The Resurrection of christ

1 Let me now remind you, dear brothers and sisters, of the Good News (Gospel) I preached to you before.

You welcomed it then , and you still stand firm in it. 2 It is this Good News (Gospel) that saves you if you

continue to believe the message I told you--unless, of course, you believed something that was never true in the

first place.

3 I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins,

just as the Scriptures said. 4 He was buried (Matt. 27:32-61; Mark 15:21-47; Luke 23:26-56), and he was raised

from the dead on the third day (Matt. 28:1-20 ; Mark 16:1-20; Luke 24:1-53), just as the Scriptures said. 

5 He was seen by Peter and then by the Twelve. 6 After that, he was seen by more than 500 of his followers at one time,

most of whom are still alive, though some have died. 7 Then he was seen by James and later by all the apostles. 8 Last

of all, as though I had been born at the wrong time, I (Paul) also saw him. 9 For I am the least of all the apostles. In fact,

I'm not even worthy to be called an apostle after the way I persecuted God's church.

10 But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me--and not without results. For I 

have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace.

11 So it makes no difference whether I preach or they preach, for we all preach the same message you have

already believed.

The Resurrection Of Dead

12 But tell me this--since we preach that Christ rose from the dead, why are some of you saying there will be no

resurrection of the dead? 13 For if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised either. 14 And

if Christ has not been raised, then all our preaching is useless, and your faith is useless. 15 And we apostles

would all be lying about God--for we have said that God raised Christ from the grave. But that can't be true

if there is no resurrection of the dead. 16 And if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised.

17 And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is useless and you are still guilty of your sins.

18 In that case, all who have died believing in Christ are lost! 19 And if our hope in Christ is only for this life,

we are more to be pitied than anyone in the world.

20 But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died.

21 So you see, just as death came into the world through a man, now the resurrection from the dead has begun

through another man. 22 Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ

will be given new life.

                                                                                                                                                  --1 Corinthians 15:1-22 NLT