Galatians 1:10 — Community Reflections

GALATIANS 1:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 1

“For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.”

Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ. — Paul pivots from anathema to self-defense, rejecting the suggestion that his gospel is a human compromise; his allegiance to Christ ('diakonos Christou') demands uncompromising proclamation regardless of human favor.

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The light of the world — Galatians 1

God is faithful in every circumstance.. God meets us exactly where we are — broken, uncertain, yet chosen. Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing ...