Isaiah 55:11
55:11 In the same way, the promise that I make
does not return to me, having accomplished nothing.
No, it is realized as I desire
and is fulfilled as I intend.”
Romans 2:16
2:16 on the day when God will judge
the secrets of human hearts,
according to my gospel
through Christ Jesus.
Romans 2:2
2:2 Now we know that God’s judgment is in accordance with truth
against those who practice such things.
Colossians 4:3
4:3 At the same time pray
for us too, that
God may open a door for the message
so that we may proclaim
the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
Galatians 1:8-12
1:8 But even if we (or an angel from heaven) should preach
a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you,
let him be condemned to hell!
1:9 As we have said before, and now I say again, if any one is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let him be condemned to hell!
1:10 Am I now trying to gain the approval of people,
or of God? Or am I trying to please people?
If I were still trying to please
people,
I would not be a slave
of Christ!
Paul’s Vindication of His Apostleship
1:11 Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.
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.
Galatians 2:2
2:2 I went there
because of
a revelation and presented
to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so
only in a private meeting with the influential people,
to make sure that I was not running – or had not run
– in vain.
Galatians 2:2
2:2 I went there
because of
a revelation and presented
to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so
only in a private meeting with the influential people,
to make sure that I was not running – or had not run
– in vain.
Galatians 2:14
2:14 But when I saw that they were not behaving consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas
in front of them all, “If you, although you are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to force
the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
Galatians 2:2
2:2 I went there
because of
a revelation and presented
to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so
only in a private meeting with the influential people,
to make sure that I was not running – or had not run
– in vain.
Galatians 2:8
2:8 (for he who empowered
Peter for his apostleship
to the circumcised
also empowered me for my apostleship to the Gentiles)