For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.
I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was s
I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to th
But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
They only heard the account: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”
Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high prie
I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”
as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,
For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy