My manner of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know.

5 They knew me from the first, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

1. The entire life of Paul was live among the Jews. His parents were Jews. He was trained in the Law. He was active in his life as a Pharisee.

2. The Jews know that he was a Pharisee. They knew that he was a strict, conservative Jew.

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