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 having heard, they glorified God, and said to him, You see, brother, how many ten thousands there are of those who have believed, among the Jews, and all are zealots of the law;

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

For you heard of my conduct formerly in Judaism, that I greatly persecuted the church of God and destroyed it;

Persecuting

But Saul persecuted the church, and going from house to house, seizing men and women, committed them to prison.

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

And he said, I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, instructed at the feet of Gamaliel in the accurate interpretation of the law of our fathers, and am a zealous worshipper of God as you all are to-day;

I indeed thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazoraean,

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

who formerly was a blasphemer and persecutor and an injurious man; but I obtained mercy because I did those things ignorantly in unbelief;

General references

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

But new wine must be put into new bottles.

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

But Saul persecuted the church, and going from house to house, seizing men and women, committed them to prison.

But whatever things were my gain, these I have considered a loss for the sake of Christ.