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To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
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Humility from Grace
Commentators explain that Paul's profound humility, calling himself "less than the least," was not false modesty but a direct result of experiencing God's immense grace. The more Paul understood the greatness of his calling, the more he recognized his own unworthiness apart from God. True Christian humility, they suggest, grows from a deep awareness of God's unmerited favor.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints. This is one of the class of expressions peculiar to Paul. Ordinary terms of language do…
Unto me who am less than the least of all saints (εμο τω ελαχιστοτερω παντων αγιων). Dative case εμο with ελοθη. The peculiar form…
19th Century
Anglican
Less than the least of all saints.—Compare with this expression of deep humility the well-known passages [Reference 1 Corinthians …
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“Given me” forms a link with v.7 (cf. v.2). “Less than the least” is a unique combination of comparative and superlative. Literally it is “more lea…
16th Century
Protestant
To me, who am the least. He labors to exhibit himself, and everything that belongs to him, in as humiliating a light as possible, so that …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Unto me who am less than the least of all saints This is an instance of the great humility of the apostle, and indee…
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Those whom God advances to honorable roles, he makes low in their own eyes; and where God gives grace to be humble, there he gives all other necess…
