I make known now to you, brothers, the gospel that I proclaimed to you, which also you received, in which also you have stood,

by which also you are being saved, to the word I proclaimed to you, if you hold fast; unless except only, in vain you have believed.

I delivered for to you in [the] foremost what also I received, that Christ died for the sins of us according to the Scriptures,

and that He was buried, and that He has been raised on the day the third according to the Scriptures,

and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve.

Thereafter He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, of whom the greater part remain until now; some however were fallen asleep.

Then He appeared to James, then to the apostles all.

Last then of all, as an untimely birth, He appeared also to me.

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

By [the] grace however of God, I am what I am, and the grace of Him toward me not void has been. Rather, more abundantly than them all I toiled, not I however, but the grace of God that [was] with me.

Whether therefore I or they, thus we preach, and thus you believed.

If now Christ is preached that out from [the] dead He has been raised, how say among you some that a resurrection of [the] dead not there is?

If however a resurrection of [the] dead not there is, neither Christ has been raised;

if then Christ not has been raised, [is] void then also the preaching of us, void also the faith of you.

We are found then also false witnesses of God, because we have witnessed concerning God, that He raised up Christ, whom not He has raised if indeed then [the] dead not are raised.

If for [the] dead not are raised, neither Christ has been raised;

if then Christ not has been raised, [is] futile the faith of you still you are in the sins of you.

Then also those having fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

If in life this, in Christ already hoping we are, only, more to be pitied than all men we are.

Now however Christ has been raised out from [the] dead, firstfruit of those having fallen asleep.

Since for by a man [came] death, also by a man resurrection of [the] dead.

For as indeed in Adam all die, so also in Christ, all will be made alive.

each however in the own order: [the] firstfruit Christ, then those of Christ at the coming of Him;

then the end, when He may hand over the kingdom to the God and Father, when He may have annulled all dominion and all authority and power.

It behooves for Him to reign until that He may have put all the enemies under the feet of Him.

[The] last enemy to be abolished [is] death.

All things,” for He has put in subjection, under the feet of Him.” When however it may be said that all things have been put in subjection, [it is] evident that [is] excepted the [One who] having put in subjection to Him all things.

When now may have been put in subjection to Him all things, then also Himself the Son will be put in subjection to the [One] having put in subjection to Him all things, so that may be God all in all.

Otherwise what will they do who are baptized for the dead? If at all [the] dead not are raised, why also are they baptized for them?