(A)as to zeal, (B)a persecutor of the church; (C)as to righteousness under the law,[a] blameless.

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 3:6 Greek in the law

13 For you have heard of (A)my former life in Judaism, how (B)I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it. 14 And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely (C)zealous was I for (D)the traditions of my fathers.

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But (A)Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he (B)dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.

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(A)“I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of (B)Jesus of Nazareth. 10 (C)And I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority (D)from the chief priests, but (E)when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.

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(A)“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated (B)at the feet of (C)Gamaliel[a] (D)according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, (E)being zealous for God (F)as all of you are this day. (G)I persecuted (H)this Way (I)to the death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women,

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  1. Acts 22:3 Or city at the feet of Gamaliel, educated

20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds (A)that of the scribes and Pharisees, you (B)will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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13 though formerly I was a blasphemer, (A)persecutor, and insolent opponent. But (B)I received mercy (C)because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,

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and be found in him, not having (A)a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but (B)that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—

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For (A)I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because (B)I persecuted the church of God.

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31 but that Israel (A)who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness[a] (B)did not succeed in reaching that law. 32 Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the (C)stumbling stone,

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:31 Greek a law of righteousness

I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died.

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They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that (A)according to the strictest (B)party of our (C)religion I have lived as (D)a Pharisee.

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20 And when they heard it, they (A)glorified God. And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed. They are all (B)zealous for the law,

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