Philippians 3:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

Regarding zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness in the law, blameless.

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  • Acts 8:3 : 3 As for Saul, he ravaged the church, entering every house and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison.
  • Acts 22:3-4 : 3 I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of our fathers, and was zealous toward God, as you all are today. 4 And I persecuted this way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
  • Acts 26:9-9 : 9 I truly thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.
  • Gal 1:13-14 : 13 For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it. 14 And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
  • Phil 3:9 : 9 And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:
  • 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 Although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
  • Rom 7:9 : 9 For I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
  • Rom 9:31-32 : 31 But Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness. 32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone;
  • Rom 10:2-5 : 2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For being ignorant of God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted to the righteousness of God. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. 5 For Moses describes the righteousness which is of the law, that the man who does those things shall live by them.
  • 1 Cor 15:9 : 9 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
  • Acts 26:5 : 5 Who knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
  • Acts 9:1-9 : 1 And Saul, still breathing out threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, 2 And requested letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 And as he traveled, he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven shone around him: 4 And he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? 5 And he said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting: it is hard for you to kick against the goads. 6 And trembling and astonished, he said, Lord, what do you want me to do? And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told you what you must do. 7 And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice but seeing no one. 8 And Saul arose from the ground; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one: but they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. 9 And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank. 10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and to him the Lord said in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. 11 And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he is praying, 12 And has seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in and laying his hand on him, so that he might receive his sight. 13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints in Jerusalem: 14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name. 15 But the Lord said to him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: 16 For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake. 17 And Ananias went his way and entered the house; and laying his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit. 18 And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he received his sight at once, and he arose and was baptized. 19 And when he had received food, he was strengthened. Then Saul spent some days with the disciples in Damascus.
  • Acts 21:20 : 20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said to him, You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who believe, and they are all zealous for the law:
  • 2 Sam 21:2 : 2 So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but a remnant of the Amorites; and the Israelites had sworn to them. Yet Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for Israel and Judah.)
  • 2 Kgs 10:16 : 16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.
  • Matt 5:20 : 20 For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
  • Matt 23:25 : 25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you make clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and excess.
  • Mark 10:20-21 : 20 And he answered and said to him, Master, all these I have kept from my youth. 21 Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, One thing you lack: go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
  • Luke 1:6 : 6 They were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

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  • Gal 1:13-15
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    13 For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it.

    14 And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

    15 But when it pleased God, who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me by his grace,

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    3 I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of our fathers, and was zealous toward God, as you all are today.

    4 And I persecuted this way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

    5 As also the high priest bears me witness, and all the council of the elders, from whom I also received letters to the brothers, and went to Damascus to bring those who were there bound to Jerusalem, to be punished.

    6 And it happened, that as I made my journey and was near Damascus around noon, suddenly a great light from heaven shone around me.

    7 And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?

    8 And I answered, Who are you, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.

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    7 But what things were gain to me, those I have counted as loss for Christ.

    8 Indeed, I count all things as loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ,

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    13 Although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

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    9 I truly thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

    10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.

    11 And I punished them often in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

    12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

    13 At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me.

    14 And when we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? it is hard for you to kick against the pricks.

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    4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the beginning among my own nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know;

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    22 And I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea which are in Christ.

    23 But they were only hearing, 'He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith he once tried to destroy.'

    24 And they glorified God because of me.

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  • Rom 10:2
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    2 And requested letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

    3 And as he traveled, he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven shone around him:

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    19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.

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    14 But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things written in the law and in the prophets:

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    20 And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win the Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might win those who are under the law;

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    5 For I consider that I am not in any way inferior to the very chief apostles.

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    21 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and attempted to kill me.

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    11 And since I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.

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    22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I.