504 B
504 B
advancing
"making progress" or "going forward." This metaphor sees being a complete Jew as a place toward which Paul was going ahead of Jews his own age. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
former life
"behavior at one time" or "prior life" or "earlier life"
beyond measure
"extremely" or "excessively" or "as much as I could" or "more than was necessary"
devastating
"destroying"
fellow
"Jewish people of the same age"
fathers
or "ancestors."