From there, these Galatians, as the Greeks called them, plundered the rich cities of the Ionian coast until the Romans put an end to this nuisance in 166 BC. The remainder of the Celts returned to the north. This immigration led to a mixture of different ethnic groups and to the ...
The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!”[e] Footnotes Galatia...
James the Just (not the “inner circle” James), and John. When major decisions needed to be made, these three weighed in. That’s why when Paul wanted to demonstrate his authority to the Galatians, he appealed to the authority of Peter, James, and John, calling them “those esteemed a...
Paul makes a point of saying that even these three apostles had nothing to add to the gospel he preached—so why would the Galatians listen to someone else, and let some random teacher add the weight of the Law to the good news of Christ? “On the contrary, they recognized that I had...
Galatians 3:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit. Galatians 3:4 Or suffered Galatians 3:6 Gen. 15:6 Galatians 3:8 Gen. 12:3; 18:18; ...
fire, which are the seven spirits of God (4:5);“before the throne”is a glassy sea (4:6);“round the throne, on each side of the throne”are four living creatures (4:6). And when these creatures praise God, the elders worship God and cast their crowns“before the throne”(4:...
at work in me as an apostle to the Gentiles. James, Cephas and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.”—Galatians 2:6...