Phili 3:6 | RWP | e4.org | As touching zeal ( κατα ζηλος ). So the old MSS. treating ζηλος as neuter, not masculine. He was a zealot against Christianity, "persecuting the church" ( διωκων την εκκλησιαν ). He was the ringleader in the persecution from the death of Stephen till his own conversion ( ). Found blameless ( γενομενος αμεμπτος ). "Having become blameless" ( ). He knew and practised all the rules of the rabbis. A marvellous record, scoring a hundred in Judaism.

‏ Philippians 3:6

As touching zeal ( κατα ζηλος ). So the old MSS. treating ζηλος as neuter, not masculine. He was a zealot against Christianity, "persecuting the church" ( διωκων την εκκλησιαν ). He was the ringleader in the persecution from the death of Stephen till his own conversion (Ac 8:1-9:9).

Found blameless ( γενομενος αμεμπτος ). "Having become blameless" (Ga 1:14). He knew and practised all the rules of the rabbis. A marvellous record, scoring a hundred in Judaism.