Galatians 1
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Galatians 1:12-24

12For 1I neitherG3761 receivedG3880 it from manG444, norG3777 was I taughtG1321 it, but I received it throughG1223 a 2revelationG602 of JesusG2424 ChristG5547.

13For you have heardG191 of 3my formerG4218 mannerG391 of lifeG391 in JudaismG2454, howG3754 I 4used to persecuteG1377 5the churchG1577 of GodG2316 beyondG2596G5236 measureG5236 and 6tried to destroyG4199 it; 14and I 7was advancingG4298 in JudaismG2454 beyondG5228 manyG4183 of my contemporariesG4915 amongG1722 my 8countrymenG1085, beingG5225 moreG4053 extremelyG4053 zealousG2207 for my 9ancestralG3967 traditionsG3862. 15But whenG3753 God, who had setG873 me apartG873 even from my mother’sG3384 wombG2836 and 10calledG2564 me throughG1223 His graceG5485, was pleasedG2106 16to revealG601 His SonG5207 in me soG2443 that I might 11preachG2097 Him amongG1722 the GentilesG1484, 12I did not immediatelyG2112 consultG4323 with 1314fleshG4561 and bloodG129, 1715norG3761 did I goG424 up to JerusalemG2414 to thoseG3588 who were apostlesG652 beforeG4253 me; but I wentG565 awayG565 to ArabiaG688, and returnedG5290 onceG3825 moreG3825 to 16DamascusG1154.

18ThenG1899 17threeG5140 yearsG2094 laterG3326 I wentG424 up 18to JerusalemG2414 to 19becomeG2477 acquaintedG2477 with 20CephasG2786, and stayedG1961 with him fifteenG1178 daysG2250. 19But I did not seeG3708 anyG2087 otherG2087 of the apostlesG652 exceptG1508 2122JamesG2385, the Lord’sG2962 brotherG80. 20(NowG1161 in whatG3739 I am writingG1125 to you, 23I assureG2400 you 24beforeG1799 GodG2316 that I am not lyingG5574.) 21ThenG1899 25I wentG2064 into the regionsG2824 of 26SyriaG4947 and 27CiliciaG2791. 22I was still unknownG50 by 28sightG4383 to 29the churchesG1577 of JudeaG2453 which were 30in ChristG5547; 23but onlyG3440, they kept hearingG191, “He who onceG4218 persecutedG1377 us is nowG3568 preachingG2097 31the faithG4102 whichG3739 he onceG4218 32tried to destroyG4199.” 24And they 33were glorifyingG1392 GodG2316 34becauseG1722 of me.

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Notes

  1. 1. Galatians 1:12 1 Cor 11:23; Gal 1:1 ↩
  2. 2. Galatians 1:12 1 Cor 2:10; 2 Cor 12:1; Gal 1:16; 2:2 ↩
  3. 3. Galatians 1:13 Acts 26:4f ↩
  4. 4. Galatians 1:13 Acts 8:3; 22:4, 5 ↩
  5. 5. Galatians 1:13 1 Cor 10:32 ↩
  6. 6. Galatians 1:13 Acts 9:21 ↩
  7. 7. Galatians 1:14 Acts 22:3 ↩
  8. 8. Galatians 1:14 Lit race ↩
  9. 9. Galatians 1:14 Jer 9:14; Matt 15:2; Mark 7:3; Col 2:8 ↩
  10. 10. Galatians 1:15 Is 49:1, 5; Jer 1:5; Acts 9:15; Rom 1:1; Gal 1:6 ↩
  11. 11. Galatians 1:16 Acts 9:15; Gal 2:9 ↩
  12. 12. Galatians 1:16 Acts 9:20 ↩
  13. 13. Galatians 1:16 I.e. human beings ↩
  14. 14. Galatians 1:16 Matt 16:17 ↩
  15. 15. Galatians 1:17 Acts 9:19-22 ↩
  16. 16. Galatians 1:17 Acts 9:2 ↩
  17. 17. Galatians 1:18 Acts 9:22f ↩
  18. 18. Galatians 1:18 Acts 9:26 ↩
  19. 19. Galatians 1:18 Or visit Cephas ↩
  20. 20. Galatians 1:18 John 1:42; Gal 2:9, 11, 14 ↩
  21. 21. Galatians 1:19 Or Jacob ↩
  22. 22. Galatians 1:19 Matt 12:46; Acts 12:17 ↩
  23. 23. Galatians 1:20 Lit behold before God ↩
  24. 24. Galatians 1:20 Rom 9:1; 2 Cor 1:23; 11:31 ↩
  25. 25. Galatians 1:21 Acts 9:30 ↩
  26. 26. Galatians 1:21 Acts 15:23, 41 ↩
  27. 27. Galatians 1:21 Acts 6:9 ↩
  28. 28. Galatians 1:22 Lit face ↩
  29. 29. Galatians 1:22 1 Cor 7:17; 1 Thess 2:14 ↩
  30. 30. Galatians 1:22 Rom 16:7 ↩
  31. 31. Galatians 1:23 Acts 6:7; Gal 6:10 ↩
  32. 32. Galatians 1:23 Acts 9:21 ↩
  33. 33. Galatians 1:24 Matt 9:8 ↩
  34. 34. Galatians 1:24 Lit in me ↩

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