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Verse 22. _AND WAS UNKNOWN BY FACE_] I was not personally acquainted
with any of the Churches of Judea; I was converted in another place,
and had not preached the Gospel in any Christian congregation...
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AND WAS UNKNOWN BY FACE ... - Paul had visited Jerusalem only, and he
had formed no acquaintance with any of the churches in the other parts
of Judea. He regarded himself at the first as called to pre...
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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...
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Not till he had been three years a Christian and a Christian preacher
did he come in contact with the earlier apostles; and then but
slightly. He visited Cephas at Jerusalem, spending a fortnight with...
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THE TRUMPET CALL OF THE GOSPEL (Galatians 1:1-5)...
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Then, three years after that, I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas,
and I stayed with him a fortnight. I saw no other apostle except
James, the Lord's brother. As for what I am writing to you--befor...
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WAS UNKNOWN. continued unknown Compare 2 Corinthians 6:9....
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_and was unknown_ rather, AND I CONTINUED UNKNOWN. So far from his
having learned the truths which he taught from the other Apostles, the
Churches of Judæa, to which they principally ministered at thi...
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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...
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_A short visit to Jerusalem and then a long absence. Yet the churches
of Judaea, though they knew me not by sight, recognized me and my
work_
(Galatians 1:18) Then three years from my conversion I did...
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ἬΜΗΝ ΔῈ� … ΜΌΝΟΝ ΔῈ�. As this is an original
Greek part of the N.T., not a translation from Hebrew or Aramaic, Dr
Moulton is inclined to give this periphrastic tense its full classical
emphasis, “I wa...
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ΉΜΗΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть,
ΆΓΝΟΟΎΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. pass. part. от_ ΆΓΝΟΈΩ (G50)
быть в неведении, не знать; _pass._ быть
неизвестным. _Praes._ подчеркивает
длительность состояния незнан...
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WHICH WERE IN CHRIST:— That is, "believing in Christ." See Romans
16:7. What he takes such particular notice of here, does not tend to
the proving that he was a true Apostle; but serves very well to s...
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c)
His visit to Jerusalem was not long enough for instruction in the
gospel. Galatians 1:18-24
TEXT 1:18-24
(18) Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas,
and tarried with him f...
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_VERSE 22, 23, 24. AND WAS UNKNOWN BY FACE UNTO THE CHURCHES OF JUDAEA
WHICH WERE IN CHRIST: BUT THEY HAD HEARD ONLY, THAT HE WHICH
PERSECUTED US IN TIMES PAST NOW PREACHETH THE FAITH WHICH ONCE HE
DE...
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And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in
Christ:
So far was I from being a disciple of the apostles, that I was even
unknown by face in the churches of Judea (except Jerusa...
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1:22 personally (a-5) Lit. 'by face.'...
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UNKNOWN] though he had preached in and about Jerusalem (Acts 9:28),
since his labours there had been among the Greek-speaking Jews.
THE CHURCHES.. WHICH WERE IN CHRIST] not merely 'the Christian
Chur...
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ST. PAUL MAINTAINS THE VALIDITY OF HIS APOSTLESHIP AND THE TRUTH OF
HIS GOSPEL
1-5. The Apostle sends greetings from himself and the brethren with
him to the Churches of Galatia, reminding them at th...
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Many people in Jerusalem had known Paul before he was a Christian. So,
Paul went to two large regions where the Christians did not know him.
Paul moved away from the *apostles and he worked by himself...
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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...
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(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 inde...
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WAS UNKNOWN BY FACE. — The Greek is a shade stronger: _I continued
unknown._ If in Jerusalem itself the Apostle had not had time to
receive instruction from any one, still less was this the case with...
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CHAPTER 6
PAUL AND THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH.
Galatians 1:18
FOR the first two years of his Christian life, Paul held no
intercourse whatever with the Church at Jerusalem and its chiefs. His
relation wit...
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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....
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About ten years of the life of Paul, between his flight from Jerusalem
to Tarsus and his return to Jerusalem for the Apostolic Council, are
here passed over. They were spent, partly in and around Tars...
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ἤμην δὲ ἀγν. The correct translation is not _I was
unknown_ (as our versions render it), but _I was becoming unknown_. At
the beginning of this period he was a familiar figure in Jerusalem,
but in the...
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FROM CHRIST, NOT FROM MEN
Galatians 1:18
Paul's first visit to Peter must have been of absorbing interest.
Doubtless the two traversed together the holy scenes of the Lord's
ministry, and Peter told...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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22._And was unknown by face_. This appears to be added for the sake of
shewing more strongly the wickedness and malignity of his slanderers.
If the churches of Judea who _had only heard _respecting hi...
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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...
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AND WAS UNKNOWN BY FACE,.... Or "in person". This is said to prevent
what might be objected, that though the apostle had not received the
Gospel he preached from any of the apostles at Jerusalem; yet...
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_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_
Departin...
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AND WAS UNKNOWN BY FACE UNTO THE CHURCHES OF JUDEA WHICH WERE IN
CHRIST;...
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Paul's visit to Jerusalem:...
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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...
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Paul went where he was not personally known. Fame is not needed to
preach the Gospel....
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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...
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To be IN CHRIST, signifieth:
1. Their being Christians indeed; they having received Christ by a
true and lively faith, and given themselves to the obedience of his
precepts. In this sense the apostle...
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And I was still unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were
in Christ:...
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Galatians 1:22 And G1161 was G2252 (G5713) unknown G50 (G5746) face
G4383 churches G1577 Judea G2449 which...
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‘Then I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia, and I was still
unknown by face to the churches of Judea which were in Christ, but
they only heard say, ‘He who once persecuted us now preaches the...
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_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...
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Galatians 1:22. AND WAS STILL UNKNOWN BY FACE, by sight, personally.
JUDÆA is here the district without the capital, as Italy is often
distinguished from Rome (Hebrews 13:24). The congregation of Jer...
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AND I WAS STILL UNKNOWN
(ημην δε αγνουμενος). Periphrastic imperfect passive
of αγνοεω, not to know.BY FACE
(τω προσωπω). Associative instrumental case.OF JUDEA
(της Ιουδαιας). As distinct from...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES. In _standard English,_ both _Christian church_
and _church of Christ_ mean the church which Jesus built (Matthew
16:18 and notes). Paul means he was personally unknown to the
m...
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_Which were in Christ._
Relation of Churches to Christ:
I. They are founded on Christ (Matthew 16:18; 1 Corinthians 1:2).
II. They are built by Christ (Ephesians 4:16).
III. Th
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_And was unknown by face._ The Christians in Judæa had not seen my
face. He says this, says Chrysostom, to prove that he had not taught
in Judæa, nor preached circumcision and the Old Law, as the Juda...
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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...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Galatians 1:24. THEY GLORIFIED GOD IN ME.—He does not say, adds
Chrysostom, they marvelled at me, they praised me, they were struck
with admiration of me, but he attr...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 1 Thessalonians 2:14; 2
Thessalonians 1:1;...
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Was unknown [η μ η ν α γ ν ο ο υ μ ε ν ο ς]. Better,
was still unknown, the imperfect denoting that he remained unknown
during his stay in Syria and Cilicia.
Of Judaea. The province, as distinguished...
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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...