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1 ) Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also all of you have received, and wherein all of you stand,
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2 ) By which also all of you are saved, if all of you keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless all of you have believed in vain.
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3 ) For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,
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4 ) And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
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5 ) And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
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6 ) After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
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7 ) After that, he was seen of James, then of all the apostles.
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8 ) And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
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9 ) For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
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10 ) But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain, but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
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11 ) Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so all of you believed.
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12 ) Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
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13 ) But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
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14 ) And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
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15 ) Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
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16 ) For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
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17 ) And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain, all of you are yet in your sins.
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18 ) Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
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19 ) If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.