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Source language
Original Greek   
κατὰ ⸀ζῆλος διώκων τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, κατὰ δικαιοσύνην τὴν ἐν νόμῳ γενόμενος ἄμεμπτος.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
kata rzelos diokon ten ekklesian, kata dikaiosunen ten en nomo genomenos amemptos.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
secundum aemulationem persequens ecclesiam Dei secundum iustitiam quae in lege est conversatus sine querella

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
Authorized (King James) Version   
concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
New King James Version   
concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
21st Century King James Version   
concerning zeal, persecuting the church; as to the righteousness before the law, blameless.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
as touching zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
In zeal, a persecutor of the church, in righteousness of The Written Law I was without indictment.
Darby Bible Translation   
as to zeal, persecuting the assembly; as to righteousness which is in the law, found blameless;
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
According to zeal, persecuting the church of God; according to the justice that is in the law, conversing without blame.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
as touching zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
God's Word   
When it comes to being enthusiastic, I was a persecutor of the church. When it comes to winning God's approval by keeping Jewish laws, I was perfect.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.
International Standard Version   
As for my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church. As far as righteousness in the Law is concerned, I was blameless.
NET Bible   
In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.
New American Standard Bible   
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless.
New International Version   
as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.
New Living Translation   
I was so zealous that I harshly persecuted the church. And as for righteousness, I obeyed the law without fault.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; with respect to the righteousness which is by the law, blameless.
Weymouth New Testament   
as to zeal, a persecutor of the Church; as to the righteousness which comes through Law, blameless.
The World English Bible   
concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
EasyEnglish Bible   
I tried very much to please God. So I caused a lot of trouble and pain for the Christians. I obeyed the rules of God's Law, and nobody could say that I did anything wrong.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
according to zeal persecuting the assembly! according to righteousness that is in law becoming blameless!
New Life Version   
I followed my religion with all my heart and did everything I could to make it hard for the church. No one could say anything against the way I obeyed the Law.
Revised Geneva Translation   
concerning zeal, I persecuted the Church; according to righteousness (which is in the Law), I had become blameless.
The Voice Bible   
Zealous? Yes. I ruthlessly pursued and persecuted the church. And when it comes to the righteousness required by the law, my record is spotless.
Living Bible   
And sincere? Yes, so much so that I greatly persecuted the Church; and I tried to obey every Jewish rule and regulation right down to the very last point.
New Catholic Bible   
in regard to religious zeal, I was a persecutor of the Church; in regard to righteousness under the Law, I was without fault.
Legacy Standard Bible   
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
concerning zeal, a persecutor of the congregation; {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
Christian Standard Bible   
regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
As to my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church, and by the Law’s standard of righteousness (supposed justice, uprightness, and right standing with God) I was proven to be blameless and no fault was found with me.
New Century Version   
I was so enthusiastic I tried to hurt the church. No one could find fault with the way I obeyed the law of Moses.
The Message   
Steer clear of the barking dogs, those religious busybodies, all bark and no bite. All they’re interested in is appearances—knife-happy circumcisers, I call them. The real believers are the ones the Spirit of God leads to work away at this ministry, filling the air with Christ’s praise as we do it. We couldn’t carry this off by our own efforts, and we know it—even though we can list what many might think are impressive credentials. You know my pedigree: a legitimate birth, circumcised on the eighth day; an Israelite from the elite tribe of Benjamin; a strict and devout adherent to God’s law; a fiery defender of the purity of my religion, even to the point of persecuting the church; a meticulous observer of everything set down in God’s law Book.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
in regard to zeal, persecuting the church; in regard to the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
as for zeal, a persecutor of the church; as for the righteousness · set forth in the law, I was blameless.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
New Matthew Bible   
and as concerning zeal, I persecuted the congregation. And as for the righteousness that is in the law, I was unrebukable.
Good News Translation®   
and I was so zealous that I persecuted the church. As far as a person can be righteous by obeying the commands of the Law, I was without fault.
Wycliffe Bible   
by love pursuing the church of God, by rightwiseness that is in the law living without plaint. [after love pursuing the church of God, after rightwiseness that is in the law living without plaint.]
New Testament for Everyone   
Zealous? I persecuted the church! Official status under the law? Blameless.
Contemporary English Version   
And I was so eager I even made trouble for the church. I did everything the Law demands in order to please God.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
as to zeal a persecutor of the church, as to righteousness under the law blameless.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
If it were right to have such confidence, I could certainly have it, and if any of these men thinks he has grounds for such confidence I can assure him I have more. I was born a true Jew, I was circumcised on the eighth day, I was a member of the tribe of Benjamin, I was in fact a full-blooded Jew. As far as keeping the Law is concerned I was a Pharisee, and you can judge my enthusiasm for the Jewish faith by my active persecution of the Church. As far as the Law’s righteousness is concerned, I don’t think anyone could have found fault with me.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
Common English Bible © 2011   
With respect to devotion to the faith, I harassed the church. With respect to righteousness under the Law, I’m blameless.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
as to my zeal [for Jewish tradition], a persecutor of the church; and as to righteousness [supposed right living] which [my fellow Jews believe] is in the Law, I proved myself blameless.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
in zeal I persecuted the church, in righteousness based on the law I was blameless.
New American Standard Bible   
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless.
The Expanded Bible   
·I was so enthusiastic [L With regard to (religious) zeal,] I persecuted the church. With regard to ·obedience to the law of Moses [L righteousness based on the law] I was ·faultless [blameless].
Tree of Life Version   
as for zeal, persecuting Messiah’s community; as for Torah righteousness, found blameless.
Revised Standard Version   
as to zeal a persecutor of the church, as to righteousness under the law blameless.
New International Reader's Version   
As far as being committed is concerned, I opposed and attacked the church. As far as keeping the law is concerned, I kept it perfectly.
BRG Bible   
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
Complete Jewish Bible   
in regard to zeal, a persecutor of the Messianic Community,in regard to the righteousness demanded by legalism, blameless.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
I was so full of my own ideas that I sent Christians to prison. But I was a good man in the way the Jewish law calls a man good.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
With regard to kin’a (zealousness), persecuting the Adat HaMoshiach (Ac 8:3; 22:4; 26:9 11); with regard to tzidkat HaTorah, [3:9; Ro 2:27-29, as opposed to the tzidkat Hashem], I was medakdekim bmitzvot unreproachable [i.e., hairsplittingly and rigorously observant, glatt kosher, frumkait, and shomer mitzvot].
Names of God Bible   
When it comes to being enthusiastic, I was a persecutor of the church. When it comes to winning God’s approval by obeying Jewish laws, I was perfect.
Modern English Version   
concerning zeal, persecuting the church; and concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
Easy-to-Read Version   
I was so eager to defend my religion that I persecuted the church. And no one could find fault with the way I obeyed the Law of Moses.
International Children’s Bible   
I was so enthusiastic that I tried to hurt the church. No one could find fault with the way I obeyed the law of Moses.
Lexham English Bible   
according to zeal persecuting the church, according to the righteousness in the law being blameless.
New International Version - UK   
as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
in relation to zeal— persecuting the church; in relation to the righteousness in the Law— having been blameless.