John 16:2-3

2 aThey will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, bthe hour is coming when cwhoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. 3And they will do these things dbecause they have not known the Father, nor me.

Romans 10:2

2For I bear them witness that ethey have a zeal for God, fbut not according to knowledge.

Galatians 1:13-14

13For you have heard of gmy former life in Judaism, how hI persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it. 14And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely izealous was I for jthe traditions of my fathers.

Philippians 3:6

6 kas to zeal, la persecutor of the church; mas to righteousness under the law,
Greek in the law
blameless.

1 Timothy 1:13

13though formerly I was a blasphemer, opersecutor, and insolent opponent. But pI received mercy qbecause I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,
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