Having knowledge of me from the first (προγινωσκοντες με ανωθεν). Literally, "knowing me beforehand" (both προ and ανωθεν), from t…

Which knew me. This refers to those who were well acquainted with me.

From the beginning. Anwyen. This means form…

After the most straitest sect.—Better, most rigid, or most precise. The Greek does not contain anything answering to the…

My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; which knew me from the beginning…

It was not in spite of his Jewish heritage but because of it, Paul insisted, that he believed and proclaimed what he did. So he began the body of h…

Which knew me from the beginning
From his youth, from his first coming to Jerusalem:

Christianity teaches us to give a reason of the hope that is in us, and also to give honour to whom honour is due, without flattery or fear of man.…