1Cor 15:8 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 1Cor 15:8-9: 15:8-9 as though I had been born at the wrong time (or as though I were stillborn ): This phrase can refer to a miscarriage or stillbirth. Here it might express the unusual manner of Paul’s conversion, or the derogatory view some opponents held of his apostleship, or his own sense of unworthiness to be an apostle. The overall emphasis is on the extraordinary grace of God to Paul as a former persecutor of Christ’s people (see Gal 1:13 ; Phil 3:6 ; cp. Acts 8:3 ; 9:1-2 ). • I also saw him: Paul came face to face with the risen Christ at his conversion (see 1 Cor 9:1 ; Acts 9:3-6 ; Gal 1:15-16 ).

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bGal 1:13►

cPhil 3:6►

dActs 8:3►

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f1 Cor 9:1►

gActs 9:3-6►

hGal 1:15-16►

‏ 1 Corinthians 15:8

Summary for 1Cor 15:8-9: 15:8-9 ^a as though I had been born at the wrong time (or as though I were stillborn): This phrase can refer to a miscarriage or stillbirth. Here it might express the unusual manner of Paul’s conversion, or the derogatory view some opponents held of his apostleship, or his own sense of unworthiness to be an apostle. The overall emphasis is on the extraordinary grace of God to Paul as a former persecutor of Christ’s people (see Gal 1:13 ^b; Phil 3:6 ^c; cp. Acts 8:3 ^d; 9:1-2 ^e).

• I also saw him: Paul came face to face with the risen Christ at his conversion (see 1 Cor 9:1 ^f; Acts 9:3-6 ^g; Gal 1:15-16 ^h).