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.

But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

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.

Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.

Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did {it} ignorantly in unbelief.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

And when they heard {it}, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:

For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.

For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites {were} not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed {them} to prison.

And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself? {destroy...: Heb. be desolate?}

And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.

I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that {was} by it.

The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?

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:

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.

{Is} the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called {to be} an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did {it} ignorantly in unbelief.

The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men {are}, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.