ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 15 v8

UNTIMELY BORN. AMBROSIASTER: By “untimely” Paul means that he was born again outside time, because he received his apostleship from Christ after the latter had ascended into heaven. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

THE LAST BUT MORE ILLUSTRIOUS. CHRYSOSTOM: Paul may have been the last but he was certainly not the least, since he was more illustrious than many who were before him, indeed, more illustrious than them all. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 38.5.

UNFORMED. THEODORET OF CYR: Paul compares himself here to an aborted fetus which is not even regarded by some as fully born. COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 266.

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