Galatians 1:16
saw fit to reveal His Son within me in order that I might tell among the Gentiles the Good News concerning Him, at once I did not confer with any human being,
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
15But when He who set me apart even from my birth, and called me by His grace,
Cross References
Matthew 26:41Keep awake, and pray that you may not enter into temptation: the spirit is right willing, but the body is frail."
Luke 9:59"Follow me," He said to another. "Master," the man replied, "allow me first to go and bury my father."
Acts 22:21"`Go,' He replied; `I will send you as an Apostle to nations far away.'"
Romans 1:13And I desire you to know, brethren, that I have many a time intended to come to you--though until now I have been disappointed--in order that among you also I might gather some fruit from my labours, as I have already done among the rest of the Gentile nations.
Romans 15:16that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus among the Gentiles, doing priestly duties in connexion with God's Good News so that the sacrifice--namely the Gentiles--may be acceptable to Him, being (as it is) an offering which the Holy Spirit has made holy.
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 →