Galatians 1:23
but they were only hearing that the man who once persecuted us now preaches the good-news, the faith that he once ravaged.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
22And I was unknown by face to the congregations of Judea in Christ,
24And they glorified God in me.
Cross References
Acts 6:7And the word of God increased, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a large company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
Acts 9:20And straightaway he proclaimed the Christ in the synagogues, that this man is the Son of God.
1 Corinthians 15:8and last of all, as to the untimely birth, he also appeared to me.
Matthew Henry on Galatians 1:11-24
The Apostle's Integrity. ( a. d. 56.) 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. 11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. 12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. 13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: 14 And… Read the whole commentary →