1 Corinthians 15:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 Corinthians 15:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For - A reason for the appellation which he had given to himself in 1 Corinthians 15:8 . I am the least of the apostles - Not on account of any defect in his commission, or any lack of quali...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15. The Resurrection of the Dead. This discussion seems not to have been elicited by the church letter, but by information which had reached Paul through another source. Some were den...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

least . Figure of speech Meiosis (App-6). church . App-186. God . App-98.
1 Corinthians 15:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. For I am the least It is not certain whether his enemies threw out this for the purpose of detracting from his credit, or whether it was entirely of his own accord, that he made the ack...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. I am the least of the apostles - This was literally true in reference to his bein...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For I am the least of the Apostles, &c.— "For how much soever I be now enriched, and advanced to gifts and graces, and in the honours of the apostolate; and how eminent and successful soever my...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. Least. 'Paulus' means least. I persecuted the church of God. Though G...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(f) The Fact and the Doctrine of the Resurrection of the Dead Some Corinthians disbelieved in the resurrection of the dead—not, apparently, in Christ's Resurrection, though St. Paul felt this wo...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For I am the least of the apostles. — Paulus Minimus. Here the mention of his conversion — the thought of what he had been before, what he had become since — leads the Apostle into a digression,...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 21 THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST I. ITS PLACE IN THE CHRISTIAN CREED PAUL having now settled the minor questions of order in public worship, marriage, intercourse with the heathen, and the...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Gospel: Christ Died and Rose Again 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 If 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 is a psalm of love, this chapter is a psalm of hope-a hope that cannot be ashamed. It is the most memorab...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The last fact of the "spiritualities" is the resurrection, and the apostle first gives the proof of the resurrection of Christ. His final proof was his own experience. It is evident that there were...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; (2) By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preache...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For I am the least of the apostles ,.... Referring not to the littleness of his stature, but to the figure before used, and as expressing not the opinion of others concerning him, but the true and r...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. Ver. 9. I am the least of the apostles ] Not come to my just size, as one bor...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I am the least of the apostles, because I persecuted , &c. True believers are humbled all their lives for the sins they committed before they repented and believed. But by the grace of God I am...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

This chapter itself forms a third division of the book, and deals with another most serious matter in Corinth. Some among them denied the resurrection of the dead. But the resurrection of Christ is t...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Resurrection of Christ. A. D. 57. 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel whic...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The least, not in dignity, or gifts, or labours; (he tells us, that he had laboured more than all, he had made the gospel to abound from Jerusalem to Illyricum; he hath in this Epistle let us...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Witnesses To The Resurrection (15:5-10). 'And that he appeared (literally 'was seen by) to Cephas; then to the twelve; then he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the grea...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Note: 1. The main teaching of chapter is almost pure dogma . It is for the most part matter of simple revelation and belief. 2. The earliest extant written account of the a...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:3-11 I. The gospel which Paul preached was very simple. (1) The articles of his creed were few and plain. "Christ died; He was buried; He rose again." (2) He delivered them "first...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:1 . Moreover, brethren I declare unto you the gospel Mark that Paul writes concerning «the gospel.» We shall see now what «the gospel» is. 1 Corinthians 15:1-3 . Which I prea...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 15:1 . I declare unto you the gospel by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you. We have here an epitome of the whole gospel, comprising essentially th...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 15:1-46 The doctrine of the resurrection. This chapter, and the thirteenth, on Christian love, stand out, even among the writings of St. Paul, as pre-eminently be...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Of the Resurrection of the Dead. The facts of Christ's resurrection:
1 Corinthians 15:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 1:13 ; 1 Timothy 1:14 ; 2 Corinthians 11:5 ; 2 Corinthians 12:11 ; Acts 22:4 ; Acts 22:5 ; Acts 26:9-11 ; Acts 8:3 ; Acts 9:1 ; Ephesians 3:7 ; Ephesians 3:8 ; Galatians 1:13 ;...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Glorious Gospel 1 Corinthians 15:1-28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Apostle Paul said: "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, a...
1 Corinthians 15:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I persecuted the church — True believers are humbled all their lives, even for the sins they committed before they believed.

1 Corinthians 15:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 15:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 15:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 15:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 15:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 15:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 15:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:9 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 15:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 15:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:9 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes