unfoldingWord_en_tn/php/03/06.md

# As for zeal, I persecuted the church

Paul says here that he had been very eager to punish people for following Christ. "I was very determined to hurt Christian believers"

# as for righteousness under the law, I was blameless

"I obeyed the law completely"

# whatever things were a profit for me

Paul is referring here to the praise he received for being an eager Pharisee. He speaks of this praise as if he had viewed it in the past as a businessman's profit. AT: "anything that other Jews praised me for" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# profit ... loss

These are common business terms. If many people in your culture do not understand formal business terms, you could translate these terms as "things that made my life better" and "things that made my life worse."

# I considered them as loss

Paul speaks of that praise as if he were now viewing it as a business loss instead of a profit. In other words, Paul says that all his religious acts of righteousness are worthless before Christ. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/zealous]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/persecute]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/church]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/righteous]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lawofmoses]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/blameless]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/christ]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# As for zeal, I persecuted the church`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Paul says here that he had been very eager to punish people for following Christ. "I was very determined to hurt Christian believers"`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# as for righteousness under the law, I was blameless`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"I obeyed the law completely"`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# whatever things were a profit for me`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Paul is referring here to the praise he received for being an eager Pharisee. He speaks of this praise as if he had viewed it in the past as a businessman's profit. AT: "anything that other Jews praised me for" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`

Modified tNs. 2017-07-26 23:07:17 +00:00			`# profit ... loss`

			`These are common business terms. If many people in your culture do not understand formal business terms, you could translate these terms as "things that made my life better" and "things that made my life worse."`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# I considered them as loss`

added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`Paul speaks of that praise as if he were now viewing it as a business loss instead of a profit. In other words, Paul says that all his religious acts of righteousness are worthless before Christ. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/zealous]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/persecute]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/church]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/righteous]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lawofmoses]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/blameless]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/christ]]`