Passage

The persecution he remembers

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

⁹For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.

1 Corinthians 15:9World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The writer calls himself the least of the apostles because he persecuted God’s assembly.

To understand

He has just described an appearance to him. He goes on to attribute his present work to God’s grace, saying that this grace has not been fruitless in him.

A question

What act does the writer give as the reason for calling himself unworthy?