## 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."