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Galatians 1:13

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13–16I’m sure that you’ve heard the story of my earlier life when I lived in the Jewish way. In those days I went all out in persecuting God’s church. I was systematically destroying it.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism: I intensely persecuted God’s church and tried to destroy it.

NLTNew Living Translation

You know what I was like when I followed the Jewish religion—how I violently persecuted God’s church. I did my best to destroy it.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism, that to an extraordinary degree I was persecuting the church of God, and trying to destroy it,

KJV 1900King James Version

For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: