Galatians 1:1

WEB

¹Paul, an apostle—not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ,^[+] and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—

KJV

¹Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)

BSB

¹^[+] Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead—

FBV

¹This letter comes from Paul, an apostle not appointed by any human organization or human authority.^[+] Quite the contrary: I was appointed by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Jesus from the dead.

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Extra References

Galatians 1:11-12

¹¹But I make known to you, brothers, concerning the Good News which was preached by me, that it is not according to man. ¹²For I didn’t receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 1:1

¹^[+] Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ^[+] through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

Revelation 1:5

⁵and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—

Romans 1:1

¹Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ,^[+] called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

Acts 9:15-16

¹⁵But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel. ¹⁶For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.”

Ephesians 3:8

⁸To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

2 Corinthians 1:1

¹Paul, an apostle of Christ^[+] Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:

Acts 22:14-21

¹⁴He said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth. ¹⁵For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard. ¹⁶Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’

¹⁷“When I had returned to Jerusalem and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance ¹⁸and saw him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.’ ¹⁹I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you. ²⁰When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.’

²¹“He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’ ”

Titus 1:3

³but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,

2 Timothy 1:1

¹Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ^[+] through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,