Galatians 1:14 meaning and explanation

I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

Galatians 1:14, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul is recounting his life before Christ to the Galatian churches, defending the gospel he preached and the authority behind it. Here he describes his former devotion to Judaism, saying he outstripped many of his own generation in zeal for the traditions handed down by his ancestors.

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