Galatians 1:14
And I made progress in the Jews' religion above many of my equals in my own nation, being more abundantly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
15But when it pleased him, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
Cross References
Leviticus 13:16And if again it be turned into whiteness, and cover all the man,
Isaiah 57:12I will declare thy justice, and thy works shall not profit thee.
Jeremiah 15:2And if they shall say unto thee: Whither shall we go forth? thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord: Such as are for death, to death: and such as are to the sword, to the sword: and such as are for famine, to famine: and such as are to captivity, to captivity.
Matthew 15:6And he shall not honour his father or his mother: and you have made void the commandment of God for your tradition.
Acts 22:3And he saith: I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the truth of the law of the fathers, zealous for the law, as also all you are this day:
Acts 26:9And I indeed did formerly think, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
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 →