Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
The least (o elaxistov). True superlative, not elative. Explanation of the strong word ektrwma just used. See Ephesians 3:8 where he calls himself "less than the least of all saints" and I Timothy 1:15 the "chief" (prwtov) of sinners. Yet under attack from the Judaizers Paul stood up for his rank as equal to any apostle (II Corinthians 11:5 f., II Corinthians 11:23).
Because I persecuted the church of God (ediwca thn ekklhsian tou qeou). There were times when this terrible fact confronted Paul like a nightmare. Who does not understand this mood of contrition?
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Corinthians 15:9:
John 8:40
1 Corinthians 1:2
1 Corinthians 15:3
1 Corinthians 15:12
2 Corinthians 12:11
Ephesians 3:8
1 Timothy 1:15
1 Timothy 3:5
2 Timothy 2:2
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