Galatians 1:23 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Galatians 1:20-24

Galatians 1:20-24. Now the things which I write unto you With respect to all these circumstances of them; I lie not As I affirm before God, who searcheth the heart, and from whom nothing is hid. Afterward Departing from Jerusalem; I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia To exercise my ministry there, and, if possible, to bring those among whom I was born and brought up, to the knowledge of Christ and his gospel. It appears from Acts 9:30, that some of the brethren in Jerusalem,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Galatians 1:11-24

Paul’s gospel came direct from God (1:11-24)Again Paul emphasizes that the gospel he preaches was not of human invention and came from no human source. He received it through the direct work of God in him (11-12). He supports this claim by pointing out that his preaching of this gospel has nothing to do with his religious background. He had been brought up a strict Jew, opposed to Christianity, educated in the law and obedient to the traditions (13-14).Nor did any of the apostles, leading... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Galatians 1:23

had heard = were hearing: i.e. kept hearing. These are strong Imperfects. the faith. Greek. pistis App-150 . destroyed. Same as "wasted", Galatians 1:13 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Galatians 1:23

But they only heard say, He that once persecuted us now preacheth the faith of which he once made havoc.Nothing in the New Testament more emphatically nails down the fact that Paul did not "bring a brand-new way of salvation." The gospel he preached was exactly the truth he persecuted. The conflict which underlies Paul's extensive writings on faith vs. law is not a conflict between two ways of understanding the gospel; but it is a conflict between the one faith vs. the Law of Moses as... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Galatians 1:23

23. Translate as Greek, "They were hearing": tidings were brought them from time to time [CONYBEARE and HOWSON]. he which persecuted us in times past—"our former persecutor" [ALFORD]. The designation by which he was known among Christians still better than by his name "Saul." destroyed—Greek, "was destroying." read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 1:11-24

A. Independence from other apostles 1:11-24This is the first of three subsections in Paul’s autobiographical account, the historical portion of the epistle. It relates Paul’s early Christian experience and his first meeting with the church leaders in Jerusalem. The other subsections record his meeting with the Jerusalem leaders over the scope and sphere of his missionary work (Galatians 2:1-10) and his confrontation with Peter in Antioch (Galatians 2:11-21). This all builds up to his... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 1:18-24

2. The events of Paul’s early ministry 1:18-24This section continues the point of the previous one. Paul was not dependent on the other apostles for his ministry any more than he was for the message he proclaimed. This explanation would have further convinced his readers of the divine source and authority of his message. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 1:21-24

Paul did not even spend time in Judea where he might have heard the gospel he preached from other apostles or Christians. Instead he went north into Syria (above Judea, by way of Caesarea [Acts 9:30]) and Cilicia, the province in which his hometown of Tarsus stood. He was there when Barnabas found him later (Acts 11:25). He ministered in Syria and Cilicia for seven years (A.D. 37-43)."From c. 25 BC Eastern Cilicia (including Tarsus) was united administratively with Syria to form one imperial... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:1-24

St. Paul maintains the Validity of his Apostleship and the Truth of his Gospel1-5. The Apostle sends greetings from himself and the brethren with him to the Churches of Galatia, reminding them at the same time that his apostolic authority was not of human but of divine origin.Paraphrase. ’(1) I, Paul,—no self-constituted or humanly appointed missionary, but an Apostle divinely called by Christ and by God, who raised Him from the dead—(2) send greetings to the Churches of Galatia, in which all... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Galatians 1:18-24

(18-24) Nor did that consultation with the elder Apostles, which had hitherto been impossible, take place when, at last, after the lapse of three years, the Apostle did go up to Jerusalem. He saw indeed Peter and James, but for so short a time that he could have learnt nothing essential from them. To the rest of the churches of Judæa he was known only by report; and they were too rejoiced at his conversion to show any jealousy of him. read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Galatians 1:20-24

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Galatians 1:11-24

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Galatians 1:23

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Galatians 1:23

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Galatians 1:23

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 1:11-24

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 1:18-24

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 1:21-24

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:1-24

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Galatians 1:18-24

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