 | Jerome H. Neyrey - 2007 - 72 pàgines
...of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared to me") but nevertheless claims the role of an apostle: "I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle" (i Cor 15:8—9). Yet he claims and defends the formal role of "apostle" (i Cor 9:1 ; 15:10), which... | |
 | James Innell Packer, Carolyn Nystrom - 2006 - 320 pàgines
...as he went along. In 1 Corinthians 15:9 (53 AD, perhaps) he is "the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God." In Ephesians 3:8 (61 AD, perhaps) he is "the very least of all the saints." In 1 Timothy 1:15 (63 AD,... | |
 | Anthony C. Thiselton - 2006 - 342 pàgines
...greater emphasis is placed upon his lack of qualification or merit to be so favored: I am not competent to be called an apostle because I persecuted the church of God (v. 9). The metaphor of an aborted foetus (Greek ektroma) suggests (i) the unlikelihood (in human terms)... | |
 | 2006 - 68 pàgines
...Last of all, as to one born abnormally, he appeared to me. For I am the least of the apostles, not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. (1 Cor 15:3-9) During the two decades between the death and Resurrection of Jesus and the time of Paul's... | |
 | James A. Wallace, Robert P. Waznak, Guerric DeBona - 2006 - 356 pàgines
...Paul, formerly Saul, who writes to the community at Corinth, "I am the least of the apostles, not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God." Paul sat there while they stoned Stephen, and then took up a career rounding up and imprisoning the... | |
 | Douglas J. Del Tondo - 2006 - 520 pàgines
...Cor. 1:1; Galatians 1:1; 1 Ti. 1:1. See, viz., "For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God." (1 Cor. 15:9, ASV) and "For I reckon that I am not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles." (2 Cor.... | |
 | Sarah Ann Goebel - 2006 - 310 pàgines
...that he is the least of all apostles - "For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God," Then he says in Ephesians 3:8 that he is the least of all the saints - "Although I am less than the... | |
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Patrick Navas - 2006 - 577 pàgines
...believe that they refer to "the triune God." Chapter 1515:9 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy vas( [tou theou] 10 But by the grace of God [tou theou] I 553 Appendix am what I am, and his grace toward... | |
 | Elder Larry Douglas Reid - 2007 - 92 pàgines
...seen of me also, as one born out of due time. For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the...by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; But I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I,... | |
 | E. R. Layne Sr. - 2007 - 82 pàgines
...reasons that Paul stated he was chief sinner. "For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the...by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I,... | |
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For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 
