Philippians 3:6
by the standard set by zeal, I was a persecutor of the church, and measured by the uprightness reached by keeping the law, I was faultless.
Acts 8:3
But Saul continued to harass the church, and by going from house to house and dragging off men and women he continued to put them into prison.
Acts 22:3-4
"I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up here in this city, and carefully educated under the teaching of Gamaliel in the law of our forefathers. I was zealous for God, as all of you are today.
Acts 26:9-10
I myself, indeed, once thought it my duty to take extreme measures in hostility to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Galatians 1:13-14
You have heard, indeed, of my former conduct as an adherent of the Jewish religion, how I kept on furiously persecuting the church of God, and tried to destroy it,
Matthew 5:20
For I tell you that unless your righteousness far surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven at all.
Matthew 23:25
A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of your greed and self-indulgence.
Mark 10:20-21
But he said to Him, "Teacher, I have kept all these commandments ever since I was a child."
Luke 1:6
Now they were both upright in the sight of God, walking without reproach in all the Lord's commands and requirements.
Acts 9:1-19
Now Saul, as he was still breathing threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
Acts 21:20
They gave the glory to God, when they heard it, and said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousand believers there are among the Jews, all of them zealous champions of the law.
Acts 26:5
for they have known all along from the first, if they would but testify to it, that I as a Pharisee have lived by the standard of the strictest sect of our religion.
Romans 7:9
I was once alive when I had no connection with the law, but when the command came, sin revived, and then I died;
Romans 9:31-32
while Israel, though ever in pursuit of a law that would bring right standing, did not attain to it.
Romans 10:2-5
For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but they are not intelligently so.
1 Corinthians 15:9
For I belong to the lowest rank of the apostles, and am not fit to bear the title apostle, because I once persecuted the church of God.
Philippians 3:9
and be actually in union with Him, not having a supposed right standing with God which depends on my doing what the law commands, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the real right standing with God which originates from Him and rests on faith.
1 Timothy 1:13
though I once used to abuse, persecute, and insult Him. But mercy was shown me by Him, because I did it in ignorance and unbelief,