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Philippians 3:6

4 though I myself could have such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:

5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.

7 But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.

8 More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
KJV
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
WEB
concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
ASV
as touching zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
DARBY
as to zeal, persecuting the assembly; as to righteousness which [is] in [the] law, found blameless;
BLB
according to zeal, persecuting the church; according to righteousness that [is] in the law, having become blameless.
ÅB
i nidkjærhet en forfølger av menigheten, i rettferdighet etter loven ulastelig.
OTB
angående iver, forfulgte kirken; angående rettferdighet basert på loven, ulastelig.
B1930
i nidkjærhet en forfølger av menigheten, i rettferdighet efter loven ulastelig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Galatians 1:13–14

    For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.

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  • Acts 8:3

    But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

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  • Acts 26:9–10

    So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

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  • Acts 22:3–4

    “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.

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  • Matthew 5:20

    For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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  • Acts 26:5

    They 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.

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  • Romans 9:31–32

    but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.

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  • 1 Corinthians 15:9

    For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

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