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Galatians 1:13
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Galatians 1:13
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For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
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Galatians 1:13 in Other Translations
KJV
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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:
ESV
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For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it.
NLT
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You know what I was like when I followed the Jewish religion—how I violently persecuted God’s church. I did my best to destroy it.
MSG
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I'm sure that you've heard the story of my earlier life when I lived in the Jewish way. In those days I went all out in persecuting God's church. I was systematically destroying it.
CSB
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For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism: I persecuted God's church to an extreme degree and tried to destroy it;
Galatians 1:13 In-Context
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I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.
12
I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
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For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
14
I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
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But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased
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Acts 26:4,5
2.
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1 Corinthians 10:32
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Acts 8:3
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