Galatians 1:16
To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
KJV
ἀποκαλύψαι τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐμοὶ ἵνα εὐαγγελίζωμαι αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, εὐθέως οὐ προσανεθέμην σαρκὶ καὶ αἵματι,
Greek NT
ut revelaret Filium suum in me, ut evangelizarem illum in gentibus : continuo non acquievi carni et sanguini,
Vulgate
to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles; straightway I conferred not with flesh and blood:
ASV
To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles: immediately I condescended not to flesh and blood.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αἷμα
aima
noun · 97×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εὐαγγελίζω
euaggelizo
verb · 54×
εὐθέως
eutheos
adverb · 85×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
προσανατίθημι
prosanatithemi
verb · 2×
σάρξ
sarx
noun · 147×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἀποκαλύπτω
apokalupto
verb · 26×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔθνος
ethnos
noun · 162×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§442Such is not the case for Simon Peter when he confesses Jesus as "the Christ, the Son of the living God", for Jesus responds solemnly: "Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven."46 Similarly Paul will write, regarding his conversion on the road to Damascus, "When he who had set me apart before I was born, and had called me through his grace, w…
§659"So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God."531 Christ's body was glorified at the moment of his Resurrection, as proved by the new and supernatural properties it subsequently and permanently enjoys.532 But during the forty days when he eats and drinks familiarly with his disciples and teaches them about…
But 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 among the heathen. Paul shows that he did not receive his apostleship from men but directly from God. Before Paul was born, God had already separated him and appointed him to be an apostle. This calling came not through any merit or prepa…
Cross-references
- 1Pet 1:12 — Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent d
- 1Tim 2:7 — Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
- Acts 26:19 — Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
- Eph 1:9 — Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
- Eph 3:3 — How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
- Eph 3:5 — Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
- Eph 3:8 — Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
- Eph 6:12 — For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
- Eph 6:12 — For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
- Gal 1:12 — For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- Gal 2:7 — But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;
- Hab 2:1 — I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
- John 12:38 — That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?
- Matt 4:20 — And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
- Matt 9:9 — And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
- Matt 16:17 — And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
- Matt 16:17 — And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
- Ps 96:10 — Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
- Ps 119:60 — I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
- Ps 128:6 — Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.
- Rom 11:13 — For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: