Acts 21:20

20And when they heard it, they aglorified God. And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed. They are all bzealous for the law,

Acts 26:5-6

5They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that caccording to the strictest dparty of our ereligion I have lived as fa Pharisee. 6And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in gthe promise made by God to our fathers,

Philippians 3:5-8

5 hcircumcised on the eighth day, iof the people of Israel, jof the tribe of Benjamin, ka Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, la Pharisee; 6 mas to zeal, na persecutor of the church; oas to righteousness under the law,
Greek in the law
blameless.
7But qwhatever gain I had, rI counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8Indeed, I count everything as loss because of sthe surpassing worth of tknowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I uhave suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
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