Philippians 3:6

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As for being strict about the law, I’m a Pharisee. As for zeal, I opposed and attacked the church. As far as keeping the law is concerned, I kept it perfectly.

Cross References

Acts 8:3

But Saul began to destroy the church. He went from house to house and dragged out men and women and put them in prison.

Matthew 5:20

I tell you, unless your righteousness is even better than the righteousness of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you won’t enter the kingdom of heaven.

1 Timothy 1:13

I used to say insulting things about Jesus. I tried to hurt his followers, and I even used violence against them. But God had mercy on me because I did those things without knowing any better. I wasn’t a believer.

Philippians 3:9

I want to belong to him, and I want to be right with God based not on my obedience to the law but on my faith in Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:9

I’m the least important of the apostles, and I’m not even fit to be called an apostle, because I tried to destroy God’s church.

Romans 7:9

Before I knew about the law, I was alive. But then the commandment came, sin came to life, and I died.

Acts 26:5

They’ve known me for a long time, and they could tell you, if they wanted to, that I’ve lived by the rules of the Pharisees. Their rules are harder to obey than those of any other Jewish group.

Acts 21:20

When they heard this, they praised God. But then they said to Paul, “Brother, you see that thousands of Jews have become believers. All of them try very hard to obey the law.

Luke 1:6

Both of them did what was right in God’s sight; they obeyed all of the Lord’s commands and instructions faithfully.

Matthew 23:25

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but the inside is full of greed and selfishness.

Acts 22:5

The high priest and the whole Council could tell you this themselves. I even asked them to write official letters to their friends in Damascus so I could go there and bring Jesus’ followers as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.

1 Corinthians 10:32

Don’t do anything that causes other people to trip and fall, whether Jews or Greeks or God’s church.

Philippians 2:15

Then you’ll be pure and blameless, “children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation.” Then you’ll shine within your generation like stars in the universe