1 Corinthians 15:9

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Acts 8:3

But Saul was trying to destroy the church; entering one house after another, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.

1 Corinthians 10:32

Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,

2 Corinthians 11:5

For I consider myself not at all inferior to those “super-apostles.”

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

Galatians 1:13

For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.

Galatians 1:23

They were only hearing, “The one who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news of the faith he once tried to destroy.”

Philippians 3:6

In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.