the least
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_47 11:5
Now I consider myself in no way inferior to the "super-apostles."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_47 12:11
I have become a fool; you forced it on me. I ought to have been recommended by you, since I am in no way inferior to the "super-apostles," even though I am nothing.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_49 3:7
I was made a servant of this [gospel] by the gift of God's grace that was given to me by the working of His power.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_49 3:8
This grace was given to me-- the least of all the saints!-- to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of the Messiah,
because
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_44 8:3
Saul, however, was ravaging the church, and he would enter house after house, drag off men and women, and put them in prison.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_44 9:1-19
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Meanwhile Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
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and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, either men or women, he might bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
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As he traveled and was nearing Damascus, a light from heaven suddenly flashed around him.
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Falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"
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"Who are You, Lord?" he said. "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," He replied.
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"But get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do."
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The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the sound but seeing no one.
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Then Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing. So they took him by the hand and led him into Damascus.
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He was unable to see for three days, and did not eat or drink.
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Now in Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. And the Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias!" "Here I am, Lord!" he said.
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"Get up and go to the street called Straight," the Lord said to him, "to the house of Judas, and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, since he is praying there.
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In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and placing his hands on him so he may regain his sight."
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"Lord," Ananias answered, "I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.
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And he has authority here from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name."
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But the Lord said to him, "Go! For this man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before Gentiles, kings, and the sons of Israel.
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I will certainly show him how much he must suffer for My name!"
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So Ananias left and entered the house. Then he placed his hands on him and said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road you were traveling, has sent me so you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."
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At once something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized.
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And after taking some food, he regained his strength. Saul was with the disciples in Damascus for some days.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_44 22:4
I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and putting both men and women in jail,
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_44 22:5
as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. Having received letters from them to the brothers, I was traveling to Damascus to bring those who were prisoners there to be punished in Jerusalem.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_44 26:9-11
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In fact, I myself supposed it was necessary to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
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This I actually did in Jerusalem, and I locked up many of the saints in prison, since I had received authority for that from the chief priests. When they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.
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In all the synagogues I often tried to make them blaspheme by punishing them. Being greatly enraged at them, I even pursued them to foreign cities.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_48 1:13
For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism: I persecuted God's church to an extreme degree and tried to destroy it;
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_48 1:23
they simply kept hearing: "He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith he once tried to destroy."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_50 3:6
as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_54 1:13
one who was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an arrogant man. Since it was out of ignorance that I had acted in unbelief, I received mercy,
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_54 1:14
and the grace of our Lord overflowed, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.