^3 (A)“I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city ^(B)at the feet of ^(C)Gamaliel, taught ^(D)according to the strictness of our fathers’ law, and ^(E)was zealous toward God ^(F)as you all are today.

² For I bear them witness ^(A)that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

¹⁴ And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, ^(A)being more exceedingly zealous ^(B)for the traditions of my fathers.

⁶ concerning zeal, ^(A)persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.