1 Corinthians 15:9

1 Corinthians 15:9

7 After that He was seen by James, then ^aby all the apostles.

8 ^aThen last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.

9 For I am ^athe least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because ^bI persecuted the church of God.

10 But ^aby the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, ^byet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

11 Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

The Risen Christ, Our Hope

12 Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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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?

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