“Paul is least because he was the last in time, not because he was inferior in any way to the others.”
Ambrosiaster, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
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9For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
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7After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
8And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
— 1 Corinthians 15:9 —
10But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
11Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.