New American Standard Bible 2020

Galatians 1:10-24

10For am I nowG737 1seekingG3982 theG3982 favorG3982 ofG3982 peopleG444, orG2228 of GodG2316? OrG2228 am I strivingG2212 to pleaseG700 peopleG444? IfG1487 I were stillG2089 trying to pleaseG700 peopleG444, I would not be a 2bond-servantG1401 of ChristG5547.

11For 3I would haveG1107 you knowG1107, brothersG80 and sisters, that the gospelG2098 which was preachedG2097 by me is 4not 5of humanG444 inventionG2596. 12For 6I neitherG3761 receivedG3880 it from manG444, norG3777 was I taughtG1321 it, but I received it throughG1223 a 7revelationG602 of JesusG2424 ChristG5547.

13For you have heardG191 of 8my formerG4218 wayG391 ofG391 lifeG391 in JudaismG2454, howG3754 I 9used to persecuteG1377 10the churchG1577 of GodG2316 beyondG2596 G5236 measureG5236 and 11tried to destroyG4199 it; 14and I 12was advancingG4298 in JudaismG2454 beyondG5228 manyG4183 of my contemporariesG4915 amongG1722 my 13countrymenG1085, beingG5225 moreG4056 extremelyG4056 zealousG2207 for my 14ancestralG3967 traditionsG3862. 15But whenG3753 15He who had setG873 me apartG873 even from my mother’sG3384 wombG2836 and 16calledG2564 me throughG1223 His graceG5485 was pleasedG2106 16to revealG601 His SonG5207 in me soG2443 thatG2443 I might 17preachG2097 Him amongG1722 the GentilesG1484, 18I did not immediatelyG2112 consultG4323 with 19 20fleshG4561 and bloodG129, 17 21norG3761 did I goG424 up to JerusalemG2414 to thoseG3588 who were apostlesG652 beforeG4253 me; but I wentG565 awayG565 to ArabiaG688, and returnedG5290 onceG3825 moreG3825 to 22DamascusG1154.

18ThenG1899 23threeG5140 yearsG2094 laterG3326 I wentG424 up 24to JerusalemG2414 to 25becomeG2477 acquaintedG2477 withG2477 26 27CephasG2786, and stayedG1961 with him for fifteenG1178 daysG2250. 19But I did not seeG3708 anotherG2087 oneG2087 of the apostlesG652 exceptG1508 28 29JamesG2385, the Lord’sG2962 brotherG80. 20(NowG1161 in whatG3739 I am writingG1125 to you, 30I assureG2400 you 31beforeG1799 GodG2316 that I am not lyingG5574.) 21ThenG1899 32I wentG2064 into the regionsG2824 of 33SyriaG4947 and 34CiliciaG2791. 22I was still unknownG50 by 35sightG4383 to 36the churchesG1577 of JudeaG2449 which are 37in ChristG5547; 23but they onlyG3440 kept hearingG191, “The man who onceG4218 persecutedG1377 us is nowG3568 preachingG2097 38the faithG4102 whichG3739 he onceG4218 39tried to destroyG4199.” 24And they 40were glorifyingG1392 GodG2316 41becauseG1722 of me.

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Notes

1. Galatians 1:10 1 Cor 10:33; 1 Thess 2:4 ↩
2. Galatians 1:10 Rom 1:1; Phil 1:1 ↩
3. Galatians 1:11 Rom 2:16; 1 Cor 15:1 ↩
4. Galatians 1:11 1 Cor 3:4; 9:8 ↩
5. Galatians 1:11 Lit according to man ↩
6. Galatians 1:12 1 Cor 11:23; Gal 1:1 ↩
7. Galatians 1:12 1 Cor 2:10; 2 Cor 12:1; Gal 1:16; 2:2 ↩
8. Galatians 1:13 Acts 26:4f ↩
9. Galatians 1:13 Acts 8:3; 22:4, 5 ↩
10. Galatians 1:13 1 Cor 10:32 ↩
11. Galatians 1:13 Acts 9:21 ↩
12. Galatians 1:14 Acts 22:3 ↩
13. Galatians 1:14 Lit race ↩
14. Galatians 1:14 Jer 9:14; Matt 15:2; Mark 7:3; Col 2:8 ↩
15. Galatians 1:15 One early ms God who ↩
16. Galatians 1:15 Is 49:1, 5; Jer 1:5; Acts 9:15; Rom 1:1; Gal 1:6 ↩
17. Galatians 1:16 Acts 9:15; Gal 2:9 ↩
18. Galatians 1:16 Acts 9:20 ↩
19. Galatians 1:16 I.e., people ↩
20. Galatians 1:16 Matt 16:17 ↩
21. Galatians 1:17 Acts 9:19-22 ↩
22. Galatians 1:17 Acts 9:2 ↩
23. Galatians 1:18 Acts 9:22f ↩
24. Galatians 1:18 Acts 9:26 ↩
25. Galatians 1:18 Or visit ↩
26. Galatians 1:18 I.e., Peter ↩
27. Galatians 1:18 John 1:42; Gal 2:9, 11, 14 ↩
28. Galatians 1:19 Or Jacob ↩
29. Galatians 1:19 Matt 12:46; Acts 12:17 ↩
30. Galatians 1:20 Lit behold before God ↩
31. Galatians 1:20 Rom 9:1; 2 Cor 1:23; 11:31 ↩
32. Galatians 1:21 Acts 9:30 ↩
33. Galatians 1:21 Acts 15:23, 41 ↩
34. Galatians 1:21 Acts 6:9 ↩
35. Galatians 1:22 Lit face ↩
36. Galatians 1:22 1 Cor 7:17; 1 Thess 2:14 ↩
37. Galatians 1:22 Rom 16:7 ↩
38. Galatians 1:23 Acts 6:7; Gal 6:10 ↩
39. Galatians 1:23 Acts 9:21 ↩
40. Galatians 1:24 Matt 9:8 ↩
41. Galatians 1:24 Lit in me ↩

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