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Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand,

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by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you-unless you believed in vain.

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For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

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and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,

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and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve.

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After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep.

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After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles.

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Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.

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For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

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But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

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Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.