Saul, however, was ravaging the church. He would enter house after house, drag off men and women, and put them in prison.
1 Corinthians 15:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised For I am the least of the apostles, not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For I am the least [worthy] of the apostles, who am not fit or deserving to be called an apostle, because I once wronged and pursued and molested the church of God [oppressing it with cruelty and violence]. American Standard Version (1901) For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. Common English Bible I’m the least important of the apostles. I don’t deserve to be called an apostle, because I harassed God’s church. Catholic Public Domain Version For I am the least of the Apostles. I am not worthy to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. |
Saul, however, was ravaging the church. He would enter house after house, drag off men and women, and put them in prison.
I have been a fool; you forced it on me. You ought to have commended me, since I am not in any way inferior to those ‘super-apostles’, even though I am nothing.
For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism: I intensely persecuted God’s church and tried to destroy it.
They just kept hearing, ‘He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith he once tried to destroy.’
regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.