“ And they glorified God in me. ”
And they glorified God in me - They praised God on my account. They regarded me as a true convert and a sincere Christian; and they praised God that he had converted such a persecutor, and had ma...
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 wit...
glorified , &c.. were glorifying (Greek. doxazo , See p. 1511) God in me, i.e. finding in Paul cause for glorifying God,
24. And they glorified God in me (37) This was an evident proof that his ministry was approved by all the churches of Judea, and approved in such a manner, that they broke out into admirati...
DISCOURSE: 2053 GOD GLORIFIED IN HIS PEOPLE Galatians 1:23-24 . They had heard only, that he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. And they glorified...
And they glorified God in me. They glorified God in me - Hearing now that I preached that faith which before I had persecuted and endeavored to destroy, they glorified God for the grace which had wro...
In me.— On my account. Doddridge. Inferences.— With what entire satisfaction may we depend upon the divine authority of the Gospel which was delivered by the Apostle Paul, who has testified,...
And they glorified God in me. In me - in my person. 'Learning that the former wolf is now acting the shepherd's part, they received occasion for joyful thanksgiving to God in respect to me' (...
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...
(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 ind...
Chapter 6 PAUL AND THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH. Galatians 1:18-24 FOR the first two years of his Christian life, Paul held no intercourse whatever with the Church at Jerusalem and its chiefs. His rel...
from Christ, not from Men Galatians 1:18-24 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 Pe...
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. Th...
(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...
And they glorified God in me. Or "for me"; on his account; for the wonderful grace bestowed on him and wrought in him; for the surprising change that was made in him, that of a persecutor he should...
And they glorified God in me. Ver. 24. And they glorified God ] "Whoso offereth praise, he glorifieth me," Psalms 50:23 . God accounts himself as it were to receive a new being, by those inward...
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 Departi...
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 hum...
The Apostle's Integrity. A. D. 56. 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to ple...
And they praised God on his behalf, for working so great a change in him.
‘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...
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...
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 ap...
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 appea...
And they glorified God in me. God’s glory in the soul I. In the act of conversion God is glorified. It is strange how many misapplications of this word “conversion” prevail in the world and the...
EXPOSITION Galatians 1:1-48 The introductory greeting. The style of this greeting, compared with those found in St. Paul's other Epistles, gives indications of his having addressed hims...
Paul's visit to Jerusalem:
2 Corinthians 9:13 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:10 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:12 ; Acts 11:18 ; Acts 21:19 ; Acts 21:20 ; Colossians 1:3 ; Colossians 1:4 ; Luke 15:10 ; Luke 15:32 ; Luke 2:14 ; Luke 7:16...
Turning from Grace Galatians 1:1-24 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 vit...
In me — That is, on my account.