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Galatians 1:16 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: "
Galatians 1:16
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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.
15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.
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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;)"
Galatians 1:2
"And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:"
Galatians 1:3
"Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,"
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:"
Galatians 1:5
"To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen."
Galatians 1:6
"I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:"
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