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Galatians 1:6-24

6I amG2296 amazedG2296 that you are soG3779 quicklyG5030 desertingG3346G575 1Him who calledG2564 you 2by the graceG5485 of ChristG5547, for a 3differentG2087 gospelG2098; 7whichG3739 is really not anotherG243; onlyG1487G3361 there are someG5100 who are 4disturbingG5015 you and wantG2309 to distortG3344 the gospelG2098 of ChristG5547. 8But evenG2532 ifG1437 we, orG2228 5an angelG32 from heavenG3772, should preachG2097 to you a gospelG2097 6contraryG3844 to whatG3739 we have preachedG2097 to you, he is to be 78accursedG331! 9As we 9have saidG4275 beforeG4275, soG2532 I sayG3004 againG3825 nowG737, 10ifG1487 anyG5100 manG5100 is preachingG2097 to you a gospelG2097 11contraryG3844 to whatG3739 you receivedG3880, he is to be 1213accursedG331!

10For am I nowG737 14seekingG3982 the favorG3982 of menG444, orG2228 of GodG2316? OrG2228 am I strivingG2212 to pleaseG700 menG444? IfG1487 I were stillG2089 trying to pleaseG700 menG444, I would not be a 15bond-servantG1401 of ChristG5547.

11For 16I would haveG1107 you knowG1107, brethrenG80, that the gospelG2098 which was preachedG2097 by me is 17not accordingG2596 to manG444. 12For 18I neitherG3761 receivedG3880 it from manG444, norG3777 was I taughtG1321 it, but I received it throughG1223 a 19revelationG602 of JesusG2424 ChristG5547.

13For you have heardG191 of 20my formerG4218 mannerG391 of lifeG391 in JudaismG2454, howG3754 I 21used to persecuteG1377 22the churchG1577 of GodG2316 beyondG2596G5236 measureG5236 and 23tried to destroyG4199 it; 14and I 24was advancingG4298 in JudaismG2454 beyondG5228 manyG4183 of my contemporariesG4915 amongG1722 my 25countrymenG1085, beingG5225 moreG4053 extremelyG4053 zealousG2207 for my 26ancestralG3967 traditionsG3862. 15But whenG3753 God, who had setG873 me apartG873 even from my mother’sG3384 wombG2836 and 27calledG2564 me throughG1223 His graceG5485, was pleasedG2106 16to revealG601 His SonG5207 in me soG2443 that I might 28preachG2097 Him amongG1722 the GentilesG1484, 29I did not immediatelyG2112 consultG4323 with 3031fleshG4561 and bloodG129, 1732norG3761 did I goG424 up to JerusalemG2414 to thoseG3588 who were apostlesG652 beforeG4253 me; but I wentG565 awayG565 to ArabiaG688, and returnedG5290 onceG3825 moreG3825 to 33DamascusG1154.

18ThenG1899 34threeG5140 yearsG2094 laterG3326 I wentG424 up 35to JerusalemG2414 to 36becomeG2477 acquaintedG2477 with 37CephasG2786, and stayedG1961 with him fifteenG1178 daysG2250. 19But I did not seeG3708 anyG2087 otherG2087 of the apostlesG652 exceptG1508 3839JamesG2385, the Lord’sG2962 brotherG80. 20(NowG1161 in whatG3739 I am writingG1125 to you, 40I assureG2400 you 41beforeG1799 GodG2316 that I am not lyingG5574.) 21ThenG1899 42I wentG2064 into the regionsG2824 of 43SyriaG4947 and 44CiliciaG2791. 22I was still unknownG50 by 45sightG4383 to 46the churchesG1577 of JudeaG2453 which were 47in ChristG5547; 23but onlyG3440, they kept hearingG191, “He who onceG4218 persecutedG1377 us is nowG3568 preachingG2097 48the faithG4102 whichG3739 he onceG4218 49tried to destroyG4199.” 24And they 50were glorifyingG1392 GodG2316 51becauseG1722 of me.

