7. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
8. and last of all, as it were to one born at the wrong time, he appeared also to me.
9. For I am the least of the apostles, not worthy 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 has not been in vain, but I labored even more than all of them, and not I, but the grace of God with me.
11. Therefore whether I or those, in this way we preached, and in this way you believed.
12. Now if Christ is preached as raised up from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13. But if there is no resurrection of the dead, Christ has not been raised either.
14. But if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith is in vain.
15. And also we are found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if after all, then, the dead are not raised.
16. For if the dead are not raised, Christ has not been raised either.
17. But if Christ has not been raised, your faith is empty; you are still in your sins.
18. And as a further result, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
19. If we have put our hope in Christ in this life only, we are of all people most pitiable.
20. But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.
21. For since through a man came death, also through a man came the resurrection of the dead.
22. For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
23. But each in his own group: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s at his coming,
24. then the end, when he hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when he has abolished all rule and all authority and power.
25. For it is necessary for him to reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.