[Nextrush]

He thought he was doing God’s work when he was persecuting God’s people.

[daniel1212]

He thought he was doing God’s work when he was persecuting God’s people.

Oh. You meant Saul of Tarsus before he became an apostle, "Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief." (1 Timothy 1:13) But he was no hypocrite, for he was acting consistent with what he believed, which is why he persecuted the "sect of the Nazarenes," ignorantly presuming that he was serving the true God, and thus could make the astounding statement, "Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day." (Acts 23:1) And thus once corrected, that he was not serving God but that Jesus was the Christ, and converted, then he loved the church at least as fervently than he had hated them. Glory to God.

[Agamemnon]

He thought he was doing God’s work when he was persecuting God’s people.

The Apostle Paul did no such thing.

The Pharisaic SAUL at the time of his pre-Road-To-Damascus encounter with Jesus Christ did persecute Christians, and was on his way to doing so.

Words mean things.

Context is everything.

Write with better deference to context.

FReegards!