Galatians 1:16

Paul's Defense Of His Apostleship

¹⁵ But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace, ¹⁶ To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood, ¹⁷ And I went not up to Jerusalem to those who were Apostles before me; but I went away into Arabia, and again I came back to Damascus.

Among the Nations

Flesh and Blood

Good News

In Me

God Revealed

Preach The Good News

Matthew 16:17

And Jesus made answer and said to him, A blessing on you, Simon Bar-jonah: because this knowledge has not come to you from flesh and blood, but from my Father in heaven.

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said, Go without fear: for he is a special vessel for me, to give to the Gentiles and kings and to the children of Israel the knowledge of my name:

Deuteronomy 33:9

Who said of his father, Who is he? and of his mother, I have not seen her; he kept himself separate from his brothers and had no knowledge of his children: for they have given ear to your word and kept your agreement.

Matthew 26:41

Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.

Luke 9:23-25

And he said to them all, If any man has a desire to come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross every day, and come after me.

Luke 9:59-62

And he said to another, Come after me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.

Acts 22:21

And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.

Acts 26:17-20

And I will keep you safe from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,

Romans 1:13-14

You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you (but till now I was kept from it), so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations.

Romans 11:13

But I say to you, Gentiles, in so far as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I make much of my position:

Romans 15:16-19

To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 2:9-13

But as it says in the holy Writings, Things which the eye saw not, and which had not come to the ears or into the heart of man, such things as God has made ready for those who have love for him.

1 Corinthians 15:50

Now I say this, my brothers, that it is not possible for flesh and blood to have a part in the kingdom of God; and death may not have a part in life.

2 Corinthians 4:6

Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:16

For this reason, from this time forward we have knowledge of no man after the flesh: even if we have had knowledge of Christ after the flesh, we have no longer any such knowledge.

Galatians 1:11-12

Because I say to you, my brothers, that the good news of which I was the preacher is not man's.

Galatians 2:1

Then after the space of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus with me.

Galatians 2:6-9

But from those who seemed to be important (whatever they were has no weight with me: God does not take man's person into account): those who seemed to be important gave nothing new to me;

Ephesians 1:17-18

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

Ephesians 3:1

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,

Ephesians 3:5-10

Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

Ephesians 6:12

For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens.

Colossians 1:25-27

Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,

1 Thessalonians 2:16

Who, to make the measure of their sins complete, kept us from giving the word of salvation to the Gentiles: but the wrath of God is about to come on them in the fullest degree.

1 Timothy 2:7

And of this I became a preacher and an Apostle (what I say is true, not false,) and a teacher of the Gentiles in the true faith.

2 Timothy 1:11

Of which I was made a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher;

Hebrews 2:14

And because the children are flesh and blood, he took a body himself and became like them; so that by his death he might put an end to him who had the power of death, that is to say, the Evil One;