Galatians 1:16
to reveal his Son by me, that I should proclaim him among the Gentiles; forthwith, I did not open it to flesh and blood;
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
15But when it pleased him, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
Cross References
Matthew 26:41Wake ye, and pray, lest ye fall into temptation. The mind is prepared, but the body is infirm.
Luke 9:59And he said to another: Come thou after me. And he said to him: My Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.
Acts 22:21But he said to me: Depart; for I send thee afar, to preach to the Gentiles.
Romans 1:13And I wish you to know, my brethren, that I have many times desired to come to you, (though prevented hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also; even as among other Gentiles,
Romans 15:16that I should be a minister of Jesus Messiah among the Gentiles, and should subserve the gospel of God, that the oblation of the Gentiles might be acceptable, and be sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
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 →