Galatians 1:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

conversation. manner of life. Greek. anastrophe. Occurs thirteen times, always translated conversation.

in time past. Literally at one time. Greek. pote.

in. Greek. en. App-1.

the Jews' religion, Greek. Ioudaismos. Only here and Galatians 1:14. Compare Galatians 2:14. As the worship of the Father (Jehovah) at the time of Christ had degenerated into "the Jews' religion", so now the worship of Christ has become the religion "of Christendom.

beyond measure according to (Greek. kata) excess (Greek. hyperbole). See Romans 7:13.

persecuted. was persecuting.

wasted. was wasting. Greek. portheo. See Acts 9:21.

Galatians 1:13

13 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: