1 Now I make known to you, brothers and sisters, the gospel which I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand,
2 and by which you are saved, if you hold fast to the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,
5 and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve.
6 After that He appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at the same time, of whom the majority are still living, though some have fallen asleep.
7 Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
8 and last of all He appeared also to me, as to one untimely born.
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 the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them—though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
11 Whether it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 For if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.
15 More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised.
16 For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.
17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.
19 If only for this life we ​​have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all people.
20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also comes through a man.
22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
23 But each in their own order: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.
24 Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after destroying all dominion, authority and power.
25For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
27 For he has put all things under his feet. Now when it says that all things have been put under him, it is plain that this does not include God himself, who put all things under him.
28 When all things have been put under him, then the Son himself will also be made subject to him who put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
29 Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are they baptized for the dead?
30 And why are we in danger every hour?

31 I tell you the truth, brothers and sisters, by the pride I have in you in our Lord Jesus Christ, I face death every day.
32 If I fought wild beasts at Ephesus for merely human reasons, what good is it to me? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
34 Come to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning. For some people are ignorant of God—I say this to your shame.
35 But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”