Philippians 3:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁶ as to zeal a persecutor of the church, as to righteousness under the law blameless.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ As to my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church, and by the Law's standard of righteousness (supposed justice, uprightness, and right standing with God) I was proven to be blameless and no fault was found with me.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ as touching zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.

Common English Bible

⁶ With respect to devotion to the faith, I harassed the church. With respect to righteousness under the Law, I’m blameless.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ according to zeal, I persecuted the Church of God; according to the justice that is in the law, I lived without blame.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ According to zeal, persecuting the church of God; according to the justice that is in the law, conversing without blame.

Philippians 3:6 Cross References

2 Samuel 21:2

So the king called the Gibeonites. Now the Gibeonites were not of the people of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; although the people of Israel had sworn to spare them, Saul had sought to slay them in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.

2 Kings 10:16

And he said, “Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord.” So he had him ride in his chariot.

Ecclesiastes 7:16

Be not righteous overmuch, and do not make yourself overwise; why should you destroy yourself?

Leviticus 13:16

But if the raw flesh turns again and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest,

Matthew 23:25

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of extortion and rapacity.

Matthew 5:20

For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 1:6

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Acts 21:20

And when they heard it, they glorified God. And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed; they are all zealous for the law,

Acts 22:5

as the high priest and the whole council of elders bear me witness. From them I received letters to the brethren, and I journeyed to Damascus to take those also who were there and bring them in bonds to Jerusalem to be punished.

Acts 26:5

They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee.

Acts 8:3

But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.

Romans 7:9

I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died;

1 Corinthians 10:32

Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God,

1 Corinthians 15:9

For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

Philippians 2:15

that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

Philippians 3:9

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, based on law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith;

1 Timothy 1:13

though I formerly blasphemed and persecuted and insulted him; but I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,

Judges 6:30

Then the men of the town said to Joash, “Bring out your son, that he may die, for he has pulled down the altar of Baal and cut down the Asherah beside it.”