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

Acts 21:20

Romans 10:2

Galatians 1:13

Persecuting

General references

Philippians 3:7

Bible References

Zeal

And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said to him: You see, brother, how many myriads of the Jews there are that believe, and they are all zealous for the law.

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

For you have heard of my former mode of life in Judaism, that I greatly persecuted the church of God, and laid it waste;

Persecuting

But Saul attempted to destroy the church; entering every house, and dragging men and women, he delivered them up to prison.

And Saul, still breathing out threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the chief priest,

I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, yet educated in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, and instructed according to the strict discipline of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, as you all are this day.

I verily 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, and I am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

me, I say, who before was a reviler and a persecutor and an overbearing man. But I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief:

General references

He answered and said to him: Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth.

But new wine must be put into new bottles, and both will be preserved.

He replied: All these have I kept from my youth.

But Saul attempted to destroy the church; entering every house, and dragging men and women, he delivered them up to prison.

But the things which were gain to me, these I counted loss for Christ.