Galatians 1:16 Cross References - Mace

¹⁶ that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not thereupon apply my self to any man;

¹⁷ to whom Jesus reply'd, blessed art thou Simon, son of Jona: for 'tis not man that hath revealed this unto thee, but my father who is in heaven.

⁴¹ watch and pray that ye may not sink under the trial: the mind indeed is vigorous, but the flesh is weak.

²³ Then he said to the whole company, if any one will be my follower, let him renounce himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me. ²⁴ for whoever would save his life, shall lose it: and he that would lose his life, out of love to me, shall save it. ²⁵ what advantage is it for a man to have gain'd the whole world, if he himself runs into utter loss and ruin?

⁵⁹ Then he said to another, follow me: but he replied, Lord, let me stay first, till I bury my father. ⁶⁰ Jesus said to him, let the dead bury their dead; but do you go and preach the kingdom of God. ⁶¹ another likewise said, I will be your follower; but let me first go home, and settle the affairs of my family. ⁶² Jesus answered him, whoever puts his hand to the plough, and looks back, is not fit to be employ'd in the kingdom of God.

¹⁵ go, said the Lord to him: for he is the instrument I have chosen, to bear my name to the Gentiles, to kings, and to the children of Israel.

²¹ but the Lord said to me, "be gone, for I will send you far hence, even to the Gentiles."

¹⁷ by delivering you from this people, and from the Gentiles to whom I now send thee, to open their eyes, ¹⁸ and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and partake of the inheritance of the saints, by believing on me." ¹⁹ this heavenly vision, king Agrippa, I presently obey'd: ²⁰ first I warn'd the people of Damascus, of Jerusalem, of all Judea, and then the Gentiles, to repent, and turn to God, by acting suitably to their repentance.

¹³ now I would not have you ignorant, my brethren, that I often purposed to come to you, tho' I have been hindered hitherto, that I might be useful among you as well as among other Gentiles. ¹⁴ I owe what service I can do to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians, to the learned, and to the illiterate.

¹³ this concerns you Gentiles. for as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I should do honour to my character,

¹⁶ to be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, officiating the gospel of God, that the Gentiles might be made an acceptable offering, being sanctified by the holy spirit. ¹⁷ I have therefore matter of glorying thro' Jesus Christ, with respect to divine service. ¹⁸ for I will not offer to mention any thing, but what Christ has wrought by me, to make the Gentiles christians, both in profession and practice: ¹⁹ by virtue of the miracles and prodigies wrought by the power of the divine spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and the neighbouring country, quite to Illyricum,

⁹ but, as it is written, "eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entred into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him." ¹⁰ this is what God has revealed to us by his spirit: for the spirit penetrates into all things, even the profound counsels of God. ¹¹ for who knows the thoughts of a man, but the spirit of man which is in him? even so the thoughts of God no one can know, but the spirit of God. ¹² now the spirit which we have received, is not the spirit of this world, but that which comes from God; that we might know what he has graciously bestowed upon us. ¹³ this is what we declare, not in the words which human wisdom, but which the holy spirit dictates; explaining spiritual things in a spiritual language.

⁵⁰ this I say, my brethren, because the body, as it is at present, cannot possess the kingdom of God; and what is corruptible, can't enjoy incorruptibility.

⁶ for God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to enlighten others in the knowledge of the glory of God, which shines in the person of Jesus Christ.

¹⁶ Wherefore, henceforth I have no regard to any man for his external appearance: for tho' I formerly look'd for worldly grandeur in the Messiah, yet now I see things in another light.

¹¹ I certify to you, brethren, that the gospel, which has been preached by me, is not the result of human artifice: ¹² for I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹ Fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem, with Barnabas, and took Titus also with me:

⁶ But as for those who were men of real eminency, how considerable soever they were heretofore, it does not any ways affect me; God accepts not the person of any man: for they who were of note, in conference with me, had nothing new to add. ⁷ on the contrary, when they perceived that I had the province of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, as Peter had that of preaching it to the Jews, ⁸ (for he that had wrought powerfully in Peter with respect to his apostleship among the Jews, had also wrought powerfully in me upon account of the Gentiles:) and when James, ⁹ Peter, and John, who were esteemed to be pillars, perceived the favour that was bestowed on me, they admitted me and Barnabas into fellowship, and agreed, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the Jews.

¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the father of glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, whereby ye may know him: ¹⁸ an enlightned understanding, that ye may see what great expectations he has called you to, and what abundant glory it is to the saints to be the lot of his inheritance.

¹ This it is that makes me Paul a prisoner for Jesus Christ upon your account, O Gentiles;

⁵ which preceeding was not discover'd to men, as now it is to his holy apostles and prophets by the spirit; to wit, ⁶ "that the Gentiles should be heirs as well as the Jews, make one body together, and partake of the divine promise in Christ by the gospel." ⁷ of this I was made a minister, according to the gracious gift God bestowed on me, by the effectual operation of his influence: ⁸ upon me, who am the meanest of all christians, is this favour bestowed, that I should proclaim to the Gentiles the undiscoverable advantages by Christ; ⁹ and display to all the world that mysterious dispensation, which from all past ages has been conceal'd in the secret purpose of God, who created all things: ¹⁰ that the manifold wisdom of God, in ordering his heavenly kingdom, might by his church be now made known, to princes and magistrates,

¹² for our conflict is not barely with men, but with principalities, with potentates, with the princes of darkness, with wicked aereal spirits.

²⁵ of which I have been established a minister, according to the charge which God has given me to preach his gospel faithfully among you. --- ²⁶ that mystery, which has been hid from ages and generations, but is now made manifest to his saints: ²⁷ to whom God does disclose the glorious advantages of this mystery to you Gentiles, to wit, "that by Christ you may have the expectation of glory."

¹⁶ who by obstructing our endeavours to save the Gentiles, continue to fill up the measure of their enormities; for which consummate vengeance is falling upon them.

⁷ for this I was establish'd a herald and an apostle, I speak the truth without disguise, a doctor to instruct the Gentiles in the true faith.

¹¹ For this I was establish'd the herald, the apostle, and doctor of the Gentiles. this has drawn upon me the evils I suffer.

¹⁴ Since then the children were made subject to a state of mortality, so he himself likewise was subject to the same condition: that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;