Philippians 3:6
as to zeal, a persecutor of the Church; as to the righteousness which comes through Law, blameless.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
In Context
7Yet all that was gain to me--for Christ's sake I have reckoned it loss.
Cross References
Matthew 23:25"Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you wash clean the outside of the cup or dish, while within they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
Luke 1:6They were both of them upright before God, blamelessly obeying all the Lord's precepts and ordinances.
Acts 9:1Now Saul, whose every breath was a threat of destruction for the disciples of the Lord,
Acts 22:3"I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city. I was carefully trained at the feet of Gamaliel in the Law of our forefathers, and, like all of you to-day, was zealous for God.
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 →