Galatians 1:16

Paul's Defense Of His Apostleship

¹⁵ but when it pleased God, who ordained me from my birth, and called me by his especial favour, to reveal his son to me, ¹⁶ that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not thereupon apply my self to any man; ¹⁷ neither went I up to Jerusalem, to those who were apostles before me: but I went immediately to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.

Among the Nations

Flesh and Blood

Good News

In Me

God Revealed

Preach The Good News

Matthew 16:17

to whom Jesus reply'd, blessed art thou Simon, son of Jona: for 'tis not man that hath revealed this unto thee, but my father who is in heaven.

Acts 9:15

go, said the Lord to him: for he is the instrument I have chosen, to bear my name to the Gentiles, to kings, and to the children of Israel.

Matthew 26:41

watch and pray that ye may not sink under the trial: the mind indeed is vigorous, but the flesh is weak.

Luke 9:23-25

Then he said to the whole company, if any one will be my follower, let him renounce himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Luke 9:59-62

Then he said to another, follow me: but he replied, Lord, let me stay first, till I bury my father.

Acts 22:21

but the Lord said to me, "be gone, for I will send you far hence, even to the Gentiles."

Acts 26:17-20

by delivering you from this people, and from the Gentiles to whom I now send thee, to open their eyes,

Romans 1:13-14

now I would not have you ignorant, my brethren, that I often purposed to come to you, tho' I have been hindered hitherto, that I might be useful among you as well as among other Gentiles.

Romans 11:13

this concerns you Gentiles. for as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I should do honour to my character,

Romans 15:16-19

to be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, officiating the gospel of God, that the Gentiles might be made an acceptable offering, being sanctified by the holy spirit.

1 Corinthians 2:9-13

but, as it is written, "eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entred into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."

1 Corinthians 15:50

this I say, my brethren, because the body, as it is at present, cannot possess the kingdom of God; and what is corruptible, can't enjoy incorruptibility.

2 Corinthians 4:6

for God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to enlighten others in the knowledge of the glory of God, which shines in the person of Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:16

Wherefore, henceforth I have no regard to any man for his external appearance: for tho' I formerly look'd for worldly grandeur in the Messiah, yet now I see things in another light.

Galatians 1:11-12

I certify to you, brethren, that the gospel, which has been preached by me, is not the result of human artifice:

Galatians 2:1

Fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem, with Barnabas, and took Titus also with me:

Galatians 2:6-9

But as for those who were men of real eminency, how considerable soever they were heretofore, it does not any ways affect me; God accepts not the person of any man: for they who were of note, in conference with me, had nothing new to add.

Ephesians 1:17-18

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the father of glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, whereby ye may know him:

Ephesians 3:1

This it is that makes me Paul a prisoner for Jesus Christ upon your account, O Gentiles;

Ephesians 3:5-10

which preceeding was not discover'd to men, as now it is to his holy apostles and prophets by the spirit; to wit,

Ephesians 6:12

for our conflict is not barely with men, but with principalities, with potentates, with the princes of darkness, with wicked aereal spirits.

Colossians 1:25-27

of which I have been established a minister, according to the charge which God has given me to preach his gospel faithfully among you. ---

1 Thessalonians 2:16

who by obstructing our endeavours to save the Gentiles, continue to fill up the measure of their enormities; for which consummate vengeance is falling upon them.

1 Timothy 2:7

for this I was establish'd a herald and an apostle, I speak the truth without disguise, a doctor to instruct the Gentiles in the true faith.

2 Timothy 1:11

For this I was establish'd the herald, the apostle, and doctor of the Gentiles. this has drawn upon me the evils I suffer.

Hebrews 2:14

Since then the children were made subject to a state of mortality, so he himself likewise was subject to the same condition: that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;