Philippians 3:6 Parallel Translations

When it comes to being enthusiastic, I was a persecutor of the church. When it comes to winning God's approval by keeping Jewish laws, I was perfect.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

ASV:

as touching zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.

BBE:

In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.

DBY:

as to zeal, persecuting the assembly; as to righteousness which is in the law, found blameless;

ERV:

as touching zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.

WEY:

as to zeal, a persecutor of the Church; as to the righteousness which comes through Law, blameless.

WBS:

Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; with respect to the righteousness which is by the law, blameless.

WEB:

concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.

YLT:

according to zeal persecuting the assembly! according to righteousness that is in law becoming blameless!

Philippians 3:6 Cross References

XREF:

Acts 8:3 But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house, and dragging off men and women, he would put them in prison.

Acts 22:4 "I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and putting both men and women into prisons,

Acts 22:5 as also the high priest and all the Council of the elders can testify. From them I also received letters to the brethren, and started off for Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem as prisoners to be punished.

Acts 26:9 "So then, I thought to myself that I had to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Philippians 2:15 so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world,

Philippians 3:9 and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

3:6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church. His zeal for Judaism was demonstrated by the fact that he was a persecutor of the church (Ac 22:4). What were his feelings concerning this part of his career in shown in 1Ti 1:13-16.
Touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. Keeping the letter of the law so as to be blameless in the eyes of my fellow-Jews.

WES:

3:6 Having such a zeal for it as to persecute to the death those who did not observe it. Touching the righteousness which is described and enjoined by the Law - That is, external observances, blameless.

MHC:

3:1-11 Sincere Christians rejoice in Christ Jesus. The prophet calls the false prophets dumb dogs, Isa 56:10; to which the apostle seems to refer. Dogs, for their malice against faithful professors of the gospel of Christ, barking at them and biting them. They urged human works in opposition to the faith of Christ; but Paul calls them evil-workers. He calls them the concision; as they rent the church of Christ, and cut it to pieces. The work of religion is to no purpose, unless the heart is in it, and we must worship God in the strength and grace of the Divine Spirit. They rejoice in Christ Jesus, not in mere outward enjoyments and performances. Nor can we too earnestly guard against those who oppose or abuse the doctrine of free salvation. If the apostle would have gloried and trusted in the flesh, he had as much cause as any man. But the things which he counted gain while a Pharisee, and had reckoned up, those he counted loss for Christ. The apostle did not persuade them to do any thing but what he himself did; or to venture on any thing but that on which he himself ventured his never-dying soul. He deemed all these things to be but loss, compared with the knowledge of Christ, by faith in his person and salvation. He speaks of all worldly enjoyments and outward privileges which sought a place with Christ in his heart, or could pretend to any merit and desert, and counted them but loss; but it might be said, It is easy to say so; but what would he do when he came to the trial? He had suffered the loss of all for the privileges of a Christian. Nay, he not only counted them loss, but the vilest refuse, offals thrown to dogs; not only less valuable than Christ, but in the highest degree contemptible, when set up as against him. True knowledge of Christ alters and changes men, their judgments and manners, and makes them as if made again anew. The believer prefers Christ, knowing that it is better for us to be without all worldly riches, than without Christ and his word. Let us see what the apostle resolved to cleave to, and that was Christ and heaven. We are undone, without righteousness wherein to appear before God, for we are guilty. There is a righteousness provided for us in Jesus Christ, and it is a complete and perfect righteousness. None can have benefit by it, who trust in themselves. Faith is the appointed means of applying the saving benefit. It is by faith in Christ's blood. We are made conformable to Christ's death, when we die to sin, as he died for sin; and the world is crucified to us, and we to the world, by the cross of Christ. The apostle was willing to do or to suffer any thing, to attain the glorious resurrection of saints. This hope and prospect carried him through all difficulties in his work. He did not hope to attain it through his own merit and righteousness, but through the merit and righteousness of Jesus Christ.

CONC:

Assembly Becoming Bitter Blameless Church Cruel Detail Faultless Hate Kept Law Legalistic Persecuting Persecutor Respect Righteousness Touching Zeal

Assembly Blameless Church Cruel Detail Faultless Found Hate Kept Law Persecuting Persecutor Respect Righteousness Touching Zeal

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