What was the Jews' religion like in Paul's day?
In Paul's day, the Jews' religion was a compilation of human efforts to appease a holy God. It was what man attempted to do to merit favor with God, and it had nothing of the power of God in it.
Les teaches that in Paul's day the Jews' religion was entirely a human system. It was a compilation of man's efforts to appease a holy God, nothing more. Paul described his past manner of living in it, but there was no power of God in it. This was true during Christ's earthly ministry and shortly after, when Paul practiced it. Religion, whether Judaism or other forms, is always what man attempts to do to somehow merit favor with God.
For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
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What was the Jews' religion like when Paul practiced it before his conversion?
The Jews' religion, at the time Paul practiced it during Christ's earthly ministry and shortly after, was all it was — there was nothing of the power of God in it.
Why did Paul say he profited in the Jews' religion?
Paul says he was profiting in the Jews' religion because it was a bad, corrupt system.