Holman Christian Standard Bible

1 Corinthians 15:5-13 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

5. and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve.

6. Then He appeared to over 500 brothers at one time; most of them are still alive,but some have fallen asleep.

7. Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

8. Last of all, as to one abnormally born, He also appeared to me.

9. For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

10. But by God’s grace I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not ineffective. However, I worked more than any of them, yet not I, but God’s grace that was with me.

11. Therefore, whether it is I or they, so we proclaim and so you have believed.

12. Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say, “There is no resurrection of the dead”?

13. But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised;