Philippians 3:6

Good News Translation

and I was so zealous that I persecuted the church. As far as a person can be righteous by obeying the commands of the Law, I was without fault.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:2

The people of Gibeon were not Israelites; they were a small group of Amorites whom the Israelites had promised to protect, but Saul had tried to destroy them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.)

2 Kings 10:16

saying, “Come with me and see for yourself how devoted I am to the Lord.” And they rode on together to Samaria.

Ecclesiastes 7:16

So don't be too good or too wise—why kill yourself?

Leviticus 13:16

But when the sore heals and becomes white again, you shall go to the priest,

Matthew 23:25

“How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You clean the outside of your cup and plate, while the inside is full of what you have gotten by violence and selfishness.

Matthew 5:20

I tell you, then, that you will be able to enter the Kingdom of heaven only if you are more faithful than the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees in doing what God requires.

Luke 1:6

They both lived good lives in God's sight and obeyed fully all the Lord's laws and commands.

Acts 21:20

After hearing him, they all praised God. Then they said, “Brother Paul, you can see how many thousands of Jews have become believers, and how devoted they all are to the Law.

Acts 22:5

The High Priest and the whole Council can prove that I am telling the truth. I received from them letters written to fellow Jews in Damascus, so I went there to arrest these people and bring them back in chains to Jerusalem to be punished.

Acts 26:5

They have always known, if they are willing to testify, that from the very first I have lived as a member of the strictest party of our religion, the Pharisees.

Acts 8:3

But Saul tried to destroy the church; going from house to house, he dragged out the believers, both men and women, and threw them into jail.

Romans 7:9

I myself was once alive apart from law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life,

1 Corinthians 10:32

Live in such a way as to cause no trouble either to Jews or Gentiles or to the church of God.

1 Corinthians 15:9

For I am the least of all the apostles—I do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted God's church.

Philippians 2:15

so that you may be innocent and pure as God's perfect children, who live in a world of corrupt and sinful people. You must shine among them like stars lighting up the sky,

Philippians 3:9

and be completely united with him. I no longer have a righteousness of my own, the kind that is gained by obeying the Law. I now have the righteousness that is given through faith in Christ, the righteousness that comes from God and is based on faith.

1 Timothy 1:13

even though in the past I spoke evil of him and persecuted and insulted him. But God was merciful to me because I did not yet have faith and so did not know what I was doing.

Judges 6:30

Then they said to Joash, “Bring your son out here, so that we can kill him! He tore down the altar to Baal and cut down the symbol of Asherah beside it.”