₁And now I want to remind you, my brothers and sisters, of the Good News which I preached to you, which you received, and on which your faith stands firm. ₂That is the gospel, the message that I preached to you. You are saved by the gospel if you hold firmly to it — unless it was for nothing that you believed.

₃I passed on to you what I received, which is of the greatest importance: that Christ died for our sins, as written in the Scriptures; ₄that he was buried and that he was raised to life three days later, as written in the Scriptures; ₅that he appeared to Peter and then to all twelve apostles. ₆Then he appeared to more than 500 of his followers at once, most of whom are still alive, although some have died. ₇Then he appeared to James, and afterwards to all the apostles.

₈Last of all he appeared also to me — even though I am like someone whose birth was abnormal. ₉For I am the least of all the apostles — I do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted God's church. ₁₀But by God's grace I am what I am, and the grace that he gave me was not without effect. On the contrary, I have worked harder than any of the other apostles, although it was not really my own doing, but God's grace working with me. ₁₁So then, whether it came from me or from them, this is what we all preach, and this is what you believe.