For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.
For I am the least of the apostles,.... Referring not to the littleness of his stature, but to the figure before used, and as expressing not the opinion of others concerning him, but the true and real sense he had of himself, for which he himself gives the strongest reason that can be given; and by "apostles" he means not only the twelve, but all...
Divine truths gain their greatest evidence when seen in connection with one another. The resurrection of Christ is the foundation upon which the resurrection of the dead is built; strengthen the foundation and the superstructure stands secure.
AI summary
Commenting on 1 Corinthians 15:1-11
Observe here, 1. The profound humility of this great apostle, and how low he was in his own thoughts: he calls himself the least of the apostles, nay, not meet or worthy to be called an apostle, because he had persecuted the church of Christ with so much fury and fierceness.