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For I can testify that they have a zeal for God, but it is not based on knowledge.(A)

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20 When they heard it, they praised God. Then they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of believers there are among the Jews, and they are all zealous for the law.(A)

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And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight(A)

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31 but Israel, who did strive for the law of righteousness, did not attain that law.(A) 32 Why not? Because they did not strive for it on the basis of faith but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,(B)

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as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.

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In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing clearly the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.(A)

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Not knowing the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own, they have not submitted to God’s righteousness.(A)

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“Indeed, I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.[a](A) 10 And that is what I did in Jerusalem; with authority received from the chief priests, I not only locked up many of the saints in prison, but I also cast my vote against them when they were being condemned to death.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 26.9 Gk the Nazorean

17 They make much of you but for no good purpose; they want to exclude you, so that you may make much of them. 18 It is good to be made much of for a good purpose at all times and not only when I am present with you.

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14 I advanced in Judaism beyond many among my people of the same age, for I was far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.(A)

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For, as I can testify, they voluntarily gave according to their means and even beyond their means,

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For it is the God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.(A)

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“I am a Jew born in Tarsus in Cilicia but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, educated strictly according to our ancestral law, being zealous for God, just as all of you are today.(A)

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Desire without knowledge is not good,
    and one who moves too hurriedly misses the way.

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Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers
    who eat up my people as they eat bread
    and do not call upon the Lord?(A)

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16 He said, “Come with me and see my zeal for the Lord.” So he[a] had him ride in his chariot.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 10.16 Gk Syr Tg: Heb they

13 For I testify for him that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and in Hierapolis.

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15 What has become of the goodwill you felt? For I testify that, had it been possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

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Paul and the Roman Tribune

22 Up to this point they listened to him, but then they shouted, “Away with such a fellow from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live.”

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28 shouting, “Fellow Israelites,[a] help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place; more than that, he has actually brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 21.28 Gk Men, Israelites

They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, an hour is coming when those who kill you will think that by doing so they are offering worship to God.(A)

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Israel’s Redemption

27 On that day the Lord with his cruel and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.(A)

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