But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was s
For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy
as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a yo
All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this
‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in
So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high prie
But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict confor