TSK · Philippians 3:6

The men of the city said to Joash,“Bring out your son, so we can execute him! He pulled down the Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.”

Jehu said,“Come with me and see how zealous I am for the LORD’s cause.” So he took him along in his chariot.

“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

They were both righteous in the sight of God, following all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.

The Conversion of Saul Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats to murder the Lord’s disciples, went to the high priest

“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated with strictness under Gamaliel according to the law of our ancestors, and was zealous for God just as all of you are today.

Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

but Israel even though pursuing a law of righteousness did not attain it.

For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ’s faithfulness– a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ’s faithfulness.