1 Corinthians 15:2-4

Expanded Bible

² And you are being saved by it if you ·continue believing [^Lhold firm to] ·what I told you [^Lthe Gospel message I proclaimed to you], unless you believed ·for nothing [in vain; or superficially; or in something of no value].

³ [^LFor] I passed on to you what I received, which is ·of greatest importance [or the first thing I told you]: that Christ died for our sins, ·as the Scriptures say [^Laccording to the Scripture; Is. 53:5–6]; ⁴ that he was buried and was raised to life on the third day ·as the Scriptures say [^Laccording to the Scripture; Ps. 16:8–11];