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for I did not get it from any man; I was not taught it, but I got it through a revelation given by Jesus Christ.

Verse ConceptsKnowing God, Nature OfMaking Christ KnownEducationPositive Thinkingdiscriminationmanchrist

Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas, but I spent only two weeks with him;

Verse ConceptsPaul, Life OfTen Or More DaysThree Years

But I was personally unknown to the Christian churches in Judea;

Verse ConceptsChurch, Examples OfNot Knowing People

I went up under the guidance of a divine revelation. Now I laid before them the good news that I was in the habit of preaching among the heathen, but first I did so privately before the leaders, for fear that my course might be or might have been to no purpose.

Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtAthleticsThe Christian RaceHeraldPrivacyPrizesResponseRunningInformation In SecretUseless LabourRaceFutile Faith

But they did not even try to compel my companion, Titus, although he was a Greek, to be circumcised --

Verse ConceptsCircumcision, physicalGreeksNecessity Of CircumcisionNo Compulsion

But we did not for a moment yield them submission, in order that the truth of the good news might prevail for you.

Verse ConceptsOrthodoxy, In NtA Short TimeThe Truth Of The GospelThe Purity Of The GospelShort Time For ActionGod's Word Is TrueSurrender

For before the coming of certain people from James, he was in the habit of eating with heathen Christians, but after they came, he began to draw back and hold aloof from them, because he was afraid of the circumcision party.

Verse ConceptsCowardiceExclusivenessRacial PrejudiceFear Of ManInstabilityRelations With ForeignersCircumcision PartyNecessity Of CircumcisionFear Of Enemies

But when I saw that they were not living up to the truth of the good news, I said to Cephas, and that before them all, "If you are living like a heathen and not like a Jew, although you are a Jew yourself, why do you try to make the heathen live like Jews?"

Verse ConceptsOppressing ForeignersThe Truth Of The GospelThe Purity Of The GospelJews Separate From GentilesNo CompulsionWorry And Stressacting

because we know that a man does not come into right standing with God by doing what the law commands, but by simple trust in Christ, we too have trusted in Christ Jesus, in order to come into right standing with God by simple trust in Christ and not by doing what the law commands, because by doing what the law commands no man can come into right standing with God.

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and the law has nothing to do with faith, but it says, "It is the man who does these things that will live by doing them."

Verse ConceptsEffect Of The LawLife Through Keeping The LawWorks Of The LawKeeping Faith

For if our inheritance depends on the law, it can no longer depend on the promise. But it was by promise that God so graciously bestowed it upon Abraham.

Verse ConceptsHeirsInheritance, SpiritualGod's Promise To AbrahamGrace Verse Law

But before this faith came, we were kept locked up under the law, in preparation for the faith which was to be unveiled.

Verse ConceptsKeysUnder The Law

But now that this faith has come, we are no longer in the charge of the attendant.

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but he is under guardians and trustees until the time fixed by the father.

Verse ConceptsGuardiansSubmissionThe Right TimeSpiritual Immaturityparenting

but now, since you have come to know God, or rather have come to be known by Him, how can you turn back to your own crude notions, so weak and worthless, and wish to become slaves to them again?

Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingElementsConfusionUseless ThingsUniquenessElements Of The UniverseGod Knowing His PeopleSubject To EvilWorry And StressIdentityWeaknessKnowing GodIdentity In Christ

but still you did not scorn the test my illness made of you, nor did you spurn me for it; on the contrary, you welcomed me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus Himself.

Verse ConceptsLove, For One AnotherMinistry, In The ChurchReceptivenessAcceptance, Of One AnotherCaringThe Angel Of GodWelcoming ChristWelcoming BelieversLike AngelsIllnessRejectiontrails

These men are paying you special attention, but not sincerely. They want to shut you off from me, so that you may keep on paying them special attention.

Verse ConceptsExcommunicationmotives

But the child of the slave girl was born in the ordinary course of nature, while the child of the free woman was born to fulfill the promise.

Verse ConceptsGod's Promise To AbrahamLife In A Material WorldThe Promise Of A Babyslaverysarah

But just as then the child born in the ordinary course of nature persecuted the one born by the power of the Spirit, so it is today.

Verse ConceptsConcubinesPersecution, Nature OfLife In A Material WorldThe Promise Of A BabyPersecutionSatanic Hatred

But what does the Scripture say? "Drive off the slave girl and her son, for the slave girl's son shall never share the inheritance with the son of the free woman."

Verse ConceptsConcubinesInheritance, MaterialRevenge, Examples Ofdiscriminationsonship

So, brothers, we are children, not of a slave girl but of a free woman.

Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The Christian

Indeed, the very men who let themselves be circumcised do not themselves observe the law. But they simply want you to let yourselves be circumcised, so that they can boast of you as members of their party.

Verse ConceptsStrength, HumanNecessity Of CircumcisionThey Do Not Keep CommandsBoasting