Galatians 1:14

Paul had been a very loyal *Jew. He loved the *Jewish law. He was extremely eager about it. He studied it so that he knew it properly. The laws are in the first 5 books of the *Old Testament (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy). All *Jewish boys had to learn and remember many parts of these books. They would regularly repeat aloud what they learned. That helped them to remember everything. The *Jewish teachers had made up many extra laws. These were part of the *Jewish traditions. *Jewish boys learned and studied these traditions too. But Paul was better than other students, even when he was young. He had been more loyal than other *Jews. And he had been more eager. So Paul knew the *Jewish laws better than the false teachers knew them.