Verse 6
Sixth, he had been a zealous promoter of Judaism even to the point of persecuting Christians to death. He had been an outstanding Pharisee.
Seventh, Paul’s obedience to the Law of Moses, as it regulated external behavior, had been without blame (Gr. amemptos, cf. Philippians 2:15). He was very conscientious about what the Law required and "omitted no observance however trivial". [Note: Lightfoot, p. 148.]
"Like most ’religious’ people today, Paul had enough morality to keep him out of trouble, but not enough righteousness to get him into heaven! It was not bad things that kept Paul away from Jesus-it was good things! He had to lose his ’religion’ to find salvation." [Note: Wiersbe, The Bible . . ., 2:84.]
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