Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Galatians 1:13 in English Standard Version "For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it." Ac 8:3 But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison. Ac 26:4 “My manner of life from my youth, spent from the beginning among my own nation and in Jerusalem, is known by all the Jews.