4 he was buried, and he rose on the third day in line with the scriptures.
5 He appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve,
6 and then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at once—most of them are still alive to this day, though some have died.
7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
8 and last of all he appeared to me, as if I were born at the wrong time.
9 I’m the least important of the apostles. I don’t deserve to be called an apostle, because I harassed God’s church.
10 I am what I am by God’s grace, and God’s grace hasn’t been for nothing. In fact, I have worked harder than all the others—that is, it wasn’t me but the grace of God that is with me.