Philippians 3:6
according to zeal, I persecuted the Church of God; according to the justice that is in the law, I lived without blame.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
In Context
7But the things which had been to my gain, the same have I considered a loss, for the sake of Christ.
Cross References
Judges 6:30And they said to Joash: “Bring forward your son here, so that he may die. For he has destroyed the altar of Baal, and he has cut down the sacred grove.”
2 Kings 10:16And he said to him, “Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord.” And he gave him a place in his chariot.
Matthew 23:25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you clean what is outside the cup and the dish, but on the inside you are full of avarice and impurity.
Luke 1:6Now they were both just before God, progressing in all of the commandments and the justifications of the Lord without blame.
Acts 9:1Now Saul, still breathing threats and beatings against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
Acts 22:3And he said: “I am a Jewish man, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but raised in this city beside the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the truth of the law of the fathers, zealous for the law, just as all of you also are to this day.
Matthew Henry on Philippians 3:5-9
False Confidence Renounced. ( a. d. 62.) 4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: 5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; 6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. 7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. 8 Yea doubtless, and I count all… Read the whole commentary →