6Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
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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: …
As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. …
I 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. …
For 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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-8)The apostle here proposes himself for an example of trusting in Christ only, and not in his privileges as an Israelite. I. He shows what he had to boast of as a Jew and a Pharisee. Let none think that the apostle despised these things (as men commonly do) because he had them not himself to glory in. No, if he would have gloried and trusted in the flesh, he had as much cause to do so as any man: If…
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