Philippians 3:6

With regard to kin'a (zealousness), persecuting the Adat HaMoshiach; + 3:6 Ac 8:3; 22:4; 26:9-11 with regard to tzidkat HaTorah, + 3:6 3:9; Ro 2:27-29, as opposed to the tzidkat Hashem I was medakdekim bmitzvot unreproachable. + 3:6 i.e., hair-splittingly and rigorously observant, glatt kosher, frumkait, shomer mitzvot Haredi

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

In Context

5Bris milah on the eighth day; + 3:5 Lk 1:59; 2:21 from Bnei Yisroel by birth; of the tribe of Binyamin; a speaker of Lashon HaKodesh, Ivrit of Ivrit-speaking horim, a Hebrew of Hebrews; + 3:5 2C 11:22 with regard to the Torah, from the kat haPerushim; + 3:5 Ac 23:6; 26:5

7But what things were revach (gain, profit) to me, these things I considered loss, on account of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach. + 3:7 Mt 13:44-46; Lk 14:33

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Cross References

Judges 6:30Then the men of the Ir said unto Yoash, Bring out thy ben, that he may die; because he hath cast down the mizbe'ach of Ba'al, and because he hath cut down the Asherah that was beside it.

2 Kings 10:16And he said, Come with me, and see my kina (zeal) for Hashem. So they had him ride in his merkavah.

Matthew 23:25Oy to you, Sofrim and Perushim, tzevuim, you cleanse the outside of the kos (cup) and the dish, but inside they are full of chamdanut (greed) and taavanut (lust).

Luke 1:6And they were both tzaddikim before Hashem, walking a derech tamim in all the mitzvos and chukkim of the Torah of Adoneinu. + 1:6 Gn 6:9; Dt 5:30; 1Kgs 9:4

Acts 9:1Now Sha'ul, still breathing a threat even of retzach (murder) keneged (against) the talmidim of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu, having approached the Kohen Gadol,

Acts 22:3I am an ish Yehudi, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but having been brought up in a yeshiva in this city of Yerushalayim at the feet of Rabban Gamli'el, having learned with irreproachable frumkeit according to all machmir chumra strictness the Torah of Avoteinu, and I have a kinat Hashem just as all of you do today; + 22:3 1Kgs 19:10

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 →

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