Philippians 3:5

And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him Zechariah, after the name of his father.

Now in those days, while the disciples were multiplying in number, there was grumbling from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food.

But knowing that one group were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, Paul began crying out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; I am on trial for the hope and resurrection of the dead!”

“So then, all Jews know my manner of life from my youth, which from the beginning was spent among my own nation and at Jerusalem;

since they have known about me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that I lived as a Pharisee according to the strictest sect of our religion.

I say then, has God rejected His people? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abraham’s seed? So am I.

“We are Jews by nature and not sinners from among the Gentiles;