To reveal, etc.] to disclose in my consciousness—to my soul—the real meaning and saving power of Christ. That I might, etc.] This revelation carried with it this result. St. Paul seems to have been absent from Jerusalem during the ministry of Christ, and to have had no direct knowledge of Him before the vision on the road to Damascus.
Verse 16. _TO REVEAL HIS SON IN ME_] To make me know Jesus Christ, and the power of his resurrection. _THAT I MIGHT PREACH HIM AMONG THE HEATHEN_] For it was to the _Gentiles_, and the _dispersed Jew...
TO REVEAL HIS SON IN ME - This is to be regarded as connected with the first part of Galatians 1:15, “When it pleased God to reveal his Son in me,” that is, on the way to Damascus. The phrase evidentl...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE TESTIMONY OF PAUL CONCERNING HIS APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY AND THE GOSPEL CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The Introduction. (Galatians 1:1)_ 2. The Rebuke. (Galatians 1:6) 3. Paul's Gospe...
GALATIANS 1:11 begins a historical narrative proving Paul's independence of any human authority in his apostolic work. He learned by a revelation from heaven, not in any sense from flesh and blood: _c...
As for the gospel that has been preached by me, I want you to know, brothers, that it rests on no human foundation. for, neither did I receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me t...
THE TRUMPET CALL OF THE GOSPEL (Galatians 1:1-5)...
REVEAL. Greek. _apokalupto_. App-106, SON. Greek. _huios_. App-108. THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina_. AMONG. Greek. _en_. App-104. HEATHEN. Gentiles. Greek. _ethnos_. CONFERRED. Greek. _prosana...
_to reveal his Son in me_ Christ had been revealed _to_St Paul when He was seen by him in the flesh (1 Corinthians 9:1). But a more blessed revelation was vouchsafed, when Christ was revealed _within_...
But a wondrous change was effected in me. -Old things had passed away. Behold, they had become new." The source of this change was the purpose of God; the means, His effectual calling: the end, that S...
10–2:21. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE OF HIMSELF 10–12. _My one object is to please God, and to serve Christ, who revealed to me the Gospel_ (Galatians 1:10) I say “now,” for my words show clearly that I care n...
_Nor was the Gospel a product of conference with other Christians_ (Galatians 1:15) But when (in contrast to the life described in Galatians 1:13-14) God, who separated me in purpose before I was even...
ἈΠΟΚΑΛΎΨΑΙ … ἘΝ ἘΜΟῚ. Dependent on εὐδόκησεν. More than external manifestation was necessary. For that alone could not bring truth home to St Paul. He says therefore that the revelation came into his...
ΆΠΟΚΑΛΎΨΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΆΠΟΚΑΛΎΠΤΩ (G601) открывать. _Inf._ выражает цель. _aor._ указывает на специфическое действие, ΈΝ ΈΜΟ (G1722; G1473) во мне, для меня, мне. С гл. знания и сообщения пре...
DISCOURSE: 2052 CONVERSION, AND ITS EFFECTS Galatians 1:15. _When it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace, to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him...
THAT I MIGHT PREACH HIM AMONG THE HEATHEN;— This was undoubtedly the scheme of Providence concerning St. Paul, who has been accordingly distinguished by the name of _The Apostle of the Gentiles._ Dr....
TEXT 1:15-17 (15) But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me, even from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace, (16) to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among...
_VERSE 16. TO REVEAL HIS SON TO ME._ VERSE 16. That I might preach him among the heathen. VERSE 16. Immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood....
To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: REVEAL HIS SON IN ME - in my inmost soul, by the Holy Spirit (Galatians 2:20: c...
Paul had been very eager that all *Jews should obey the *Jewish law and traditions. But he had some very strong opinions. Because of these opinions, Paul had done some terrible things. He did not beli...
CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE GALATIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ ABOUT PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIANS THE WRITER Paul wrote this letter. His name used to be Saul. He was called Saul until Acts 13:9, when he was...
TO REVEAL HIS SON IN ME. — That is, probably, _in my mind,_ or _consciousness._ Before the Apostle could preach Christ to the Gentiles he needed to have first that intense inward conviction which was...
CHAPTER 5 PAUL'S DIVINE COMMISSION. Galatians 1:15 IT pleased God to reveal His Son in me: this is after all the essential matter in Paul's conversion, as in that of every Christian. The outward man...
