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Galatians 1:23 KJV
Galatians · chapter 1 · verse 23
But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.Galatians 1:23 · King James Version
Galatians 1:23 in context
21Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
22And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:
23But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
24And they glorified God in me.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- persecuteddiōkōto make to run or flee, put to flight, drive away, to run swiftly in order to catch a…G1377 →
- preachetheuangelizōto bring good news, to announce glad tidings, used in the OT of any kind of good news, of…G2097 →
- heardakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
- faithpistisconviction of the truth of anything, belief in the NT of a conviction or belief…G4102 →
- onlymonononly, alone, butG3440 →
- pastpoteonceG4218 →
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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