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Notes

  1. 1. Galatians 1:6 Rom 8:28; Gal 1:15; 5:8 ↩
  2. 2. Galatians 1:6 Lit in ↩
  3. 3. Galatians 1:6 2 Cor 11:4; Gal 1:7, 11; 2:2, 7; 5:14; 1 Tim 1:3 ↩
  4. 4. Galatians 1:7 Acts 15:24; Gal 5:10 ↩
  5. 5. Galatians 1:8 2 Cor 11:14 ↩
  6. 6. Galatians 1:8 Or other than, more than ↩
  7. 7. Galatians 1:8 Gr anathema ↩
  8. 8. Galatians 1:8 Rom 9:3 ↩
  9. 9. Galatians 1:9 Acts 18:23 ↩
  10. 10. Galatians 1:9 Rom 16:17 ↩
  11. 11. Galatians 1:9 Or other than, more than ↩
  12. 12. Galatians 1:9 Gr anathema ↩
  13. 13. Galatians 1:9 Rom 9:3 ↩
  14. 14. Galatians 1:10 1 Cor 10:33; 1 Thess 2:4 ↩
  15. 15. Galatians 1:10 Rom 1:1; Phil 1:1 ↩
  16. 16. Galatians 1:11 Rom 2:16; 1 Cor 15:1 ↩
  17. 17. Galatians 1:11 1 Cor 3:4; 9:8 ↩
  18. 18. Galatians 1:12 1 Cor 11:23; Gal 1:1 ↩
  19. 19. Galatians 1:12 1 Cor 2:10; 2 Cor 12:1; Gal 1:16; 2:2 ↩
  20. 20. Galatians 1:13 Acts 26:4f ↩
  21. 21. Galatians 1:13 Acts 8:3; 22:4, 5 ↩
  22. 22. Galatians 1:13 1 Cor 10:32 ↩
  23. 23. Galatians 1:13 Acts 9:21 ↩
  24. 24. Galatians 1:14 Acts 22:3 ↩
  25. 25. Galatians 1:14 Lit race ↩
  26. 26. Galatians 1:14 Jer 9:14; Matt 15:2; Mark 7:3; Col 2:8 ↩
  27. 27. Galatians 1:15 Is 49:1, 5; Jer 1:5; Acts 9:15; Rom 1:1; Gal 1:6 ↩
  28. 28. Galatians 1:16 Acts 9:15; Gal 2:9 ↩
  29. 29. Galatians 1:16 Acts 9:20 ↩
  30. 30. Galatians 1:16 I.e. human beings ↩
  31. 31. Galatians 1:16 Matt 16:17 ↩
  32. 32. Galatians 1:17 Acts 9:19-22 ↩
  33. 33. Galatians 1:17 Acts 9:2 ↩
  34. 34. Galatians 1:18 Acts 9:22f ↩
  35. 35. Galatians 1:18 Acts 9:26 ↩
  36. 36. Galatians 1:18 Or visit Cephas ↩
  37. 37. Galatians 1:18 John 1:42; Gal 2:9, 11, 14 ↩
  38. 38. Galatians 1:19 Or Jacob ↩
  39. 39. Galatians 1:19 Matt 12:46; Acts 12:17 ↩
  40. 40. Galatians 1:20 Lit behold before God ↩
  41. 41. Galatians 1:20 Rom 9:1; 2 Cor 1:23; 11:31 ↩
  42. 42. Galatians 1:21 Acts 9:30 ↩
  43. 43. Galatians 1:21 Acts 15:23, 41 ↩
  44. 44. Galatians 1:21 Acts 6:9 ↩
  45. 45. Galatians 1:22 Lit face ↩
  46. 46. Galatians 1:22 1 Cor 7:17; 1 Thess 2:14 ↩
  47. 47. Galatians 1:22 Rom 16:7 ↩
  48. 48. Galatians 1:23 Acts 6:7; Gal 6:10 ↩
  49. 49. Galatians 1:23 Acts 9:21 ↩
  50. 50. Galatians 1:24 Matt 9:8 ↩
  51. 51. Galatians 1:24 Lit in me ↩

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