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Galatians 1:13-23

13For you have heardG191 of 1my formerG4218 wayG391 ofG391 lifeG391 in JudaismG2454, howG3754 I 2used to persecuteG1377 3the churchG1577 of GodG2316 beyondG2596G5236 measureG5236 and 4tried to destroyG4199 it; 14and I 5was advancingG4298 in JudaismG2454 beyondG5228 manyG4183 of my contemporariesG4915 amongG1722 my 6countrymenG1085, beingG5225 moreG4056 extremelyG4056 zealousG2207 for my 7ancestralG3967 traditionsG3862. 15But whenG3753 8He who had setG873 me apartG873 even from my mother’sG3384 wombG2836 and 9calledG2564 me throughG1223 His graceG5485 was pleasedG2106 16to revealG601 His SonG5207 in me soG2443 thatG2443 I might 10preachG2097 Him amongG1722 the GentilesG1484, 11I did not immediatelyG2112 consultG4323 with 1213fleshG4561 and bloodG129, 1714norG3761 did I goG424 up to JerusalemG2414 to thoseG3588 who were apostlesG652 beforeG4253 me; but I wentG565 awayG565 to ArabiaG688, and returnedG5290 onceG3825 moreG3825 to 15DamascusG1154.

18ThenG1899 16threeG5140 yearsG2094 laterG3326 I wentG424 up 17to JerusalemG2414 to 18becomeG2477 acquaintedG2477 withG2477 1920CephasG2786, and stayedG1961 with him for fifteenG1178 daysG2250. 19But I did not seeG3708 anotherG2087 oneG2087 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 JudeaG2449 which are 30in ChristG5547; 23but they onlyG3440 kept hearingG191, “The man who onceG4218 persecutedG1377 us is nowG3568 preachingG2097 31the faithG4102 whichG3739 he onceG4218 32tried to destroyG4199.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Galatians 1:13 Acts 26:4f ↩
  2. 2. Galatians 1:13 Acts 8:3; 22:4, 5 ↩
  3. 3. Galatians 1:13 1 Cor 10:32 ↩
  4. 4. Galatians 1:13 Acts 9:21 ↩
  5. 5. Galatians 1:14 Acts 22:3 ↩
  6. 6. Galatians 1:14 Lit race ↩
  7. 7. Galatians 1:14 Jer 9:14; Matt 15:2; Mark 7:3; Col 2:8 ↩
  8. 8. Galatians 1:15 One early ms God who ↩
  9. 9. Galatians 1:15 Is 49:1, 5; Jer 1:5; Acts 9:15; Rom 1:1; Gal 1:6 ↩
  10. 10. Galatians 1:16 Acts 9:15; Gal 2:9 ↩
  11. 11. Galatians 1:16 Acts 9:20 ↩
  12. 12. Galatians 1:16 I.e., people ↩
  13. 13. Galatians 1:16 Matt 16:17 ↩
  14. 14. Galatians 1:17 Acts 9:19-22 ↩
  15. 15. Galatians 1:17 Acts 9:2 ↩
  16. 16. Galatians 1:18 Acts 9:22f ↩
  17. 17. Galatians 1:18 Acts 9:26 ↩
  18. 18. Galatians 1:18 Or visit ↩
  19. 19. Galatians 1:18 I.e., Peter ↩
  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 ↩

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