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Text -- Galatians 1:12-24 (NET)
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1:12 For I did not receive it or learn it from any human source ; instead I received it by a revelation of Jesus Christ .
1:13 For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism , how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it .
1:14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation , and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors .
1:15 But when the one who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace was pleased
1:16 to reveal his Son in me so that I could preach him among the Gentiles , I did not go to ask advice from any human being ,
1:17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before me , but right away I departed to Arabia , and then returned to Damascus .
1:18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and get information from him, and I stayed with him fifteen days .
1:19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord’s brother .
1:20 I assure you that, before God , I am not lying about what I am writing to you!
1:21 Afterward I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia .
1:22 But I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ .
1:23 They were only hearing , “The one who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news of the faith he once tried to destroy .”
1:24 So they glorified God because of me .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Paul |
GALATIANS, EPISTLE TO THE |
PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 5 |
Minister |
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 1-7 |
Galatians, Epistle to |
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 8-12 |
James |
Peter |
Ignorance |
JAMES, EPISTLE OF |
Zeal |
Cilicia |
Damascus |
Oath |
Arabia |
Syria |
HEBREWS, EPISTLE TO THE |
INSPIRATION, 8-18 |
HAVOC |
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NET Notes: Gal 1:12 It is difficult to determine what kind of genitive ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ (Ihsou Cristou) ...
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NET Notes: Gal 1:14 The traditions of my ancestors refers to both Pharisaic and popular teachings of this time which eventually were codified in Jewish literature such as...
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NET Notes: Gal 1:17 As a geographical region Arabia included the territory west of Mesopotamia, east and south of Syria and Palestine, extending to the isthmus of Suez. D...
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NET Notes: Gal 1:18 Although often translated “to get acquainted with Cephas,” this could give the impression of merely a social call. L&N 34.52 has ̶...
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NET Notes: Gal 1:19 Grk “But another of the apostles I did not see, except…” with “another” in emphatic position in the Greek text. Paul is ...
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NET Notes: Gal 1:20 Grk “What things I am writing to you, behold, before God [that] I am not lying.”
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