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 # 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"
+Paul's zeal was his enthusiasm for honoring God. He believed that by persecuting the church he proved how zealous he was for God. AT: "I had so much zeal for God that I persecuted the church" or "Because I wanted so much to honor God, I persecuted the church"
 
 # as for righteousness under the law, I was blameless
 
-"I obeyed the law completely"
+"Righteousness under the law" refers to being righteous by obeying the law. Paul obeyed the law so carefully that he believed that no one could find any part of it that he disobeyed. Alternate Translation: "I was so righteous by obeying the law that I was blameless"