when the Apostle Paul referred to himself as the chief of sinners he was talking about before he met the Lord on the road at Damascus, how can you call yourself the chief of sinners when he's addressing most of his Epistles to the Saints or holy ones in the Greek and had more revelation of who and what we were in Christ more than any of the other apostles, and he even admitted almost bragging about it that he had prayed in tongues more and labored more than all the apostles together because he had not taken God's grace in vain. And the Apostle Paul is the one also who wrote 1st Corinthians 3: 10 to 15 which is incredibly interesting regarding the Judgment seat of Christ having laid the foundation and making sure that we need to build upon that foundation right and then he goes into talking about those who would lose rewards having Works burned up meaning their Works did not line up with the works that God had planned beforehand according to Ephesians 2:10 and Jesus talked about doing the same works and greater Works that would glorify the father, just my opinion I guess but this is what I teach because this is what He has taught me over the years and it has changed my walk with God, shalom