Reference: Galatians, Epistle To The
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GALATIANS, EPISTLE TO THE
1. Occasion of the Epistle.
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Many writers have undertaken to compose accounts of the movement which has developed among us,
In the fifteenth year of the reign of the Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod governor of Galilee, while his brother Philip was governor of the territory of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was the governor of Abilene,
On the day of the Harvest Festival, they were all meeting together,
of Phrygia, and Pamphylia, of Egypt and the district of Africa about Cyrene, visitors from Rome, Jews and proselytes,
So the Twelve called in the whole body of disciples and said to them, "It is not desirable that we should give up preaching the word of God to keep accounts.
When he reached Jerusalem he tried to join the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, for they could not believe that he was really a disciple.
and when Peter returned to Jerusalem, the advocates of circumcision took him to task,
and this they did, sending it to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.
and this they did, sending it to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.
and this they did, sending it to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.
but they went on from Perga and reached Antioch in Pisidia. On the Sabbath they went to the synagogue there and took seats.
and they became aware of it, they made their escape to the Lycaonian towns of Lystra and Derbe and the country around,
Some people came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers that unless they were circumcised as Moses prescribed, they could not be saved. This created a disturbance and a serious discussion between Paul and Barnabas and them, and it was agreed that Paul and Barnabas and some others of their number should go up to Jerusalem to confer with the apostles and elders about this question.
This created a disturbance and a serious discussion between Paul and Barnabas and them, and it was agreed that Paul and Barnabas and some others of their number should go up to Jerusalem to confer with the apostles and elders about this question.
Some time after, Paul said to Barnabas, "Come, let us go back and revisit the brothers in each of the towns where we made the Lord's message known, to see how they are doing."
Paul wished to take this man on with him, and so on account of the Jews in that district he had him circumcised, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
Thus they crossed Phrygia and Galatia. The holy Spirit prevented them from delivering the message in Asia,
Thus they crossed Phrygia and Galatia. The holy Spirit prevented them from delivering the message in Asia,
Thus they crossed Phrygia and Galatia. The holy Spirit prevented them from delivering the message in Asia,
Thus they crossed Phrygia and Galatia. The holy Spirit prevented them from delivering the message in Asia,
Thus they crossed Phrygia and Galatia. The holy Spirit prevented them from delivering the message in Asia,
Thus they crossed Phrygia and Galatia. The holy Spirit prevented them from delivering the message in Asia, and when they reached Mysia they tried to get into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit it,
When he reached Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and paid his respects to the church, and then went on to Antioch. After spending some time there, he started out again, and traveled systematically through Galatia and Phrygia, reassuring all the disciples.
After spending some time there, he started out again, and traveled systematically through Galatia and Phrygia, reassuring all the disciples.
After spending some time there, he started out again, and traveled systematically through Galatia and Phrygia, reassuring all the disciples.
After spending some time there, he started out again, and traveled systematically through Galatia and Phrygia, reassuring all the disciples.
After spending some time there, he started out again, and traveled systematically through Galatia and Phrygia, reassuring all the disciples.
He went to the synagogue there, and for three months spoke confidently, holding discussions and trying to persuade them about the Kingdom of God.
When the confusion was over, Paul sent for the disciples and encouraged them. Then he bade them goodbye and started for Macedonia.
by the force of signs and marvels, and by the power of the holy Spirit, with the result that I have completed the preaching of the good news of Christ all the way from Jerusalem around to Illyricum.
Just now I am starting for Jerusalem, to take help to God's people.
About the collection for God's people, I want you to do as I told the churches of Galatia to do.
I will come to you after passing through Macedonia, for I am going through Macedonia,
I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from him who called you by the mercy of Christ, to some different good news??7 not that there is any other, only that there are some people who are trying to unsettle you and want to turn the good news of the Christ around.
We have said it before, and I repeat it now??f anyone is preaching to you good news that contradicts the good news you have already received, a curse upon him!
Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem, to become acquainted with Cephas, and I spent two weeks with him;
Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem, to become acquainted with Cephas, and I spent two weeks with him;
Then, fourteen years later, I went up to Jerusalem again, with Barnabas, and took Titus also with me.
Then, fourteen years later, I went up to Jerusalem again, with Barnabas, and took Titus also with me. It was in obedience to a revelation that I went. I laid before them the good news that I preach to the heathen, presenting it privately to the leaders, for fear my efforts might be or might have been futile.
It was in obedience to a revelation that I went. I laid before them the good news that I preach to the heathen, presenting it privately to the leaders, for fear my efforts might be or might have been futile.
But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, for his own conduct condemned him. For until some people came from James, he used to eat with the heathen, but after they came, he began to draw back and hold aloof, for fear of the party of circumcision. read more. The other Jewish Christians followed his example in concealing their real views, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their pose.
You senseless Galatians! Who has bewitched you, when you had Jesus Christ shown crucified right before your eyes?
You senseless Galatians! Who has bewitched you, when you had Jesus Christ shown crucified right before your eyes?
though you know that it was because of an illness that I preached the good news to you that first time;
though you know that it was because of an illness that I preached the good news to you that first time;
though you know that it was because of an illness that I preached the good news to you that first time;
though you know that it was because of an illness that I preached the good news to you that first time;
though you know that it was because of an illness that I preached the good news to you that first time;
Why, I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ can do nothing for you. I insist again to any man who lets himself be circumcised, that he is under obligation to obey the whole Law.
You were making such progress! Who has stopped your obeying the truth?
I am confident in the Lord that you will not take a different view. The man who is unsettling you will have to pay the penalty for it, no matter who he is.
I wish the people who are upsetting you would go on, and have themselves emasculated! For you, brothers, have been called to freedom; only do not make your freedom an excuse for the physical, but in love be slaves to one another.
So then whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all men, especially to those who belong to the family of the faith. See what large letters I make, when I write to you with my own hand!
See what large letters I make, when I write to you with my own hand! These men who are trying to force you to let yourselves be circumcised want to present a good appearance externally, to save themselves from having to stand persecution for the cross of Jesus the Christ.
These men who are trying to force you to let yourselves be circumcised want to present a good appearance externally, to save themselves from having to stand persecution for the cross of Jesus the Christ. Why, even those who let themselves be circumcised do not observe the Law themselves! But they want you to let yourselves be circumcised so that they can boast of that physical fact about you! read more. But I never want to boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, on which the world has been crucified to me and I have been to the world. For neither circumcision nor the want of it is of any importance, but only a new creation. Peace and mercy be on all who will follow this rule, and on the true Israel of God. Let nobody interfere with me after this, for I bear on my body the scars that mark me as a slave of Jesus. The blessing of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.
my persecutions, my sufferings??he things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, the persecutions I endured; yet the Lord brought me safely out of them all.
for Demas has deserted me for love of the present world, and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who are scattered as foreigners over Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,