Galatians 1:13
For you have heard of my former mode of life in Judaism, that I greatly persecuted the church of God, and laid it waste;
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
12for neither did I receive it from man, nor was it taught me, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Acts 8:1And at that time there was a great persecution against the church that was in Jerusalem; and they were all dispersed throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Acts 9:1And Saul, still breathing out threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the chief priest,
Acts 9:21And all that heard him were astonished, and said: Is not this he who destroyed in Jerusalem those that call on this name, and who has come hither for this purpose, that he might carry them bound to the chief priests?
Acts 22:3I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, yet educated in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, and instructed according to the strict discipline of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, as you all are this day.
Acts 26:9I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
Philippians 3:6as it respects zeal, persecuting the church; as it respects righteousness which is by law, blameless.
Matthew Henry on Galatians 1:11-24
The Apostle's Integrity. ( a. d. 56.) 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. 11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. 12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. 13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: 14 And… Read the whole commentary →