KJV: Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
YLT: according to zeal persecuting the assembly! according to righteousness that is in law becoming blameless!
Darby: as to zeal, persecuting the assembly; as to righteousness which is in the law, found blameless;
ASV: as touching zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
κατὰ | according to |
Parse: Preposition Root: κατά Sense: down from, through out. |
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ζῆλος | zeal |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: ζῆλος Sense: excitement of mind, ardour, fervour of spirit. |
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διώκων | persecuting |
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: διώκω Sense: to make to run or flee, put to flight, drive away. |
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ἐκκλησίαν | church |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: ἐκκλησία Sense: a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly. |
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δικαιοσύνην | righteousness |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: δικαιοσύνη Sense: in a broad sense: state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition acceptable to God. |
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τὴν | which [is] |
Parse: Article, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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νόμῳ | [the] Law |
Parse: Noun, Dative Masculine Singular Root: νόμος Sense: anything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command. |
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γενόμενος | having become |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Middle, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: γίνομαι Sense: to become, i. |
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ἄμεμπτος | faultless |
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ἄμεμπτος Sense: blameless, deserving no censure, free from fault or defect. |
Greek Commentary for Philippians 3:6
So the old MSS. treating ζηλος zēlos as neuter, not masculine. He was a zealot against Christianity, “persecuting the church” He was the ringleader in the persecution from the death of Stephen till his own conversion (Acts 8:1-9:9). [source]
“Having become blameless” (Galatians 1:14). He knew and practised all the rules of the rabbis. A marvellous record, scoring a hundred in Judaism. [source]
Ironical. [source]
The A.V. does not render the participle, proven or found. Rev., correctly, found blameless. [source]