KJV King James Version
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
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Philippians 3:6
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
WEB World English Bible
concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
ASV American Standard Version
as touching zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
according to zeal persecuting the assembly! according to righteousness that is in law becoming blameless!
Surrounding context — Philippians 3
3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, [of] the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things [but] loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them [but] dung, that I may win Christ,
9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
κατὰG2596 · kataaccording toζῆλοςG2205 · zēloszealδιώκωνG1377 · diōkōto pursueτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐκκλησίαν,G1577 · ekklēsiaassemblyκατὰG2596 · kataaccording toδικαιοσύνηνG1343 · dikaiosunērighteousnessτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongνόμῳG3551 · nomoslawγενόμενοςG1096 · ginomaito beἄμεμπτος.G273 · amemptosblameless
Cross-references
Galatians 1:13-14For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:Acts 8:3As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed [them] to prison.Acts 26:9-10I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.Acts 22:3-4I am verily a man [which am] a Jew, born in Tarsus, [a city] in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, [and] taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.Romans 9:31-32But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.Matthew 5:20For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed [the righteousness] of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.Acts 26:5Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.Matthew 23:25Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.1 Corinthians 15:9For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.1 Timothy 1:13Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did [it] ignorantly in unbelief.Romans 7:9For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.Philippians 3:9And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:2 Kings 10:16And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.Acts 21:20And when they heard [it], they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:Mark 10:20-21And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.Luke 1:6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.2 Samuel 21:2And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites [were] not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)Acts 9:1-19And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
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