Galatians 1
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Paul, an a apostle - b not from men nor through man, but c through Jesus Christ and God the Father, d who raised him from the dead -
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and all e the brothers who are with me, To f the churches of Galatia:
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g Grace to you and peace h from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
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i who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present j evil age, according to the will of k our God and Father,
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to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
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I am astonished that you are l so quickly deserting m him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to n a different gospel -
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o not that there is another one, but p there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.
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But even if we or q an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, r let him be accursed.
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As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, r let him be accursed.
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For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying s to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a t servant of Christ.
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For u I would have you know, brothers, that v the gospel that was preached by me is not man's gospel.
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w For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it x through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
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For you have heard of y my former life in Judaism, how z I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it.
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And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely a zealous was I for b the traditions of my fathers.
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But when he c who had set me apart d before I was born, and who e called me by his grace,
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was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order f that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone;
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nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.
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Then g after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and remained with him fifteen days.
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But I saw none of the other apostles except James h the Lord's brother.
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(In what I am writing to you, i before God, I do not lie!)
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j Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
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And I was still unknown in person to k the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
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They only were hearing it said, "He who used to persecute us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy."
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And they glorified God because of me.
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2 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
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Galatians 1:11 - 12
For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man's gospel.
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Acts 9:6
But rise and enter the city, and you will be to...
Acts 20:24
But I do not account my life of any value nor a...
Acts 22:10
And I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' And the Lo...
Acts 22:15
For you will be a witness for him to everyone o...
Acts 22:21
And he said to me, 'Go, for I will send you far...
Acts 26:16
But rise and stand upon your feet, for I have a...
1 Timothy 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of ...
Titus 1:3
And at the proper time manifested in his word t...
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Acts 2:24
God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
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Philippians 4:21
Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me greet you.
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Acts 16:6
And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
1 Corinthians 16:1
Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do.
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Romans 1:7
To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:3
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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1 Timothy 1:2
To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Matthew 20:28
Even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Romans 4:25
Who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
1 Corinthians 15:3
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures.
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Ephesians 2:2
In which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience -
1 John 5:19
We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
John 15:19
If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
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Philippians 4:20
To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
1 Thessalonians 1:3
Remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 3:11
Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.
1 Thessalonians 3:13
So that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
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Galatians 4:13
You know it was because of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel to you at first.
Acts 16:6
And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
Acts 18:23
After spending some time there, he departed and went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
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Galatians 5:8
This persuasion is not from him who calls you.
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2 Corinthians 11:4
For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough.
1 Timothy 1:3
As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine.
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Acts 4:12
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
1 Corinthians 3:11
For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
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Galatians 5:10
I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view than mine, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is.
Acts 15:24
Since we have heard that some persons have gone out from us and troubled you with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions.
2 Corinthians 11:13
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
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2 Corinthians 11:14
And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
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Romans 9:3
For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.
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Galatians 1:8
But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.
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1 Thessalonians 2:4
But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.
Romans 2:29
But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.
1 Corinthians 10:33
Just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.
Ephesians 6:6
Not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.
Colossians 3:22
Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.
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Romans 1:1
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.
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1 Corinthians 15:1
Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand.
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Romans 2:16
On that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.
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Galatians 1:1
Paul, an apostle - not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead -
1 Corinthians 11:23
For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread.
1 Corinthians 15:3
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures.
Acts 22:14
And he said, 'The God of our fathers appointed you to know his will, to see the Righteous One and to hear a voice from his mouth.
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Galatians 1:16
Was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone.
1 Corinthians 2:10
These things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
2 Corinthians 12:1
I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.
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Acts 26:4
My manner of life from my youth, spent from the beginning among my own nation and in Jerusalem, is known by all the Jews.
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Acts 8:3
But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.
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Philippians 3:6
As to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
Acts 21:20
And when they heard it, they glorified God. And they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed. They are all zealous for the law.
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Jeremiah 9:14
But have stubbornly followed their own hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.
2 Timothy 1:3
I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day.
Matthew 15:2
"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat."
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Acts 13:2
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.
Romans 1:1
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.
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Isaiah 49:1
Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name.
Isaiah 49:5
And now the Lord says, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him; and that Israel might be gathered to him - for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord, and my God has become my strength -
Jeremiah 1:5
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations."
Luke 1:15
For he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
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Galatians 1:6
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel -
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Galatians 2:9
And when James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.
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Acts 9:22 - 23
But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the Christ.
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Matthew 12:46
While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him.
Acts 12:17
But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, "Tell these things to James and to the brothers." Then he departed and went to another place.
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Romans 1:9
For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you
Romans 9:1
I am speaking the truth in Christ - I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit -
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Acts 9:30
And when the brothers learned this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
Acts 11:25 - 26
So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul.
Acts 13:1
Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
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1 Thessalonians 2:14
For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews.
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