But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.
1 Corinthians 15:9 - Revised Standard Version For I am the least of the apostles, unfit 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. |
But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.
I think that I am not in the least inferior to these superlative apostles.
I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not at all inferior to these superlative apostles, even though I am nothing.
For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it;
they only heard it said, “He who once persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”
as to zeal a persecutor of the church, as to righteousness under the law blameless.