“And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.”
I was advancing in Judaism beyond many Jews of my own age and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers. — Paul's credentials as an insider intensify his authority to critique the very Judaism he now explicitly rejects; he did not abandon tradition out of ignorance but from divine encounter.
Church Fathers on Galatians 1:14
“And I advanced in the Jews' religion beyond many of my own age among my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.” To obviate the notion that his persecution arose from passion, vain-glory, or enmity, he shows that he was actuated by zeal, not indeed “according to knowledge,” Romans 10:2 still by a zealous admiration of the traditions of his fathers. This is his argument; — if my efforts against the Church sprung not from human motives,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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