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Paul calls himself the chief of sinners. He does not say, I was the chief or foremost of sinners.

Even though he certainly had a wicked past, as we've already seen in verse 13, a blasphemer,

a persecutor, an opponent of Christ.

Instead, Paul says, I am presently the chief of sinners.

And Paul does not make this statement as a new believer, but after, instead,

after he had been faithfully serving Christ for over 25 years, we can actually train to chronological

progression of Paul's statements about himself through his epistles in the New Testament.

Notice in 1st Corinthians chapter 15 verse 9, Paul says,

I am the least of the apostles, the worst of the best.

Apostles?

Not a bad group to be a part of.

I'm the least of the best.

Then Paul goes on. A few years later. He writes to the Ephesians in chapter 3 verse 8 saying,

I'm the very least, not just of the apostles, but of all the saints.

And here, even later still, in 1st Timothy chapter 1, verse 15, our text today, Paul says,

I am the best now.

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