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4 and that he was buried; and that he was raised up the third day according to the scriptures;
5 and that he was seen by Cephas, then, by the twelve;
6 after that he was seen by above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater number are even now alive, but some indeed are composed to rest;
7 after that he was seen by James, then by all the apostles;
8 and, last of all, he was seen also by me, who am as it were one born out of due time;
9 for I am the very least of the apostles, and am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the congregation of God.
10 But by the favour of God I am what I am; and this favour of his which reached me was not fruitless; but I have laboured more than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
11 Whether therefore I or they laboured, thus do we proclaim, and thus you have believed.
12 Now, if Christ be proclaimed, that he hath been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 If there is indeed no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not raised.
14 And if Christ hath not been raised, our proclamation is vain, and your belief is also vain.
15 And we are found to be actually false witnesses of God; because we have testified concerning God, that he hath raised the Christ, whom he hath not raised, if indeed the dead are not raised.
16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ was not raised.
17 And if Christ hath not been raised, your belief is vain; you are still in your sins;
18 and consequently they, who have been composed to rest in Christ, have perished.
19 If we have hope in Christ in this life only, we, of all men, are most to be pitied.
20 But now Christ hath been raised from the dead. He was the first fruits of them who have been composed to rest.
21 For since by man came death, by man also cometh a resurrection of the dead.