Philippians 3:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.”
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“as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.”
King James Version · Public Domain“as touching zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“according to zeal persecuting the assembly! according to righteousness that is in law becoming blameless!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Philippians 3:6 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 13:16But if the raw flesh changes and turns white, he must go to the priest.
- Judges 6:30Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son. He must die, because he has torn down Baal’s altar and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”
- 2 Samuel 21:2At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)
- 2 Kings 10:16saying, “Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD!” So he had him ride in his chariot.
- Matthew 5:20For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 23:25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
- Mark 10:20“Teacher,” he replied, “all these I have kept from my youth.”
- Luke 1:6Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
- Acts 8:3But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
- Acts 9:1Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest
- Acts 21:20When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.
- Acts 22:3“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.
- Acts 26:5They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.
- Acts 26:9So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
- Romans 7:9Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
- Romans 9:31but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.
- Romans 10:2For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
- 1 Corinthians 15:9For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
- Galatians 1:13For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
- Philippians 3:9and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
- 1 Timothy 1:13I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
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