Galatians 1:13

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Summary

For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:

How

1 Timothy 1:13

General references

Acts 8:3

Bible References

How

With these words he fell asleep. And Saul fully approved of his murder. On this very day there broke out a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostle were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.

Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest

"I persecuted to the death this way, continually binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women.

"I indeed once thought with myself that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus, the Nazarene.

For I am the least of the apostles, I who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which comes through law, blameless.

although I had formerly been a blasphemer and a persecutor and a doer of outrage. But I obtained mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief.

General references

But Saul was laying waste the church. He was wont to enter into every house, and to drag off men and women, and to commit them to prison.