Philippians 3:6

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:2

Therefore, the king, calling for the Gibeonites, spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel, but were the remnant of the Amorites. And the sons of Israel had sworn an oath to them, but Saul wished to strike them in zeal, as if on behalf of the sons of Israel and Judah.

2 Kings 10:16

And he said to him, "Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord." And he gave him a place in his chariot.

Ecclesiastes 7:16

I also saw this, in the days of my vanity: a just man perishing in his justice, and an impious man living a long time in his malice.

Leviticus 13:16

And if again it will have turned into whiteness, and will have covered the entire man,

Matthew 23:25

Woe 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.

Matthew 5:20

For I say to you, that unless your justice has surpassed that of the scribes and the Pharisees you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 1:6

Now they were both just before God, progressing in all of the commandments and the justifications of the Lord without blame.

Acts 21:20

And they, upon hearing it, magnified God and said to him: "You understand, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law.

Acts 22:5

just as the high priest and all those greater by birth bear witness to me. Having received letters from them to the brothers, I journeyed to Damascus, so that I might lead them bound from there to Jerusalem, so that they might be punished.

Acts 26:5

They knew me well from the beginning, (if they would be willing to offer testimony) for I lived according to the most determined sect of our religion: as a Pharisee.

Acts 8:3

Then Saul was laying waste to the Church by entering throughout the houses, and dragging away men and women, and committing them to prison.

Romans 7:9

Now I lived for some time apart from the law. But when the commandment had arrived, sin was revived,

1 Corinthians 10:32

Be without offense toward the Jews, and toward the Gentiles, and toward the Church of God,

1 Corinthians 15:9

For I am the least of the Apostles. I am not worthy to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God.

Philippians 2:15

So may you be without blame, simple sons of God, without reproof, in the midst of a depraved and perverse nation, among whom you shine like lights in the world,

Philippians 3:9

and so that you may be found in him, not having my justice, which is of the law, but that which is of the faith of Christ Jesus, the justice within faith, which is of God.

1 Timothy 1:13

though previously I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and contemptuous. But then I obtained the mercy of God. For I had been acting ignorantly, in unbelief.

Judges 6:30

And 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."