1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 Timothy 1:15 Paul often describes certain sayings as trustworthy (compare 1 Timothy 3:1; 1 Timothy 4:9; 2 Timothy 2:11; Titus 3:8). sinners, of whom I am the foremost. Apparently Paul means that his previous persecution of the church made him the leading sinner (see 1 Timothy 1:13; compare 1 Corinthians 15:9). Another interpretation is that, in light of the Holy Spirit’s powerful conviction and his nearness to God, Paul could not imagine anyone being a “worse” sinner than he was.

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