I'll challenge that a bit, though I think we've conversed about this before, as well.
When the Apostle Paul wrote, "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost (Χριστὸς Ἰησοῦς ἦλθεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἁμαρτωλοὺς σῶσαι ὧν πρῶτός εἰμι ἐγώ)" in 1 Timothy 1:15, was it before or after he was a Christian? And if it was after, then how could he speak of himself as the foremost of sinners in the present tense? He did not say "I WAS (ἤμην)," but "I AM(εἰμι) foremost of sinners," even as a Christian. Was Paul wrong to consider himself a sinner?
Dikaios1517
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2026-05-27 01:30:37 GMT
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