1 Corinthians 15:8and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.
The setting
Damascus road, Syria, ~35 AD. Christ appears to his greatest enemy, a murderer of Christians...
The emotion here: humbled by grace, still shocked God chose him
The original word
ektroma (ἐκτρώματι) — miscarriage, premature birth, abnormal timing
Why it matters
Paul had been dragging Christians from their homes and watching them be stoned to death
Read with care
What most readers miss in 1 Corinthians 15:8
Paul calls himself a 'miscarriage' - spiritually born at the wrong time, abnormally
Common misconceptionPeople think Paul was always confident, but he saw himself as spiritually deformed - a 'miscarriage' among the apostles who came to faith abnormally.
The thread continues
Verses that echo 1 Corinthians 15:8
Bible Genome reading
1 Corinthians 15:8 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
1 Corinthians 15:8 comes from the book of 1 Corinthians, written during the early_church period. These words are attributed to Paul. The dominant emotion in this verse is grateful, with a comfort power of 60% and a tone that is reflective. It belongs to the teaching genre of biblical literature. Key themes include grace, calling. Notable phrases: child born at the wrong time.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same grateful
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
— John 3:16
“I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.”
— 2 Timothy 4:7
“It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.'”
— Acts 2:21
“for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,”
— Ephesians 2:8
“So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land o…”
— Genesis 45:8
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