哥林多前書15:1-11

15:1 弟兄們，我如今把先前所傳給你們的福音告訴你們知道；這福音你們也領受了，又靠著站立得住，
15:2 並且你們若不是徒然相信，能以持守我所傳給你們的，就必因這福音得救。
15:3 我當日所領受又傳給你們的：第一，就是基督照聖經所說，為我們的罪死了，
15:4 而且埋葬了；又照聖經所說，第三天復活了，
15:5 並且顯給磯法看，然後顯給十二使徒看；
15:6 後來一時顯給五百多弟兄看，其中一大半到如今還在，卻也有已經睡了的。
15:7 以後顯給雅各看，再顯給眾使徒看，
15:8 末了也顯給我看；我如同未到產期而生的人一般。
15:9 我原是使徒中最小的，不配稱為使徒，因為我從前逼迫上帝的教會。
15:10 然而，我今日成了何等人，是蒙上帝的恩才成的，並且他所賜我的恩不是徒然的。我比眾使徒格外勞苦；這原不是我，乃是上帝的恩與我同在。
15:11 不拘是我，是眾使徒，我們如此傳，你們也如此信了。

Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. ² By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

³ For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance^[a]: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, ⁴ that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, ⁵ and that he appeared to Cephas,^[b] and then to the Twelve. ⁶ After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. ⁷ Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, ⁸ and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
⁹ For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. ¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. ¹¹ Whether, then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

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    保羅在此清楚的告訴我們福音的內容：「第一，就是基督照聖經所說，為我們的罪死了，而且埋葬了；又照聖經所說，第三天復活了，並且顯給磯法看，然後顯給十二使徒看；後來一時顯給五百多弟兄看，其中一大半到如今還在，卻也有已經睡了的。」（3-6節）

    保羅這樣的宣告，是要受信的人在一次確認自己所信的是真實的！而讀這封書信的信徒，是理所當然得受信者，你是否也是如此信呢？正如保羅再次的提醒：「不拘是我，是眾使徒，我們如此傳，你們也如此信了。」（11節）

    然而保羅更是以個人的經歷來見證上帝的奇妙，因為他是因為看見復活的基督，從迫害教會的人改變成建立教會的人。他將自己的轉變見證出來：「我原是使徒中最小的，不配稱為使徒，因為我從前逼迫上帝的教會。然而，我今日成了何等人，是蒙上帝的恩才成的，並且他所賜我的恩不是徒然的。我比眾使徒格外勞苦；這原不是我，乃是上帝的恩與我同在。」（9-10節）

    願你也如保羅一般，遇見復活的基督，使福音進入你的生命，也使你活在福音之中！