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For I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin.

Verse ConceptsPerspectiverelaxation

For I did not receive it from a man, nor was I taught it, but it was revealed to me by Jesus the Messiah.

Verse ConceptsKnowing God, Nature OfMaking Christ KnownEducationPositive Thinkingdiscriminationmanchrist

For you have heard about my earlier life in Judaism how I kept violently persecuting God's church and was trying to destroy it.

Verse ConceptsPaul, Life OfZeal, Without KnowledgeDestruction Of The ChurchThe Church UniversalChurch Of GodPersecutionchristianitypasttrying

I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries, because I was far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

Verse ConceptsLegalismPharisees, Beliefs OfNew Age BeliefsResolving Conflictzealotscredibility

The only thing they kept hearing was this: "The man who used to persecute us is now proclaiming the faith he once tried to destroy!"

Verse ConceptsFaith, As A Body Of Beliefsenemies, of Jesus ChristGospel, Transmission OfPersecution, Forms Of

I went in response to a revelation, and in a private meeting with the reputed leaders, I explained to them the gospel that I'm proclaiming to the gentiles. I did this because I was afraid that I was running or had run my life's race for nothing.

Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtAthleticsThe Christian RaceHeraldPrivacyPrizesResponseRunningInformation In SecretUseless LabourRaceFutile Faith

But not even Titus, who was with me, was forced to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.

Verse ConceptsCircumcision, physicalGreeksNecessity Of CircumcisionNo Compulsion

Until some men arrived from James, he was in the habit of eating with the gentiles, but after those men came, he withdrew from the gentiles and would not associate with them any longer, because he was afraid of the circumcision party.

Verse ConceptsCowardiceExclusivenessRacial PrejudiceFear Of ManInstabilityRelations With ForeignersCircumcision PartyNecessity Of CircumcisionFear Of Enemies

The other Jews also joined him in this hypocritical behavior, to the extent that even Barnabas was caught up in their hypocrisy.

Verse ConceptsBarnabasIsrael HardenedShowing HypocrisyHypocrisy

You foolish Galatians! Who put you under a spell? Was not Jesus the Messiah clearly portrayed before your very eyes as having been crucified?

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfLast JudgmentBad ExampleFoolishness Of MenAvoid SorceryChrist Was KilledSignificance Of Christ's Crucifixion

Did you suffer so much for nothing? (If it really was for nothing!)

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Of BelieversUseless LabourSufferingexperience

This is what I mean: The Law that came 430 years later did not cancel the covenant that God ratified previously. The promise was never nullified.

Verse Concepts100 Years And MoreGod's Covenant With The PatriarchsThe Law Given To Israelthe Law of moses

For if the inheritance comes about through the Law, it no longer comes about through the promise. But it was through a promise that God so graciously gave it to Abraham.

Verse ConceptsHeirsInheritance, SpiritualGod's Promise To AbrahamGrace Verse Law

Now before faith came about, we were held in custody and confined under the Law in preparation for the faith that was to be revealed.

Verse ConceptsKeysUnder The Law

You know that it was because I was ill that I brought you the gospel the first time.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesInfirmitiesThe Gospel PreachedSicknessWeaknessIllness

Now the slave woman's son was conceived through human means, while the free woman's son was conceived through divine promise.

Verse ConceptsGod's Promise To AbrahamLife In A Material WorldThe Promise Of A Babyslaverysarah

But just as then the son who was conceived according to the flesh persecuted the son who was conceived according to the Spirit, so it is now.

Verse ConceptsConcubinesPersecution, Nature OfLife In A Material WorldThe Promise Of A BabyPersecutionSatanic Hatred