Philippians 3 by recalling his boasting. He divides seven boasts into lists of four and three. I’ve written them below as an ascending stair, to reflect Paul’s boasting spirit. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: [Read from the bottom up.] as to righteousness under the law, blameless[!] (Phil. 3:4–6)1 as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the law, a Pharisee; a Hebrew of Hebrews[!] of the tribe of Benjamin, of the people of Israel, circumcised on