I advanced (προεκοπτον). Imperfect active again of προκοπτω, old verb, to cut forward (as in a forest), to blaze a way, to go ahea…

And profited. This means he made advances and attainments. He made advances not only in the knowledge of the Jewish religion, but he also …

Profited.—Made progress. The kind of progress would correspond to the scope of the term "Judaism," with which it is connected, and…

Paul was intensely desirous that the Galatian Christians should understand that he was no mere repeater of other men's doctrines, but that what he …

The zeal that later fired Paul in his missionary efforts existed before his conversion, for it was part of his personality. Before his Damascus exp…

And profited in the Jews' religion
Or "in Judaism"; and the more he did so, or was versed in, and wedded to their principles, …

In preaching the gospel, the apostle sought to bring persons to the obedience, not of men, but of God. But Paul would not attempt to alter the doct…

Previously, the Apostle rebuked the Galatians for their fickleness in so quickly setting aside the gospel's teaching; now he shows the dignity of t…