Philippians 3:6
as to zeal, a persecutor of the Church; as to the righteousness which comes through Law, blameless.
Acts 8:3
But Saul cruelly harassed the Church. He went into house after house, and, dragging off both men and women, threw them into prison.
Acts 22:3-4
"I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city. I was carefully trained at the feet of Gamaliel in the Law of our forefathers, and, like all of you to-day, was zealous for God.
Acts 26:9-10
"I myself, however, thought it a duty to do many things in hostility to the name of Jesus, the Nazarene.
Galatians 1:13-14
For you have heard of my early career in Judaism--how I furiously persecuted the Church of God, and made havoc of it;
Matthew 5:20
For I assure you that unless your righteousness greatly surpasses that of the Scribes and the Pharisees, you will certainly not find entrance into the Kingdom of the Heavens.
Matthew 23:25
"Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you wash clean the outside of the cup or dish, while within they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
Mark 10:20-21
"Rabbi," he replied, "all these Commandments I have carefully obeyed from my youth."
Luke 1:6
They were both of them upright before God, blamelessly obeying all the Lord's precepts and ordinances.
Acts 9:1-19
Now Saul, whose every breath was a threat of destruction for the disciples of the Lord,
Acts 21:20
And they, when they had heard his statement, gave the glory to God. Then they said, "You see, brother, how many tens of thousands of Jews there are among those who have accepted the faith, and they are all zealous upholders of the Law.
Acts 26:5
For they all know me of old--if they would but testify to the fact--how, being an adherent of the strictest sect of our religion, my life was that of a Pharisee.
Romans 7:9
Once, apart from Law, I was alive, but when the Commandment came, sin sprang into life, and I died;
Romans 9:31-32
while the descendants of Israel, who were in pursuit of a Law that could give righteousness, have not arrived at one.
Romans 10:2-5
For I bear witness that they possess an enthusiasm for God, but it is an unenlightened enthusiasm.
1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the Apostles, and am not fit to be called an Apostle--because I persecuted the Church of God.
Philippians 3:9
not having a righteousness of my own, derived from the Law, but that which arises from faith in Christ--the righteousness which comes from God through faith.
1 Timothy 1:13
though I was previously a blasphemer and a persecutor and had been insolent in outrage. Yet mercy was shown me, because I had acted ignorantly, not having as yet believed;