Galatians 1:13
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“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:”
ὑπερβολή
Surpassing, exceeding, extraordinary. Huperbole. An eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison. The troubles are real. The glory is more real. And it is beyond comparison.
ἐκκλησία
church
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ἐκκλησία
Assembly, church, called out ones. Ekklesia. I will build my church. The church is not a building or a programme. It is a people called out by God and gathered around Jesus.
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θεός
of God
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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διώκω
I was persecuting
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διώκω
compare the base of G1169 (δειλός) and G1249 (διάκονος)); to pursue (literally or figuratively); by implication, to persecute
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Ἰουδαϊσμός
Judaism
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Ἰουδαϊσμός
"Judaism", i.e. the Jewish faith and usages
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ποτέ
former
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ποτέ
indefinite adverb, at some time, ever
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πορθέω
was destroying
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πορθέω
to ravage (figuratively)
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