Galatians 1:16

Paul's Defense Of His Apostleship

¹⁵ But when God who had set me apart from my very birth, ¹⁶ and had called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me, so that I might preach his gospel among the Gentiles, without consulting a human being, ¹⁷ or even going up to Jerusalem to see those who had been apostles before me, I went off at once to Arabia, and on my return came back to Damascus.

Among the Nations

Flesh and Blood

Good News

In Me

God Revealed

Preach The Good News

Matthew 16:17

"Blessed are you, Simon, Son of Jonah," said Jesus; "for flesh and blood have not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven!

Acts 9:15

"Go," answered the Lord, "this man is chosen instrument of mine to bear my name before the nations and their kings, and before the Children of Israel also;

Matthew 26:41

"Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

Luke 9:23-25

And he said to all. "If any man wills to follow me, Let him renounce self and take up his cross daily and follow me.

Luke 9:59-62

To another he said, "Follow me!" But he replied, "Permit me first to go and bury my father."

Acts 22:21

"'Depart,' he said to me, 'for I will send you forth, far hence, to the Gentiles.'"

Acts 26:17-20

"'I will deliver you from the Jewish people, and from the Gentiles to whom I am sending you to open their eyes

Romans 1:13-14

I want you to know, brothers, that many a time I have planned to come to you??hough until now I have been hindered??o as to have some harvest-fruit among you also, even as I have among the rest of the Gentiles.

Romans 11:13

For to you who are Gentiles I say that since I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,

Romans 15:16-19

I act as priest of the gospel of God; so that the Gentiles, when offered before him, may be an acceptable sacrifice, because consecrated by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 2:9-13

Nay, as it is written. Eye has not seen, Nor ear heard, Neither have entered into man's heart The things which God has prepared For those who love him.

1 Corinthians 15:50

I tell you this, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor can corruption inherit incorruption.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God who said, "Out of darkness light shall shine," is he who has shone in my heart, that the sunrise of the knowledge of God may shine forth in the face of Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:16

Therefore henceforth I know no one simply as a man??ven if I have known Christ as a man, yet now I do so no longer.

Galatians 1:11-12

For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel I preach is not man-made;

Galatians 2:1

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

Galatians 2:6-9

But those in authority??hat they once were makes no difference to me; God is no respecter of persons??hose I say who were in authority had no additions to make my message.

Ephesians 1:17-18

I am praying that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father most glorious, may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation, through an intimate knowledge of himself;

Ephesians 3:1

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles??2 for surely you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God entrusted to me for you?

Ephesians 3:5-10

which was not disclosed to the sons of men in former generations, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets,

Ephesians 6:12

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the despotisms, the empires, the rulers of this present darkness, the spirit-hosts of evil in the heavenly realm.

Colossians 1:25-27

It is of this I was made a minister, according to the stewardship entrusted to me by God for you, fully to declare God's message;

1 Thessalonians 2:16

They forbid me to speak to the Gentiles with a view to their salvation. They continue always to fill up the measure of their sins; but the wrath of God is come upon them to the full!

1 Timothy 2:7

It was for this testimony that I myself was appointed a herald and apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), to be a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

2 Timothy 1:11

Of the gospel I was appointed a herald, apostle, and teacher; and that is the reason I am now undergoing these sufferings.

Hebrews 2:14

Therefore, since the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also similarly partook of the same, in order that through death he might render powerless him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;