8 Finally, he appeared to me, even though I am like someone who was born at the wrong time.
9 I am the least important of all the apostles. In fact, I caused so much trouble for God's church that I don't even deserve to be called an apostle.
10 But God treated me with undeserved grace! He made me what I am, and his grace wasn't wasted. I worked much harder than any of the other apostles, although it was really God's grace at work and not me.
11 But it doesn't matter if I preached or if they preached. All of you believed the message just the same.
12 If we preach that Christ was raised from death, how can some of you say the dead will not be raised to life?
13 If they won't be raised to life, Christ himself wasn't raised to life.
14 And if Christ wasn't raised to life, our message is worthless, and so is your faith.