³ But Saul was ravaging the church by entering house after house; dragging off both men and women, he committed them to prison.^(A)

¹³ You have heard, no doubt, of my earlier life in Judaism. I was violently persecuting the church of God and was trying to destroy it.^(A)

²³ they only heard it said, “The one who formerly was persecuting us is now proclaiming the faith he once tried to destroy.”