## translationWords

* [[en:tw:church]]
* [[en:tw:jew]]
* [[en:tw:judaism]]
* [[en:tw:persecute]]
* [[en:tw:tradition]]
* [[en:tw:zealous]]

## translationNotes

* **advancing** - "making progress" or "going forward." This metaphor sees being a complete Jew as a place toward which Paul was going ahead of Jews his own age. (See: [[en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor]])
* **former life** - "behavior at one time" or "prior life" or "earlier life"
* **beyond measure** - "extremely" or "excessively" or "as much as I could" or "more than was necessary"
* **devastating** - "destroying"
* **fellow** - "Jewish people of the same age"
* **fathers** - or "ancestors."