For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
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Gill's Exposition
For I am the least of the apostles,.... Referring not to the littleness of his stature, but to the figure before used, and as expressing not the opinion of others concerning him, but the true and real…
Barnes' Notes
For - A reason for the appellation which he had given to himself in 1Co 15:8. I am the least of the apostles - Not on account of any defect in his commission, or any lack of qualification to bear…
Adam Clarke
I am the least of the apostles - This was literally true in reference to his being chosen last, and chosen not in the number of the twelve, but as an extra apostle. How much pains do some men take to…
It is the apostle's business in this chapter to assert and establish the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, which some of the Corinthians flatly denied, Co1 15:12. Whether they turned this…
Cambridge Bible
because I persecuted the church of God Act 7:58; Act 8:3; Act 9:1. Cf. Gal 1:13; 1Ti 1:13.
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