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13 Undoubtedly you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism,[a] how I fiercely persecuted the Church of God and tried to destroy it. 14 I progressed in Judaism far beyond many of my contemporaries, inasmuch as I was much more zealous in upholding the traditions of my ancestors.

15 Paul’s Early Years as a Christian. However, when God, who had set me apart even before my birth, called me through his grace and chose

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  1. Galatians 1:13 Judaism: i.e., the Jewish faith and way of life that developed during the intertestamental period. The word comes from “Judah,” the name of the southern kingdom that existed from the tenth to the sixth century B.C. and ended with the Babylonian Exile.