Category:Paul's Early Life (event)

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Paul's Early Life refers to an episode in the life of Paul of Tarsus and the early Church, as narrated in Acts of Apostles and the Letters of Paul

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Overview

The Pauline Letters and the Acts of Apostle offer some information about Paul's life before he joined the Jesus movement. In Philippians (3:5), Paul refers to himself as being "of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee". A native of Tarsus, the capital city in the Roman province of Cilicia,

Paul's Early Life, in ancient sources

Acts of Apostles

Letters of Paul

1 Corinthians 15:9 (NRSV) -- I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called and apostle, because I persecuted the church of God

Galatians 1:13-14 (NRSV) -- [13] You have heard, no doubt, of my earlier life in Judaism. I was violently persecuting the church of God and was trying to destroy it. 14 I advanced in Judaism beyond many among my people of the same age, for I was far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

Philippians 3:4-6 (NRSV) -- [4] ...If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: [5] circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; [6] as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.

Acts of Apostles

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