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 children of Israel, but of the remainder of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them; and Saul sought to smite them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.)

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

And they having heard it glorified God, and said to him, Thou seest, brother, how many myriads there are of the Jews who have believed, and all are zealous of the law.

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

For ye have heard what was my conversation formerly in Judaism, that I excessively persecuted the assembly of God, and ravaged it;

Persecuting

But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into the houses one after another, and dragging off both men and women delivered them up to prison.

But Saul, still breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, came to the high priest

I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, educated according to the exactness of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, as ye are all this day;

I indeed myself thought that I ought to do much against the name of Jesus the Nazaraean.

For I am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called apostle, because I have persecuted the assembly of God.

who before was a blasphemer and persecutor, and an insolent overbearing man: but mercy was shewn me because I did it ignorantly, in unbelief.

General references

But if the raw flesh change again, and be turned white, he shall come unto the priest;

And he answering said to him, Teacher, all these things have I kept from my youth.

but new wine is to be put into new skins, and both are preserved.

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

But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into the houses one after another, and dragging off both men and women delivered them up to prison.

but what things were gain to me these I counted, on account of Christ, loss.