1 Corinthians 15:9

I am the least of the legates; and am not worthy to be called a legate; because I persecuted the church of God.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 them all, he was seen by me, as it were by an abortion.

10But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace, that was in me, was not in vain; but I labored more than they all:-not I, but his grace that was with me.

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Cross References

Acts 8:3And Saul persecuted the church of God, entering houses, and dragging forth men and women and committing them to prison.

Acts 22:4And I persecuted this way, even to death; for I bound, and delivered up to prison, both men and women.

2 Corinthians 11:5For, I suppose, I came not short of those legates who most excel.

Galatians 1:13For ye have heard of my former course of life in Judaism, that I persecuted the church of God exceedingly, and destroyed it:

Ephesians 3:7of which I have been a minister, according to the gift of the goodness of God, which was imparted to me by the operation of his power:

1 Timothy 1:13me I say, who before was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and a reviler; but I obtained mercy, because I did it while ignorant and without faith.

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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