Philippians 3:6

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Summary

Philippians 3:6

Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

Zeal

Galatians 1:13

Persecuting

General references

Bible References

Zeal

The Gibeonites were not Israelites but rather a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but Saul had tried to kill them in his zeal for the Israelites and Judah. So David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them.

Then he said, “Come with me and see my zeal for the Lord!” So he let him ride with him in his chariot.

When they heard it, they glorified God and said, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law.

I can testify about them that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism: I persecuted God’s church to an extreme degree and tried to destroy it.

Persecuting

Saul, however, was ravaging the church. He would enter house after house, drag off men and women, and put them in prison.

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest

He continued, “I am a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel and educated according to the strict view of our patriarchal law. Being zealous for God, just as all of you are today,

In fact, I myself supposed it was necessary to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

one who was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I received mercy because I acted out of ignorance in unbelief.

General references

But if the raw flesh changes and turns white, he must go to the priest.

He said to Him, “Teacher, I have kept all these from my youth.”

But new wine should be put into fresh wineskins.

“I have kept all these from my youth,” he said.

Saul, however, was ravaging the church. He would enter house after house, drag off men and women, and put them in prison.

But everything that was a gain to me, I have considered to be a loss because of Christ.