Galatians 1:16

Paul's Defense Of His Apostleship

¹⁵ But when God, who chose me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, was pleased ¹⁶ to reveal his Sou in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I at once declined all conference with flesh and blood: ¹⁷ nor did I go up to Jerusalem, to those who were apostles before me; but I went away into Arabia, and then returned to Damascus.

Among the Nations

Flesh and Blood

Good News

In Me

God Revealed

Preach The Good News

Matthew 16:17

And Jesus answered and said to him: Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah; for flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to him: Go; for he is a vessel chosen by me to bear my name before nations and kings, and the sons of Israel.

Matthew 26:41

Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit is, willing, but the flesh is weak.

Luke 9:23-25

And he said to them all: If any one determines to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and fol low me.

Luke 9:59-62

And he said to another: Follow me. But he replied: Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.

Acts 22:21

And he said to me, Depart, for I will send you far off to the Gentiles.

Acts 26:17-20

delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom now I send you,

Romans 1:13-14

But, brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant that I often purposed to come to you, though I have been hindered to the present time, that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.

Romans 11:13

For I speak to you, Gentiles; inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I do honor to my ministry,

Romans 15:16-19

that I may be the public servant of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, officiating as a priest with respect to the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles may be acceptable, having been sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 2:9-13

But, as it is written: Eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and into the heart of man have not entered the things which God has prepared for them that love him.

1 Corinthians 15:50

But this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood can not inherit the kingdom of God, nor does corruption inherit incorruption.

2 Corinthians 4:6

Because God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the person of Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:16

So, then, we henceforth know no man according to the flesh; if, indeed, we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we no longer thus know him.

Galatians 1:11-12

But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which is preached by me, is not according to man:

Galatians 2:1

Then, fourteen years after, I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and I took Titus also with me.

Galatians 2:6-9

But from those who were supposed to be something; (what they were is a matter of no importance to me: God does not accept the person of man;) they, indeed, who were supposed to be something, communicated no additional truth to me;

Ephesians 1:17-18

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the acknowledgment of him,

Ephesians 3:1

For this reason, I Paul, the prisoner of the Christ Jesus on account of you Gentiles,

Ephesians 3:5-10

which, in other generations, was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

Ephesians 6:12

for our conflict is not with flesh and blood, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the rulers of the darkness of this world, with the wicked spirits in the heavenly regions.

Colossians 1:25-27

of which I was made a minister according to the commission from God, which was given to me for you, that I might fully preach the word of God,

1 Thessalonians 2:16

forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, in order that they may fill up their sins at all times: but the wrath is coming upon them to the full.

1 Timothy 2:7

to give which testimony I have been appointed a preacher and an apostle; (I speak the truth, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faithfulness and in truth.

2 Timothy 1:11

to which I have been appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles;

Hebrews 2:14

Since, then, the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also, in like manner, partook of the same, that, through his death, he might deprive of power him that has the power of death, that is, the devil;