1 Corinthians 15:9

God's Word

I’m the least of the apostles. I’m not even fit to be called an apostle because I persecuted God’s church.

Cross References

Acts 8:3

Saul tried to destroy the church. He dragged men and women out of one home after another and threw them into prison.

1 Corinthians 10:32

Don’t cause others to stumble, whether they are Jewish, Greek, or members of God’s church.

2 Corinthians 11:5

I don’t think I’m inferior in any way to your super-apostles.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have become a fool. You forced me to be one. You should have recommended me to others. Even if I’m nothing, I wasn’t inferior in any way to your super-apostles.

Galatians 1:13

You heard about the way I once lived when I followed the Jewish religion. You heard how I violently persecuted God’s church and tried to destroy it.

Galatians 1:23

The only thing they had heard was this: “The man who persecuted us is now spreading the faith that he once tried to destroy.”

Philippians 3:6

When it comes to being enthusiastic, I was a persecutor of the church. When it comes to winning God’s approval by obeying Jewish laws, I was perfect.