“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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Adam SmithNote1mo agoThe 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 -...
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Omar HassanNote1mo agoPleasing God, Not Humans
Paul insists: 'Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.' A choice a...
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