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 they, when they heard it, glorified God, and said to him. "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews, of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the Law.

For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, only it is a zeal without knowledge.

For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how furiously I used to persecute the church of God, and how I kept seeking to root it out;

Persecuting

But Saul was laying waste the church. He was wont to enter into every house, and to drag off men and women, and to commit them to prison.

Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest

"I am a Jew," he said, "born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the strict manner of the Law of our forefathers, ardent for God, even as you all are this day.

"I indeed once 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, I who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

although I had formerly been a blasphemer and a persecutor and a doer of outrage. But I obtained mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief.

General references

"Teacher," he answered, "I have observed all these from my youth."

"But new wine must be put into fresh wine-skins

"All of these," he replied, "I have kept from my youth up."

But Saul was laying waste the church. He was wont to enter into every house, and to drag off men and women, and to commit them to prison.

But what was once gain to me, that I have counted loss for Christ.