8. am--Not merely was I in times past, but I still am the least
worthy of so high an office (compare
1Ti 1:15,
end).
least of all saints--not merely "of all apostles"
(1Co 15:9, 10).
is--Greek, "has been given."
among--omitted in the oldest manuscripts Translate, "to announce to the Gentiles the glad tidings of the unsearchable
(Job 5:9)
riches," namely, of Christ's grace
(Eph 1:7; 2:7).
Ro 11:33,
"unsearchable" as a mine inexhaustible, whose treasures can never be
fully explored
(Eph 3:18, 19).
JFB.
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