ἀποκαλύψαι … ἐν ἐμοὶ. These words taken alone might denote either an inward revelation to Paul himself, or a revelation through him to the Gentiles. But the context is decisive in favour of the former...
REPUDIATION OF CORRUPT MOTIVES. EVIDENCE FROM PAUL'S PERSONAL HISTORY THAT HIS CONVERSION WAS DUE TO GOD, AND THAT HE WAS TAUGHT THE GOSPEL BY GOD INDEPENDENTLY OF THE TWELVE AND OF JERUSALEM....
THE TRUE GOSPEL A REVELATION Galatians 1:11 When men belittle the Apostle's teaching as being purely Pauline, we should recall these strong statements, which attribute his knowledge of the gospel to...
In the beginning of most of his epistles Paul definitely declares his apostleship. In this instance, in a parenthesis, he defends that declaration more emphatically than in any other introduction. The...
To reveal his Son (m) in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately (8) I conferred not with (n) flesh and blood: (m) To me, and this is a type of speech which the Hebrews use, by whic...
_I condescended not to flesh and blood. Literally, I did not acquiesce to flesh and blood. I had no regard to temporal friends or advantages. Some expound it, I did not think it necessary to consult t...
(13) For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: (14) And profited in the Jews' religion above many...
Galatians 1:1-24. We saw the second of Corinthians characterized by the most rapid transitions of feeling, by a deep and fervent sense of God's consolations, by a revulsion so much the more powerful i...
_‘THAT I MIGHT PREACH HIM’_ ‘It pleased God, … to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him.’ Galatians 1:15 So St. Paul recalls his Divine ordination time, his crisis of consecration to the ap...
_THE KEYNOTE OF TESTIMONY_ ‘Immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood.’ Galatians 1:16 These words are the keynote of the Apostle’s testimony. They describe in one terse sentence his attitud...
16._To reveal his Son to me_. If we read it, “to reveal _by me_, ” it will express the design of the apostleship, which is to make Christ known. And how was this to be accomplished? By preaching him a...
The epistle to the Galatians sets before us the great source of the afflictions and conflicts of the apostle in the regions where he had preached the glad tidings; that which was at the same time the...
TO REVEAL HIS SON IN ME,.... This clause stands in connection with that in the preceding verse, "but when it pleased God"; the revelation of Christ in the apostle being the mere fruit and effect of Go...
To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: Ver. 16. _To reveal his Son in me_] Not only as in an object (wherein the power a...
_When it pleased God_ He ascribes nothing to his own merits, endeavours, or sincerity; _who separated me from my mother's womb_ Set me apart for an apostle, as he did Jeremiah for a prophet, (Jeremiah...
REVEAL HIS SON IN ME; make known to me Jesus Christ, and lead me to believe on him. I CONFERRED NOT WITH FLESH AND BLOOD; took no counsel with men, and sought not instruction from them....
TO REVEAL HIS SON IN ME THAT I MIGHT PREACH HIM AMONG THE HEATHEN, IMMEDIATELY I CONFERRED NOT WITH FLESH AND BLOOD,...
PAUL PROTESTS HIS APOSTOLIC COMMISSION. He has his Gospel by direct revelation of Jesus Christ:...
INTRODUCTION: PAUL'S CREDENTIALS (vs.1-5) Paul writes as an apostle, a sent-one entrusted by God to carry an authoritative message to which Christians must fully bow. "Not from men" (v.1). No human i...
He did not seek advice from the apostles. He went into Arabia. Like Moses and Jesus, there is a period of quietness and meditation before the work begins. Three years later, he went to Jerusalem. Most...
15-24 St. Paul was wonderfully brought to the knowledge and faith of Christ. All who are savingly converted, are called by the grace of God; their conversion is wrought by his power and grace working...
When it pleased God to discover Christ his Son (by an eternal generation) to me, whom neither naturally, nor from any instruction in my education, was acquainted with any thing of Christ, but, accordi...
to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles; straightway I conferred not with flesh and blood [anything mortal]...
Galatians 1:16 reveal G601 (G5658) His G846 Son G5207 in G1722 me G1698 that G2443 preach G2097 ...
PAUL DECLARES HIS CREDENTIALS AND STATES HIS CASE (GALATIANS 1:11 - GALATIANS 2:21). Paul will now make clear to them what his credentials are. If they ask, why should they listen to him, he will now...
