Philippians 3:6 BSB

Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
κατὰ	kata	according to	G2596 →
ζῆλος	zēlos	zeal	G2205 →
διώκων	diōkōn	persecuting	G1377 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ἐκκλησίαν,	ekklēsian	church,	G1577 →
κατὰ	kata	according to	G2596 →
δικαιοσύνην	dikaiosunēn	righteousness	G1343 →
τὴν	tēn	which [is]	G3588 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
νόμῳ	nomō	[the] Law	G3551 →
γενόμενος	genomenos	having become	G1096 →
ἄμεμπτος.	amemptos	faultless.	G273 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 8:3
But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 1:13
  I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
- 1 Corinthians 15:9
  For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
- Galatians 1:13
  For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
- Acts 9:21
  All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners…
- Acts 7:58
  They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Through
Acts 26:5
They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.
leads to
- Acts 23:6
  Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in…
- Acts 22:3
  “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just…
- Acts 24:5
  We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Galatians 1:13–14For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.Romans 10:2For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.Acts 8:3But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.Acts 26:9–10So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.Acts 22:3–4“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.Acts 9:1Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest Mark 10:20“Teacher,” he replied, “all these I have kept from my youth.”Acts 26:5They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.Matthew 5:20For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.Romans 9:31–32but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.Ecclesiastes 7:16Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?1 Corinthians 15:9For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.2 Kings 10:16saying, “Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD!” So he had him ride in his chariot.Romans 7:9Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.Mark 10:20–21“Teacher,” he replied, “all these I have kept from my youth.”Matthew 23:25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.Luke 1:6Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.Philippians 3:9and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.

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