Book of Common Prayer

15 Now, my brothers, I want to bring the good news to your minds again. I told it to you and you received it. You now believe it.

² You are saved by it, if you hold on to what I told you. If you do not, then you have believed for nothing.

³ I told you first what was told to me. I told you that Christ died for the wrong things we did, as the holy writings said.

⁴ He was buried. He was raised on the third day, as the holy writings said.

⁵ Peter saw him, and then all the twelve disciples saw him.

⁶ After that, more than five hundred Christian brothers saw him at one time. Most of them are still living, but some have died.

⁷ After that, James saw him. Then all the apostles saw him.

⁸ Last of all, I saw him too. I was like one who was born at the wrong time.

⁹ The other apostles are all greater than I am. I should not be called an apostle because I troubled the people of God's church.

¹⁰ But God has been kind to me. He has made me what I am today. And he did not bless me for nothing. I did more work than any of them. Yet it was not I, but the loving kindness of God was working with me.

¹¹ So it does not matter who gave the message, they or I. This is the message we gave, and this is the message you believed.

11 When Jesus finished telling his twelve disciples what to do, he left that place. He went to teach and tell God's word to people in the towns around there.

² John was in prison. He heard what Christ was doing. So he sent two of his disciples to him.

³ He asked, `Are you the one who will come? Or shall we wait for another person?'

⁴ Jesus answered them, `Go and tell John what you hear and see.

⁵ Blind people see. Lame people walk. People with leprosy are healed. People who could not hear, can hear. Dead people are made alive. Poor people hear the good news.

⁶ Anyone who is not troubled in his heart about me, will be happy.'