Phili 3:6, 1Ti 1:13 | PNT | STEP | Concerning zeal, persecuting the church . His zeal for Judaism was demonstrated by the fact that he was a persecutor of the church ( ). What were his feelings concerning this part of his career in shown in . 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.

Philippians 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.

1 Timothy 1:13

Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious. Paul never could forget his old life, before he was converted.

But I obtained mercy, because I did [it] ignorantly in unbelief. The reason is that he was honest, sincere in his opposition, being an unbeliever, and acting ignorantly. Had he been a willful sinner, he would never have been chosen.