Galatians 1:16

Paul's Defense Of His Apostleship

¹⁵ But when God, who had already set me apart from my birth, and had called me by His unmerited favor, ¹⁶ chose to unveil His Son in me, so that I might preach the good news about Him among the heathen, at once, before I conferred with any human creatures, ¹⁷ and before I went up to Jerusalem to see those who had been apostles before me, I retired to Arabia, and afterwards returned to Damascus.

Among the Nations

Flesh and Blood

Good News

In Me

God Revealed

Preach The Good News

Matthew 16:17

Then Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah, for it is not man that made this known to you, but my Father in heaven.

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name to the heathen and their kings, and to the descendants of Israel.

Matthew 26:41

You must all keep watching and praying that you may not be exposed to temptation. Man's spirit is willing but human nature is weak."

Luke 9:23-25

Then He said to them all, "If anyone chooses to be my disciple, he must say 'No' to self, put the cross on his shoulders daily, and continue to follow me.

Luke 9:59-62

He said to another man, "Follow me." But he said, "Let me first go back and bury my father."

Acts 22:21

Then He said to me, 'Go, because I am to send you out and far away among the heathen.'"

Acts 26:17-20

I will continue to rescue you from the Jewish people and from the heathen to whom I am going to send you,

Romans 1:13-14

Furthermore, I want you to know, brothers, that I have often planned to come to see you (though until now I have been prevented), in order that I may gather some fruit among you too, as I have among the rest of the heathen.

Romans 11:13

Yes, I now am speaking to you who are a part of the heathen peoples. As I am an apostle to the heathen peoples, I am making the most of my ministry to them, to see

Romans 15:16-19

in making me a minister of Christ Jesus to the heathen peoples, to have me act as a sacrificing minister of the good news, in order that my offering of the heathen peoples to God may be acceptable, consecrated by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 2:9-13

But, as the Scripture says, they are: "Things which eye has never seen and ear has never heard, and never have occurred to human hearts, which God prepared for those who love Him."

1 Corinthians 15:50

But this I tell you, brothers: Our physical bodies cannot take part in the kingdom of God; what is decaying will never take part in what is immortal.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," is the One who has shone in my heart, to give me the light of the knowledge of God's glory, reflected on the face of Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:16

So from this moment on, I do not estimate anybody by the standard of outward appearances. Although I once did estimate Christ by this standard, I do not do so any longer.

Galatians 1:11-12

For I tell you, brothers, the good news which was preached by me is not a human message,

Galatians 2:1

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

Galatians 2:6-9

Those who were looked upon as leaders -- what they were makes no difference to me -- God pays no attention to outward appearances these leaders added nothing new to me.

Ephesians 1:17-18

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may grant you the Spirit to give wisdom and revelation which come through a growing knowledge of Him,

Ephesians 3:1

This is why I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of the heathen --

Ephesians 3:5-10

which in the earlier ages, so different from the present, was not made known to mankind as fully as now, but through the Spirit it has been revealed to His Holy apostles and prophets --

Ephesians 6:12

For our contest is not with human foes alone, but with the rulers, authorities, and cosmic powers of this dark world; that is, with the spirit-forces of evil challenging us in the heavenly contest.

Colossians 1:25-27

In it I have been made a minister in accordance with the trusteeship God entrusted to me for you, that I might prove among you the universal message of God,

1 Thessalonians 2:16

by trying to keep us from speaking to the heathen, so that they may be saved, so as always to fill to the brim the cup of their sins. But at last God's wrath has come upon them.

1 Timothy 2:7

and for which purpose I was appointed a preacher and an apostle -- I am telling the truth, I am not lying, -- a teacher of the heathen in the realm of faith and truth.

2 Timothy 1:11

Of this good news I have been appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.

Hebrews 2:14

Since then the children mentioned share our mortal nature, He too took on Himself a full share of the same, in order that He by His death might put a stop to the power of him who has the power of death, that is, the devil,