‘But when it pleased him, who separated me, even from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace, to reveal his Son in me that I might preach him among the Gentiles, immediately I did not confe...
_Excursus on the Conversion of St. Paul._ Here we have from Paul's own pen a brief account of his conversion, which coincided with his call to the apostleship. It is more fully related three times in...
_Apostolical Call and Authority of Paul._ Paul now enters upon his apology. He defends first his independent apostolical dignity (Galatians 1:11 to Galatians 2:11). and proves that he was called direc...
Galatians 1:15-16. BUT WHEN IT PLEASED GOD WHO SET ME APART FROM MY MOTHER'S WOMB, AND CALLED ME THROUGH HIS GRACE, TO REVEAL HIS SON WITHIN ME, etc. Now he comes to his conversion and accumulates wor...
Galatians 1:16. TO REVEAL depends on ‘pleased,' not on ‘called.' WITHIN ME, in my inmost soul and consciousness. The external manifestation of the exalted Redeemer from heaven on the way to Damascus...
TO REVEAL HIS SON IN ME (αποκαλυψα τον υιον αυτου εν εμο). By "in me" (εν εμο) Paul can mean to lay emphasis on his inward experience of grace or he may refer objectively to the vision of Christ on...
Galatians 1:15 Delay the Silence of Conscience. I. There are grounds, in the very nature of the case, for questioning whether in religion second thoughts are best. It shall hardly ever happen that th...
Galatians 1:11. But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel that was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but the revelation of Jesus Christ. Fo...
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;)_ Paul begins this Epistle by stating his commission as an apostl...
CONTENTS: The Gospel Paul preached, a revelation not tradition. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Peter, James. CONCLUSION: The Gospel declared by the apostles was by revelation of Jesus Christ. It is...
Galatians 1:1. _Paul an apostle, not of men, neither by man._ Paul was not a member of the church of the firstborn, suckled with her breasts, and edified by her ministry. Christ had specially appeared...
TO REVEAL HIS SON. To qualify as an apostle, Paul had to _actually see_ Jesus (compare 1 Corinthians 9:1). As an apostle, Paul stands DISCRETE, and does not depend on _any man_ for his authority and a...
_But when it pleased God to reveal His Son in me._ PREVENIENT GRACE Although Paul was suddenly converted, yet God had had thoughts of mercy towards him from his very birth. God did not begin to work...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 1:10 Indirect Appeal: Paul’s Ministry and the Gospel. Paul received the gospel directly from Jesus Christ (see Acts 9:1;...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 1:16 THAT I MIGHT PREACH HIM AMONG THE GENTILES. This was Paul’s specific mission. ⇐...
SAINT PAUL'S EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS CHAPTER 1 CONTENTS The Galatians were Gentiles who emigrated from Gaul into Greece, and so were called Gallo-Greeks. Suidas thinks that these Gauls were Sennon...
_To reveal His Son in me._ In my soul. The phrase is a Hebraism. He says _in me_ rather than _to me_, to denote that he had received no bare revelation by ear or eye, but that in his inmost heart he h...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 1:16. TO REVEAL HIS SON IN ME THAT I MIGHT PREACH HIM.—The revealing of His Son by me to the Gentiles was impossible, unless He had first revealed His Son in...
EXPOSITION GALATIANS 1:1 _The_ _introductory greeting. _The style of this greeting, compared with those found in St. Paul's other Epistles, gives indications of his having addressed himself to the co...
Galatia was not a city. It was a territory. It encompassed an area that is now in Turkey. There were several churches founded by Paul in Galatia. And following Paul's evangelistic efforts through the...
1 Corinthians 15:50; 1 Corinthians 2:9; 1 Thessalonians 2:16; 1 Timothy 2:7;...
To reveal his Son in me [α π ο κ α λ υ ψ α ι τ ο ν υ ι ο ν α υ τ ο υ ε ν ε μ ο ι]. In N. T. ajpokaluptein to reveal is habitually used with the simple dative of the subject of the revelation, as Luke...
TURNING FROM GRACE Galatians 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Our study of today carries us into some very vital relationships relative to salvation. We are all willing to grant that works hold a vital place...
To reveal his Son in me — By the powerful operation of his Spirit, 2 Corinthians 4:6; as well as to me, by the heavenly vision. That I might preach him to others — Which I should have been ill qualifi...
Is Paul teaching reincarnation in this passage? (See comments on Jeremiah 1:5)...