the least.

2 Corinthians 11:5
I consider myself in no way inferior to those "super-apostles."

2 Corinthians 12:11
I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those "super-apostles, " even though I am nothing.

Ephesians 3:7, 8
I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God's grace, given me through the working of His power. . . .

because.

Acts 8:3
But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

Acts 9:1
Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out threats of murder against the Lord's disciples. He went to the high priest

Acts 22:4, 5
I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison, . . .

Acts 26:9-11
So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth. . . .

Galatians 1:13, 23
For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. . . .

Philippians 3:6
as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness under the Law, faultless.

1 Timothy 1:13, 14
I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy. . . .