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1 Ti-mô-thê 1 13
Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. (niv)
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Ga-la-ti 1 13
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. (niv)
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1 Cô-rinh-tô 15 9
For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. (niv)
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Phi-líp 3 6
as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless. (niv)
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Công Vụ Các Sứ Đồ 7 58
dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul. (niv)
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Công Vụ Các Sứ Đồ 22 19
“‘ Lord,’ I replied,‘ these people know that I went from one synagogue to another to imprison and beat those who believe in you. (niv)
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Công Vụ Các Sứ Đồ 9 21
All those who heard him were astonished and asked,“ Isn’t he the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?” (niv)
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Công Vụ Các Sứ Đồ 26 9-Công Vụ Các Sứ Đồ 26 11
“ I too was convinced that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the Lord’s people in prison, and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished, and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities. (niv)
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Gia-cơ 2 6
But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? (niv)
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Công Vụ Các Sứ Đồ 9 1-Công Vụ Các Sứ Đồ 9 13
Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priestand asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him,“ Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”“ Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked.“ I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied.“ Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless; they heard the sound but did not see anyone.Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything.In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision,“ Ananias!”“ Yes, Lord,” he answered.The Lord told him,“ Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.”“ Lord,” Ananias answered,“ I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he has done to your holy people in Jerusalem. (niv)
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Công Vụ Các Sứ Đồ 22 3-Công Vụ Các Sứ Đồ 22 4
“ I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. I studied under Gamaliel and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.I persecuted the followers of this Way to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison, (niv)