1 Corinthians 15:9

For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

In Context

8And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth.

10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

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Cross References

Acts 8:3But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

Acts 22:4I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,

2 Corinthians 11:5I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”

Galatians 1:13For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.

Ephesians 3:7I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.

1 Timothy 1:13I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 15:2-12

The Resurrection of Christ. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 5 And that he… Read the whole commentary →

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