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Galatians 1:10 KJV
Galatians · chapter 1 · verse 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.Galatians 1:10 · King James Version
Galatians 1:10 in context
8But 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.
9As 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.
10For 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.
11But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
12For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Thessalonians 2:4
- Acts 5:29
- Ephesians 6:6
- James 4:4
- Matthew 22:16
- Colossians 3:22
- 2 Corinthians 5:9-11
- Romans 2:29
Key words (Strong's)
- persuadepeithōpersuade, to persuadeG3982 →
- servantdoulosa slave, bondman, man of servile condition, a slave, metaph., one who gives himself up to…G1401 →
- pleaseareskōto please, to strive to please, to accommodate one s self to the opinions desires and…G700 →
- seekzēteōto seek in order to find, to seek a thing, to seek [in order to find out] by thinking…G2212 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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What Paul had said more generally, in the preface of this epistle, he now proceeds more particularly to enlarge upon. There he had declared himself to be an apostle of Christ; and here he comes more directly to support his claim to that character and office.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-24