I. You are only truly “being saved” if you “hold fast” to the Word (1-2)
1 Corinthians 15:1–2 ESV
Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
Division 2
II. Belief, though it requires faith, is not unreasonable (3-8)
1 Corinthians 15:3 ESV
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
1 Corinthians 15:4 ESV
that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
1 Corinthians 15:5 ESV
and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
1 Corinthians 15:6 ESV
Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.
1 Corinthians 15:7 ESV
Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
1 Corinthians 15:8 ESV
Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.
Division 3
III. By the grace of God, anyone can do amazing works, even you! (9-11)
1 Corinthians 15:9 ESV
For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
1 Corinthians 15:10 ESV
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
1 Corinthians 15:11 ESV
Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
