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Galatians 1:10 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Galatians 1:10Greek Interlinear

Greek · Galatians 1:1020 words
GreekMeaning
ἌρτιArti
PresentlyadverbG737
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
ἀνθρώπουςanthrōpous
of mennounG444
πείθωpeithō
do I seek approvalverbG3982
ē
orwordG2228
τὸνton
thearticleG3588
θεόνtheon
God?nounG2316
ē
OrwordG2228
ζητῶzētō
do I seekverbG2212
ἀνθρώποιςanthrōpois
mennounG444
ἀρέσκεινareskein
to please?verbG700
εἰei
ifwordG1487
ἔτιeti
yetadverbG2089
ἀνθρώποιςanthrōpois
mennounG444
ἤρεσκονēreskon
I were pleasingverbG700
ΧριστοῦChristou
of ChristnounG5547
δοῦλοςdoulos
a servantnounG1401
οὐκouk
notadverbG3756
ἂνan
then wouldparticleG302
ἤμηνēmēn
I was beingverbG1510
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Galatians 1:10

“For am I now persuading men: or God?” or am I seeking to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ. Granting, says he, that I might deceive you by these doctrines, could I deceive God, who knows my yet unuttered thoughts, and to please whom is my unceasing endeavor? See here the Apostolical spirit, the Evangelical loftiness! So too he writes to the Corinthians, “For we are not again commending ourselves unto you, but speak as giving you…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Commentary on Galatians, Chapter 1
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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Adam SmithNote3mo ago
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Omar HassanNote3mo ago
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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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