ^[c]the word which I ^[d]preached unto you, except ye believed ^[e]in vain. ³ For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; ⁴ and that he was buried; and that he hath been raised on the third day according to the scriptures; ⁵ and that he appeared to Cephas; then to the twelve; ⁶ then he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, but some are fallen asleep; ⁷ then he appeared to ^[f]James; then to all the apostles; ⁸ and last of all, as to the child untimely born, he appeared to me also. ⁹ For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.