Philippians 3:6
as to my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church; and by the Law's standard of uprightness, no fault could be found with me.
Acts 8:3
But Saul harassed the church. He went into one house after another, and dragging out men and women, put them in prison.
Acts 22:3-4
"I am a Jew, and I was born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but was brought up here in this city, and thoroughly educated under the teaching of Gamaliel in the Law of our forefathers. I was zealous for God, just as all of you are today.
Acts 26:9-10
I once thought it my duty vigorously to oppose the cause of Jesus of Nazareth.
Galatians 1:13-14
You have heard of my former conduct when I was attached to the Jewish religion??ow furiously I used to persecute the church of God and ravage it,
Matthew 5:20
For I tell you that unless your uprightness is far superior to that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never even enter the Kingdom of Heaven!
Matthew 23:25
Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
Mark 10:20-21
But he said to him, "Master, I have obeyed all these commandments ever since I was a child."
Luke 1:6
They were both upright in the sight of God, blamelessly observing all the Lord's commands and requirements.
Acts 9:1-19
Now Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the Lord's disciples, went to the high priest,
Acts 21:20
They praised God when they heard it, and they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousand believers there are among the Jews, all of them zealous upholders of the Law.
Acts 26:5
for they have known from the first, if they are willing to give evidence, that I was a Pharisee and my life was that of the strictest sect of our religion.
Romans 7:9
I was once alive and without law, but when the command came, sin awoke and then I died;
Romans 9:31-32
while Israel, straining after a law that should bring uprightness, did not come up to it.
Romans 10:2-5
I can testify to their sincere devotion to God, but it is not an intelligent devotion.
1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least important of the apostles, and am not fit to be called an apostle, because I once persecuted God's church.
Philippians 3:9
and be known to be united to him, with any uprightness I may have not based on law but coming through faith in Christ??he uprightness that comes from God through faith.
1 Timothy 1:13
though I once used to abuse, persecute, and insult him. But he had mercy on me, because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief,