Galatians Chapter 1
Galatians 1:1: Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)
apostle – apostolos {ap-os’-tol-os} from apostello ( {ap-os-tel’-lo} set apart, i.e. (by implication) to send out (properly, on a mission) literally or figuratively:–put in, send (away, forth, out), set (at liberty).) a delegate; specially, an ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of Christ (“apostle”) (with miraculous powers):– apostle, messenger, he that is sent.
Luke 6:13: And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
Man = anthropos {anth’-ro-pos} from aner {an’-ayr};( a man (properly as an individual
male):–fellow, husband, man, sir. ) and ops (the countenance); man-faced, i.e. a human being:–certain, man.
Found also in Galatians 2:6, 2:16, 3:12, 3:15, 5:3, 6:1, and 6:7.
raised = egeiro {eg-i’-ro} (through the idea of collecting one’s faculties); to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e. rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, nonexistence):–awake, lift (up), raise (again, up), rear up, (a-)rise (again, up),stand, take up.
Dead = = nekros {nek-ros’} from an apparently primary nekus (a corpse); dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun):–dead.
Acts 13:30: But God raised him from the dead:
Acts 17:31: Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Romans 10:9: That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Ephesians 1:20: Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
Colossians 2:12: Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
Paul is telling us that his apostleship is not ordained by men. He is an apostle only because of the work of Jesus Christ on the cross and in his life. He goes into further detail about this later in this chapter.
Galatians 1:2: And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:
Brethern = adephos {ad-el-fos’} from a (as a connective particle) and delphus (the womb); a
brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote:–brother.
churches = ekklesia {ek-klay-See’-ah}; a calling out, i.e. (concretely) a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation (Jewish synagogue, or Christian community of members on earth or saints in heaven or both):–assembly, church.
Found also in Galatians 1:13 and 1:22
This shows that Paul was writing in agreement with other men that were with him. He never names those men, but he is telling the Galatians that he is coming with church authority and not just writing on his own. The churches of Galatia show that this letter was not to just one church but several. Antioch of Pisidia, Iconium, Lystra and Derbe are mentioned as some of the churches of Galatia. These churches were mainly made up of gentiles. (Galatians 4:8 “Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.”)
Galatians 1:3: Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
grace = charis {khar’-ece} from chairo ( {khah’-ee-ro} a primary verb; to be “cheer”ful, i.e. calmly happy or well-off; impersonally, especially as salutation (on meeting or parting), be well:–farewell, be glad, God speed, greeting, hall, joy(- fully), rejoice.); graciousness (as gratifying), of manner or act (abstract or concrete; literal, figurative or spiritual; especially the divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in the life; including gratitude):–acceptable, benefit, favour, gift, grace(- ious), joy, liberality, pleasure, thank(-s, -worthy).
Found also in Galatians 1:6, 2:9, 2:21,6:18.
While “grace to you and peace” recall the normal Greek and Hebrew greetings. Paul basically coined a slight variation to connote the deepened Christian truth of grace. Charis (“grace”) goes beyond the typical chairein (“greetings”; see Acts 15:23; 23:26; James 1:1). By doing this he placed the focus on the unmerited blessings given to believers in Christ. Through God’s marvelous grace sinners are delivered from their sins and brought into a saving relationship with a holy God by the work of God on their behalf completely free of charge. This grace does not cease with salvation from sin’s penalty, but continues on as the foundation of the believer’s life with God throughout all eternity. These blessings of grace Paul and his associates wish for their readers.
peace = eirene {i-ray’-nay} probably from a primary verb eiro (to join); peace (literally or
figuratively); by implication, prosperity:–one, peace, quietness, rest, + set at one again.
Found also in Galatians 6:16.
Galatians 1:4: Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
gave = didomi {did’-o-mee} a prolonged form of a primary verb (which is used as an alternative in most of the tenses); to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection):–adventure, bestow, bring forth, commit, deliver (up), give, grant, hinder, make, minister, number, offer, have power, put, receive, set, shew, smite (+ with the hand), strike (+ with the palm of the hand), suffer, take, utter, yield.
Sins = hamartia {ham-ar-tee’-ah} from hamartano {ham-ar-tan’-o}; properly, to miss the mark (and so not share in the prize), i.e. (figuratively) to err, especially (morally) to sin:–for your faults, offend, sin, trespass.; a sin (properly abstract):–offence, sin(-ful).
Matthew 9:2: And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
Matthew 9:5: For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?
Matthew 12:31: Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
Mark 2:5: When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
Mark 2:7: Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
Mark 2:9: Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
Luke 5:20: And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
Luke 5:23: Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
Luke 7:48: And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
Luke 7:49: And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
Luke 24:47: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Luke 24:53: And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
John 1:29: The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
John 8:34: Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
John 9:41: Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
John 20:23: Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.Acts 3:19: Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Acts 7:60: And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Romans 4:7: Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
Romans 5:12: Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Romans 5:13: (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Romans 5:20: Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
Romans 5:21: That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:6: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
Romans 6:10: For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
Romans 6:12: Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
Romans 6:14: For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Romans 6:16: Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Romans 6:23: For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 7:8: But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
Romans 7:9: For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Romans 7:13: Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful
Romans 7:17: Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Romans 7:20: Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Romans 7:23: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Romans 8:2: For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8:3: For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
1 Corinthians 15:3: For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
1 Corinthians 15:21: For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
2 Corinthians 11:7: Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?
Colossians 2:11: In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
1 Thessalonians 2:16: Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
2Thessalonians 2:3: Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
1Timothy 5:24: Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.
Hebrews 2:17: Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 8:12: For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Hebrews 9:26: For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Hebrews 9:28: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Hebrews 10:3: But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
Hebrews 10:6: In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
Hebrews 10:8: Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
Hebrews 10:12: But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
Hebrews 10:17: And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
Hebrews 12:1: Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
1 Peter 2:24: Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
1 John 2:12: I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
1 John 3:8: He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
1 John 5:16: If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
1 John 5:17: All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
1 John 3:4: Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Revelation 1:5: And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Revelation 18:5: For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
Deliver = exaireo {ex-ahee-reh’-o}; actively, to tear out; middle voice, to select; figuratively, to release:–deliver, pluck out, rescue.
Matthew 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Matthew 18:9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
Galatians 1:5: To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Acts 7:10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
Acts 7:34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
Acts 12:11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
Acts 23:27 This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.
Acts 26:17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
Present = enistemi {en-is’-tay-mee}; to place on hand, i.e. (reflexively) impend, (participle) be instant:–come, be at hand, present.
Romans 8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
1 Corinthians 3:22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are your’s
Evil = poneros {pon-ay-ros’}; hurtful, i.e. evil (properly, in effect or influence); figuratively, calamitous; also (passively) ill, i.e. diseased; but especially (morally) culpable, i.e. derelict, vicious, facinorous; neuter (singular) mischief, malice, or (plural) guilt; masculine (singular) the devil, or (plural) sinners:–bad, evil, grievous, harm, lewd, malicious, wicked(-ness).
Matthew 5:11: Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Matthew 7:17-20 17: Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18: A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19: Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20: Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Ephesians 6:13: Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Hebrews 3:12: Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Hebrews 10:22: Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
World = kosmos {kos’-mos}; orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)):–adorning, world.
will = thelema {thel’-ay-mah} from thelo ({thel’-o} or ethelo eth-el’-o, in certain tenses theleo thel-eh’-o, and etheleo eth-el-eh’-o, which are otherwise obsolete by implication, to wish, i.e. be inclined to (sometimes adverbially, gladly); impersonally for the future tense, to be about to; by Hebraism, to delight in:–desire, be disposed (forward), intend, list, love, mean, please, have rather, (be) will (have, -ling, – ling(-ly)).) a determination (properly, the thing), i.e. (actively) choice (specially, purpose, decree; abstractly, volition) or (passively) inclination:– desire, pleasure, will.
Galatians 1:5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen
Glory = doxa {dox’-ah} from dokeo {dok-eh’-o} a prolonged form of a primary verb, doko dok’-o (used only in an alternate in certain tenses) of the meaning; to think; by implication, to Seem (truthfully or uncertainly): glory (as very apparent), in a wide application (literal or figurative, objective or subjective):–dignity, glory(-ious), honour, praise, worship.
Amen = amen {am-ane’} of Hebrew origin ; properly, firm, i.e. (figuratively)
trustworthy; adverbially, surely (often as interjection, so be it):–amen, verily.
Galatians 1:6: I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
marvel = thaumazo {thou-mad’-zo} from thauma {thos’-mah}; wonder (properly concrete; but by implication, abstract):–admiration.; to wonder; by implication, to admiRevelation –admire, have in admiration, marvel, wonder.
Removed = metatithemi {met-at-ith’-ay-mee}; to transfer, i.e. (literally) transport, (by implication) exchange, (reflexively) change sides, or (figuratively) pervert:- -carry over, change, remove, translate, turn.
Hebrews 7:12: For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
Hebrews 11:5: By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
grace = see verse 3
another = heteros {het’-er-os} of uncertain affinity; (an-, the) other or different:–altered,
else, next (day), one, (an-)other, some, strange.
Gospel = euaggelion {yoo-ang-ghel’-ee-on} a good message, good news, i.e. the gospel:–gospel.
Galatians 1:7: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
Another = allos {al’-los} a primary word; “else,” i.e. different (in many applications):–more,
one (another), (an-, some an-)other(-s, -wise).
Trouble = tarasso {tar-as’-so} of uncertain affinity; to stir or agitate (roil water):–trouble.
Also in Galatians 5:10
1 Peter 3:14: But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
pervert = metastrepho {met-as-tref’-o}; to turn across, i.e. transmute or (figuratively) corrupt:–pervert, turn.
Acts 2:20: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
James 4:9: Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Gospel = see Galatians 1:6
Paul here is warning the Galatians that some had come into the church with another gospel, a different one that is perverted or completely turned around from the truth. He is saying that it is not a gospel that is just a little different of an interpretation, but it is completely amiss from the truth. He is saying that they have all fallen into this perversion.
Galatians 1:8: But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
Angel = aggelos {ang’-el-os} from aggello (to bring tidings); a messenger; especially an “angel”; by implication, a pastor:–angel, messenger.
Also in Galatians 3:19 and 4:14.
Heaven = ouranos {oo-ran-os’} perhaps from the same as 3735 (through the idea of elevation); the sky; by extension, heaven (as the abode of God); by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel (Christianity):–air, heaven(-ly), sky.
Preach any other gospel = euaggelizo {yoo-ang-ghel-id’-zo}; to announce good news (“evangelize”) especially the gospel:–declare, bring (declare, show) glad (good) tidings, preach (the gospel).
Preached = euaggelizo
accursed = 331 anathema {an-ath’-em-ah} from anatithemai {an-at-ith’-em-ahee}; to set
forth (for oneself), i.e propound:–communicate, declare.; a (religious) ban or (concretely)
excommunicated (thing or person):–accused, anathema, curse, X great.
Romans 9:3: For could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
1 Corinthians 16:22: If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
Here Paul says the same thing that he says of those who do not love Jesus, they that preach another perverted gospel are anathema or accursed.
Galatians 1:9: As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
Preach any other gospel = see Galatians 1:8
received = paralambano {par-al-am-ban’-o}; to receive near, i.e. associate with oneself (in any familiar or intimate act or relation); by analogy, to assume an office; figuratively, to learn:–receive, take (unto, with).
Also in verse 12
accursed = see Galatians 1:8
He states the same thing again. Preaching another gospel than that of Jesus Christ brings a curse on yourself.
Galatians 1:10: 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.
Persuade = peitho {pi’-tho} a primary verb; to convince (by argument, true or false); by
analogy, to pacify or conciliate (by other fair means); reflexively or passively, to assent
(to evidence or authority), to rely (by inward certainty):–agree, assure, believe, have
confidence, be (wax) conflent, make friend, obey, persuade, trust, yield.
Same as obey in Galatians 3:1, 5:7, and have confidence in Galatians 5:10
men = same as man in verse 1
seek = zeteo {dzay-teh’-o}; to Seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life):–be(go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) Seek (after, for, means).
Matthew 6:33: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Matthew 7:7: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you :
Matthew 7:8: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Also in Galatians 2:17
to please = aresko {ar-es’-ko} probably from airo {ah’-ee-ro} a primary root; to lift up; by implication, to take up or away; figuratively, to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind), specially, to sail away (i.e. weigh anchor); by Hebraism to expiate sin:–away with, bear (up), carry, lift up, loose, make to doubt, put away, remove, take (away, up). (through the idea of exciting emotion); to be agreeable (or by implication, to Seek to be so):–please.
Servant = doulos {doo’-los} from deo {deh’-o} a primary verb; to bind (in various applications, literally or figuratively):–bind, be in bonds, knit, tie, wind; a slave (literal or figurative, involuntary or
voluntary; frequently, therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency):– bond(-man), servant.
Here and in Galatians 3:28
All of our teaching should be to please God, and not to please man. We are not servants of men, but of God.
Galatians 1:11: But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
Certify = gnorizo {gno-rid’-zo} from a derivative of ginosko {ghin-oce’-ko} ( a prolonged form of a primary verb; to “know”(absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed):–allow, be aware (of), feel, (have) know(-ledge), perceived, be resolved, can speak, be sure, understand.); to make known; subjectively, to
know:–certify, declare, make known, give to understand, do to wit, wot.
Brethren = see verse 2
gospel = see verse 7
preached = see preached gospel verse 8
man = see man verse 1
Galatians 1:12: For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Received = see verse 9
man = see man verse 1
Taught = didasko {did-as’-ko} a prolonged (causative) form of a primary verb dao (to
learn); to teach (in the same broad application):–teach.
revelation = apokalupsis {ap-ok-al’-oop-sis} from apokalupto {ap-ok-al-oop’-to}; to take off the cover, i.e. disclose:–reveal.; disclosuRevelation –appearing, coming, lighten, manifestation, be revealed, revelation.
Ephesians 3:3: How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
1 Peter 1:13: Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
Paul is telling them that he did not learn his doctrine from man, but was revealed it by Jesus Christ.
Galatians 1:13: 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:
heard = akouo {ak-oo’-o} a primary verb; to hear (in various senses):–give (in the) audience (of), come (to the ears), (shall) hear(-er, -ken), be noised, be reported, understand.
Conversation anastrophe {an-as-trof-ay’} from anastrepho {an-as-tref’-o}; to overturn; also to return; by implication, to busy oneself, i.e. remain, live:–abide, behave self, have conversation,
live, overthrow, pass, return, be used; behavior:–conversation.
James 3:13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
1 Peter 1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
1 Peter 2:12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
1 Peter 3:1-2 1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; 2While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
1 Peter 3:16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
2 Peter 2:7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
2 Peter 3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
time past = pote {pot-eh’}; indefinite adverb, at some time, ever:–afore-(any, some-)time(-s), at length (the last), (+ n- )ever, in the old time, in time past, once, when.
Ephesians 2:11: Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
1 Peter 2:10: Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
1 Peter 4:3: For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
Jew’s religion = Ioudaismos {ee-oo-dah-is-mos’} from Ioudaizo {ee-oo-dah-id’-zo} from Ioudaios {ee-oo-dah’-yos};Judaean, i.e. belonging to Jehudah:–Jew(-ess), of Judaea.; to become a Judaean, i.e. “Judaize”:–live as the Jews.; “Judaism”, i.e. the Jewish faith and usages:–Jews’ religion.
Beyond measure = huperbole {hoop-er-bol-ay’} from huperballo {hoop-er-bal’-lo}; to throw beyod the usual mark, i.e. (figuratively) to surpass (only active participle supereminent):–exceeding,
excel, pass.; a throwing beyond others, i.e. (figuratively) supereminence; adverbially (with 1519 or 2596) pre- eminently:– abundance, (far more) exceeding, excellency, more excellent, beyond (out of) measure.
persecuted = dioko {dee-o’-ko} a prolonged (and causative) form of a primary verb dio (to
flee; to pursue (literally or figuratively); by implication, to persecute:–ensue, follow (after), given to, (suffer) persecute(-ion), press forward.
Also in Galatians 1:23, 4:29, 5:11, 6:12
church = see verse 2
wasted = portheo {por-theh’-o} prolongation from pertho (to sack); to ravage
(figuratively):–destroy, waste.
See destroyed in verse 23
Acts 9:21 But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?
Paul was known for persecuting the church. Acts 9:1 tells us “And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,”
Galatians 1:14: And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
Profited = prokopto {prok-op’-to}; to drive forward (as if by beating), i.e. (figuratively and intransitively) to advance (in amount, to grow; in time, to be well along):–increase, proceed, profit, be far spent, wax.
Luke 2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
Romans 13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
2 Timothy 2:16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
2 Timothy 3:9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as their’s also was.
2 Timothy 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
Jews’ religion = see verse 13
equals = sunelikiotes {soon-ay-lik-ee-o’-tace}; a co-aged person, i.e. alike in years:–equal.
Nation = genos {ghen’-os} from ginomai {ghin’-om-ahee} a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be (“gen”-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used
with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.):–arise, be assembled, be(-come, –
fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be
ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have,
be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be
published, require, Seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned,
use, wax, will, would, be wrought. ; “kin” (abstract or concrete, literal or figurative,
individual or collective):–born, country(-man), diversity, generation, kind(-red), nation,
offspring, stock.
Exceedingly = perissoteros {per-is-sot-er’-oce} adverb from perissoteros {per-is-sot’-er-os}; more superabundant (in number, degree or character):–more abundant, greater (much) more, overmuch.; more superabundantly:–more abundant(-ly), X the more earnest, (more) exceedingly, more frequent, much
more, the rather.
Zealous = zelotes {dzay-lo-tace’} from zeloo {dzay-lo’-o} from zelos {dzay’-los} from zeo {dzeh’-o} a primary verb; to be hot (boil, of liquids; or glow, of solids), i.e. (figuratively) be fervid (earnest):–be fervent.; properly, heat, i.e. (figuratively) “zeal” (in a favorable sense, ardor; in an unfavorable one, jealousy, as of a husband (figuratively, of God), or an enemy, malice):–emulation, envy(-ing), fervent mind, indignation, jealousy, zeal.; to have warmth of feeling for or against:–affect, covet (earnestly), (have) desire, (move with) envy, be jealous over, (be) zealous(-ly affect). ; a “zealot”:–zealous.
Acts 21:20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
Acts 22:3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
1 Corinthians 14:12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Traditions = paradosis {par-ad’-os-is} from paradidomi {par-ad-id’-o-mee}; to surrender, i.e yield up,
intrust, transmit:–betray, bring forth, cast, commit, deliver (up), give (over, up), hazard,put in prison, recommend. ; transmission, i.e. (concretely) a precept;specially, the Jewish traditionary law:–ordinance, tradition.
Fathers = patrikos {pat-ree-kos’} from pater {pat-ayr’} apparently a primary word; a “father” (literally or figuratively, near or more remote):–father, parent.; paternal, i.e. ancestral:–of fathers.
Only here.
Galatians 1:15: But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
pleased = eudokeo {yoo-dok-eh’-o}; to think well of, i.e. approve (an act); specially, to approbate (a person or thing):–think good, (be well) please(-d), be the good (have, take) pleasure, be willing.
Separated = aphorizo {af-or-id’-zo}; to set off by boundary, i.e. (figuratively) limit, exclude, appoint, etc.:–divide, separate, sever.
Also in Galatians 2:12
mother’s = meter {may’-tare} apparently a primary word; a “mother” (literally or figuratively,
immediate or remote):–mother.
Also in Galatians 4:26
womb = koilia {koy-lee’-ah} from koilos (“hollow”); a cavity, i.e. (especially) the abdomen; by implication, the matrix; figuratively, the heart:–belly, womb.
Called = kaleo {kal-eh’-o}; to “call” (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise):–bid, call (forth), (whose, whose sur-)name (was (called)).
Grace = See verse 3
This shows that callings are from before birth. There are a couple of other places that show this also in the Old Testament.
Psalm 22:10 Upon You I was cast from birth; You have been my God from my mother’s womb.
Psalm 139:13 For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb.
Isaiah 46:3 Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, You who have been borne by Me from birth And have been carried from the womb;
Isaiah 49:1 Listen to Me, O islands, And pay attention, you peoples from afar The LORD called Me from the womb; From the body of My mother He named Me.
Isaiah 49:5 And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, To bring Jacob back to Him, so that Israel might be gathered to Him (For I am honored in the sight of the LORD, And My God is My strength),
Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Galatians 1:16: To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
reveal = apokalupto {ap-ok-al-oop’-to}; to take off the cover, i.e. disclose:–reveal.
Son = teknon {tek’-non}; a child (as produced):–child, daughter, son.
preach = see preached gospel verse 8
heathen = ethnos {eth’-nos}; a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan):–Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Immediately = eutheos {yoo-theh’-oce} adverb from euthus {yoo-thoos’}; straight, i.e. (literally) level,
or (figuratively) true; adverbially (of time) at once:–anon, by and by, forthwith, immediately, straightway. ; directly, i.e. at once or soon:–anon, as soon as, forthwith, immediately, shortly, straightway.
Conferred = prosanatithemi {pros-an-at-ith’-ay-mee}; to lay up in addition, i.e. (middle voice and figuratively) to impart or (by implication) to consult:–in conference add, confer.
Here and in Galatians 2:6 only
Flesh = sarx {sarx}; flesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e. (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit), or as the symbol of what is external, or as the means of kindred), or (by implication) human nature (with its frailties (physically or morally) and passions), or (specially), a human being (as such):–carnal(-ly, + -ly minded), flesh(-ly).
Romans 6:12: Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
Romans 13:14: But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Galatians 5:16: This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Galatians 5:17: For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Galatians 5:24: And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Ephesians 4:22: That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Titus 3:3: For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
James 1:14-15: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
1 Peter 2:11: Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
1 Peter 4:2: That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
1 Peter 4:3: For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
2 Peter 2:10: But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
2 Peter 2:18: For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
2 Peter 3:3: Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
1 John 2:16: For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1 John 2:17: And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Blood = haima {hah’-ee-mah} of uncertain derivation; blood, literally (of men or animals),
figuratively (the juice of grapes) or specially (the atoning blood of Christ); by implication,
bloodshed, also kindred:–blood.
Hebrews 9:14: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
1 Peter 1:18-19: Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
This shows us that Paul’s revelation was not from man, but from God’s son…Jesus.
Galatians 1:17: Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
Went up = anerchomai {an-erkh’-om-ahee}; to ascend:–go up.
John 6:3: And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
Apostles = apostolos {ap-os’-tol-os} from apostello ( {ap-os-tel’-lo} set apart, i.e. (by implication) to send out (properly, on a mission) literally or figuratively:–put in, send (away, forth, out), set (at liberty).) a delegate; specially, an ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of Christ (“apostle”) (with miraculous powers):– apostle, messenger, he that is sent.
Luke 6:13: And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
went = aperchomai {ap-erkh’-om-ahee}; to go off (i.e. depart), aside (i.e. apart) or behind (i.e. follow), literally or figuratively:–come, depart, go (aside, away, back, out, … ways), pass away, be past.
Arabia = Arabia {ar-ab-ee’-ah} of Hebrew origin; Arabia, a region of Asia:–Arabia.
Returned = hupostrepho {hoop-os-tref’-o}; to turn under (behind), i.e. to return (literally or figuratively):–come again, return (again, back again), turn back (again).
Paul went to Arabia. We don’t know exactly where that would be since Arabia covers a large area north east of Israel. But we do know that it was far from the rest of the church members.
Galatians 1:18: Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.
Went up = see verse 17
see = historeo {his-tor-eh’-o}; to be knowing (learned), i.e. (by implication) to visit for information (interview):–See.
Only here
abode = epimeno {ep-ee-men’-o}; to stay over, i.e. remain (figuratively, persevere):–abide (in), continue (in), tarry.
Galatians 1:19: But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord’s brother.
Apostles = see verse 17
saw = eido {i’-do} a primary verb; properly, to See (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know:–be aware, behold, X can (+ not tell), consider, (have) know(-ledge), look (on), perceive, See, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot.
See also Galatians 2:7, 2:14, 2:16, 4:8, 4:13, 6:11
save = ei me i {may}; if not:–but, except (that), if not, more than,save (only) that, saving, till.
Brother = see verse 2
Galatians 1:20: Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
Write = grapho {graf’-o} a primary verb; to “grave”, especially to write; figuratively, to describe:–describe, write(-ing, -ten).
See also Galatians 3:10, 3:13, 4:22, 4:27, 6:11, 6:18.
lie = pseudomai {psyoo’-dom-ahee} middle voice of an apparently primary verb; to utter an untruth or attempt to deceive by falsehood:–falsely, lie.
Galatians 1:21: Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
Came = erchomai {er’-khom-ahee} middle voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses, the others being supplied by a kindred (middle voice) eleuthomai el-yoo’-thom-ahee, or (active) eltho el’-tho, which do not otherwise occur) to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively):–accompany, appear, bring, come, enter, fall out, go, grow, X light, X next, pass, resort, be set.
Regions = klima {klee’-mah} from klino {klee’-no} a primary verb; to slant or slope, i.e. incline or recline (literally or figuratively):–bow (down), be far spent, lay, turn to flight, wear away. ; a slope, i.e. (specially) a “clime” or tract of country:–part, region.
Syria and Cilicia are both north of Israel. Cilicia is along the coast, whereas Syria is inland. Again both areas are far from where the church was at that time.
Galatians 1:22: And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:
unknown = agnoeo {ag-no-eh’-o}; not to know (through lack of information or intelligence); by implication, to ignore (through disinclination):–(be) ignorant(-ly), not know, not understand, unknown.
Face = prosopon {pros’-o-pon}; the front (as being towards view), i.e. the countenance, aspect, appearance, surface; by implication, presence, person:–(outward) appearance, X before, countenance, face, fashion, (men’s) person, presence.
churches = see verse 2
Galatians 1:23: But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
heard = akouo {ak-oo’-o} a primary verb; to hear (in various senses):–give (in the) audience (of), come (to the ears), (shall) hear(-er, -ken), be noised, be reported, understand.
Persecuted = see verse 13
times past = see verse 13
preacheth = see verse 8
faith = pistis {pis’-tis} from peitho {pi’-tho} (a primary verb; to convince (by argument, true or false); by analogy, to pacify or conciliate (by other fair means); reflexively or passively, to assent (to evidence or authority), to rely (by inward certainty):–agree, assure, believe, have confidence, be (wax) conflent, make friend, obey, persuade, trust, yield.); persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself:–assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
See also Galatians 2:16, 2:20, 3:9, 3:22-23, 25-26, 5:6.
destroyed = see wasted in verse 13
Paul had been going about before to destroy the church, and everyone knew about it.
Acts 9:1-2 1: And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, 2: And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
Galatians 1:24: And they glorified God in me.
Glorified = doxazo {dox-ad’-zo} from doxa {dox’-ah} from the doko dok’-o to
think ; glory (as very apparent), in a wide application (literal or figurative, objective or subjective):–dignity, glory(-ious), honour, praise, worship. ; to render (or esteem) glorious (in a wide
application):–(make) glorify(-ious), full of (have) glory, honour, magnify.
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