New American Standard Bible 2020
Galatians 1:11-24
11For 1I would have you know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel which was preached by me is 2not 3of human invention. 12For 4I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a 5revelation of Jesus Christ.
13For you have heard of 6my former way of life in Judaism, how I 7used to persecute 8the church of God beyond measure and 9tried to destroy it; 14and I 10was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my 11countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my 12ancestral traditions. 15But when 13He who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and 14called me through His grace was pleased 16to reveal His Son in me so that I might 15preach Him among the Gentiles, 16I did not immediately consult with 1718flesh and blood, 1719nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to 20Damascus.
18Then 21three years later I went up 22to Jerusalem to 23become acquainted with 2425Cephas, and stayed with him for fifteen days. 19But I did not see another one of the apostles except 2627James, the Lord’s brother. 20(Now in what I am writing to you, 28I assure you 29before God that I am not lying.) 21Then 30I went into the regions of 31Syria and 32Cilicia. 22I was still unknown by 33sight to 34the churches of Judea which are 35in Christ; 23but they only kept hearing, “The man who once persecuted us is now preaching 36the faith which he once 37tried to destroy.” 24And they 38were glorifying God 39because of me.
Notes
- 1. Galatians 1:11 Rom 2:16; 1 Cor 15:1 ↩
- 2. Galatians 1:11 1 Cor 3:4; 9:8 ↩
- 3. Galatians 1:11 Lit according to man ↩
- 4. Galatians 1:12 1 Cor 11:23; Gal 1:1 ↩
- 5. Galatians 1:12 1 Cor 2:10; 2 Cor 12:1; Gal 1:16; 2:2 ↩
- 6. Galatians 1:13 Acts 26:4f ↩
- 7. Galatians 1:13 Acts 8:3; 22:4, 5 ↩
- 8. Galatians 1:13 1 Cor 10:32 ↩
- 9. Galatians 1:13 Acts 9:21 ↩
- 10. Galatians 1:14 Acts 22:3 ↩
- 11. Galatians 1:14 Lit race ↩
- 12. Galatians 1:14 Jer 9:14; Matt 15:2; Mark 7:3; Col 2:8 ↩
- 13. Galatians 1:15 One early ms God who ↩
- 14. Galatians 1:15 Is 49:1, 5; Jer 1:5; Acts 9:15; Rom 1:1; Gal 1:6 ↩
- 15. Galatians 1:16 Acts 9:15; Gal 2:9 ↩
- 16. Galatians 1:16 Acts 9:20 ↩
- 17. Galatians 1:16 I.e., people ↩
- 18. Galatians 1:16 Matt 16:17 ↩
- 19. Galatians 1:17 Acts 9:19-22 ↩
- 20. Galatians 1:17 Acts 9:2 ↩
- 21. Galatians 1:18 Acts 9:22f ↩
- 22. Galatians 1:18 Acts 9:26 ↩
- 23. Galatians 1:18 Or visit ↩
- 24. Galatians 1:18 I.e., Peter ↩
- 25. Galatians 1:18 John 1:42; Gal 2:9, 11, 14 ↩
- 26. Galatians 1:19 Or Jacob ↩
- 27. Galatians 1:19 Matt 12:46; Acts 12:17 ↩
- 28. Galatians 1:20 Lit behold before God ↩
- 29. Galatians 1:20 Rom 9:1; 2 Cor 1:23; 11:31 ↩
- 30. Galatians 1:21 Acts 9:30 ↩
- 31. Galatians 1:21 Acts 15:23, 41 ↩
- 32. Galatians 1:21 Acts 6:9 ↩
- 33. Galatians 1:22 Lit face ↩
- 34. Galatians 1:22 1 Cor 7:17; 1 Thess 2:14 ↩
- 35. Galatians 1:22 Rom 16:7 ↩
- 36. Galatians 1:23 Acts 6:7; Gal 6:10 ↩
- 37. Galatians 1:23 Acts 9:21 ↩
- 38. Galatians 1:24 Matt 9:8 ↩
- 39. Galatians 1:24 Lit in me ↩
Commentaries on Galatians 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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