Galatians

Galatians 1:13

¹³For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	γὰρ	gar	Conjunction	G1063 for
you have heard of	Ἠκούσατε	Ēkousate	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G191 I hear, listen
my	ἐμὴν	emēn	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Feminine 1st Person Singular	G1699 mine
former	ποτε	pote	Particle	G4218 at one time or other
way of life	ἀναστροφήν	anastrophēn	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G391 behavior, manner of life
in	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
Judaism	Ἰουδαϊσμῷ	Ioudaismō	Noun - Dative Masculine Singular	G2454 the Jewish religion, Judaism
how	ὅτι	hoti	Conjunction	G3754 that, since, because
severely	καθ’	kath’	Preposition	G2596 down from, against, according to, throughout, during
I persecuted	ἐδίωκον	ediōkon	Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular	G1377 I pursue, persecute
the	τὴν	tēn	Article - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3588 the
church	ἐκκλησίαν	ekklēsian	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G1577 an assembly, congregation, church
of God	Θεοῦ	Theou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G2316 God, a god
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
tried to destroy	ἐπόρθουν	eporthoun	Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular	G4199 I lay waste, destroy
it	αὐτήν	autēn	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Singular	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same

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