Galatians 1:13
11 For I certify to you, brothers, that the gospel I preached was not devised by man.
12 I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
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.
14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
15 But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
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
- 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.
- KJV
- For 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:
- WEB
- For you have heard of my way of living in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the assembly of God and ravaged it.
- ASV
- For ye have heard of my manner of life in time past in the Jews` religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and made havoc of it:
- DARBY
- For ye have heard [what was] my conversation formerly in Judaism, that I excessively persecuted the assembly of God, and ravaged it;
- BLB
- For you⁺ heard of my conduct formerly in Judaism, that according to excess I was persecuting the church of God and was ravaging it.
- ÅB
- Dere har jo hørt hvordan jeg før i tiden levde som jøde, at jeg over all måte forfulgte Guds menighet og ødela den,
- OTB
- For dere har hørt om min tidligere livsførsel i jødedommen, hvordan jeg intenst forfulgte Guds menighet og prøvde å ødelegge den.
- B1930
- I har jo hørt hvorledes jeg fordum levde som jøde, at jeg over all måte forfulgte Guds menighet og ødela den,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 22:3–5
“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.
Read in contextActs 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.
Read in context1 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.
Read in contextActs 26:4–5
Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from the earliest days of my youth, among my own people and in Jerusalem.
Read in contextActs 26:9–11
So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Read in context1 Timothy 1:13
I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
Read in contextActs 9:21
All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”
Read in contextActs 9:26
When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
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