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

And the king called the Gibeonites, and spoke to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites, and the sons of Israel had sworn to them, and [yet] Saul sought to kill them in his zeal

And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.

And when the men heard, they glorified God, having said to him, Thou see, brother, how many thousands there are of the Jews who have believed, and they are all zealots of the law.

For I testify to them that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

For ye heard of my former behavior in Judaism, that I persecuted the church of God to extraordinariness, and ravaged it.

Persecuting

But Saul was ravaging the church, entering from house to house. Dragging both men and women, he gave them over to prison.

But Saul, still breathing threat and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, after going to the high priest,

I am indeed a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but reared in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, reared accurately in the paternal law, being a zealot of God, as ye all are today.

Indeed therefore I thought it necessary for myself to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene,

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

the man who was formerly blasphemous, and a persecutor, and an aggressor. But I obtained mercy because I did it being ignorant in unbelief.

General references

Or if the raw flesh turns again, and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest.

And having answered, he said to him, Teacher, all these things I have observed from my youth.

But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved together.

And he said, All these things I have kept from my youth.

But Saul was ravaging the church, entering from house to house. Dragging both men and women, he gave them over to prison.

But whatever was gain to me, these things I regarded loss because of the Christ.