Galatians 1
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Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man, but a through Jesus Christ and God the Father b who raised Him from the dead),
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and all the brethren who are with me,
To the churches of Galatia:
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Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,
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c who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us d from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
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to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
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I marvel that you are turning away so soon e from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel,
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f which is not another; but there are some g who trouble you and want to h pervert the gospel of Christ.
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But even if i we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.
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As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you j than what you have received, let him be accursed.
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For k do I now l persuade men, or God? Or m do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.
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n But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man.
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For o I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came p through the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how q I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and r tried to destroy it.
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And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, s being more exceedingly zealous t for the traditions of my fathers.
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But when it pleased God, u who separated me from my mother's womb and called me through His grace,
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v to reveal His Son in me, that w I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with x flesh and blood,
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nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.
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Then after three years y I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and remained with him fifteen days.
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But z I saw none of the other apostles except a James, the Lord's brother.
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(Now concerning the things which I write to you, indeed, before God, I do not lie.)
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b Afterward I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
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And I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea which c were in Christ.
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But they were d hearing only, "He who formerly e persecuted us now preaches the faith which he once tried to destroy."
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And they f glorified God in me.
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Acts 9:6
So he, trembling and astonished, said, "Lord, what do You want me to do?" Then the Lord said to him, "Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.
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Acts 2:24
Whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.
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Matthew 20:28
"just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."
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Hebrews 2:5
For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels.
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Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Galatians 1:15
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me through His grace.
Galatians 5:8
This persuasion does not come from Him who calls you.
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2 Corinthians 11:4
For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted - you may well put up with it!
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Acts 15:1
And certain men came down from Judea and taught the brethren, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.
Galatians 5:10
I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will have no other mind; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.
Galatians 5:12
I could wish that those who trouble you would even cut themselves off!
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2 Corinthians 2:17
For we are not, as so many, peddling the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.
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1 Corinthians 16:22
If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. O Lord, come!
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Deuteronomy 4:2
You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
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1 Corinthians 10:33
Just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
1 Thessalonians 2:4
But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts.
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1 Samuel 24:7
So David restrained his servants with these words, and did not allow them to rise against Saul. And Saul got up from the cave and went on his way.
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1 Thessalonians 2:4
But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts.
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Romans 2:16
In the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.
1 Corinthians 15:1
Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand.
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1 Corinthians 15:1
Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand.
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Ephesians 3:3 - 5
How that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already.
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Acts 9:1
Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
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Acts 8:3
As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering every house, and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison.
Acts 22:4
I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
Acts 22:5
As also the high priest bears me witness, and all the council of the elders, from whom I also received letters to the brethren, and went to Damascus to bring in chains even those who were there to Jerusalem to be punished.
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Acts 26:9
Indeed, I myself thought I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Philippians 3:6
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
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Jeremiah 9:14
"but they have walked according to the dictates of their own hearts and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them,"
Matthew 15:2
"Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread."
Mark 7:3
For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands in a special way, holding the tradition of the elders.
Colossians 2:8
Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.
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Isaiah 49:1
Listen, O coastlands, to Me, And take heed, you...
Isaiah 49:5
And now the LORD says, Who formed Me from the w...
Jeremiah 1:5
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Be...
Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chos...
Romans 1:1
Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to ...
Galatians 1:6
I marvel that you are turning away so soon from...
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2 Corinthians 4:5 - 7
For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus' sake.
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Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel.
Galatians 2:9
And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
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Matthew 16:17
Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon BarJonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
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Acts 9:26
And when Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, and did not believe that he was a disciple.
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1 Corinthians 9:5
Do we have no right to take along a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
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Matthew 13:55
Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?
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Acts 9:30
When the brethren found out, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him out to Tarsus.
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Romans 16:7
Greet Andronicus and Junia, my countrymen and my fellow prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
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Acts 9:20
Immediately he preached the Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God.
Acts 9:21
Then all who heard were amazed, and said, "Is this not he who destroyed those who called on this name in Jerusalem, and has come here for that purpose, so that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?
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Acts 8:3
As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering every house, and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison.
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Acts 11:18
When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life.
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