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PARALLEL BIBLE - Galatians 1:23


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King James Bible - Galatians 1:23

But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.

World English Bible

but they only heard: "He who once persecuted us now preaches the faith that he once tried to destroy."

Douay-Rheims - Galatians 1:23

But they had heard only: He, who persecuted us in times past, doth now preach the faith which once he impugned:

Webster's Bible Translation

But they had heard only, That he who persecuted us in times past, now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.

Greek Textus Receptus


μονον 3440 δε 1161 ακουοντες 191 5723 ησαν 2258 5713 οτι 3754 ο 3588 διωκων 1377 5723 ημας 2248 ποτε 4218 νυν 3568 ευαγγελιζεται 2097 5731 την 3588 πιστιν 4102 ην 3739 ποτε 4218 επορθει 4199 5707

Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge

VERSE (23) - Ac 9:13,20,26 1Co 15:8-10 1Ti 1:13-16

SEV Biblia, Chapter 1:23

solamente habían oído decir: Aquel que en otro tiempo nos perseguía, ahora anuncia la fe que en otro tiempo destruía.

Clarke's Bible Commentary - Galatians 1:23

Verse 23. They had heard only] As a persecutor of the Church of Christ, I was well known; and as a convert to Christ I was not less so. The fame of both was great, even where I was personally unknown.

John Gill's Bible Commentary

Ver. 23. But they had heard only , etc..] What they knew of the apostle was only by hearsay; they had never seen him, nor heard him preach, nor conversed with him, only had it reported to them; that he which persecuted us in times past ; some few years ago, and not them personally, but such as were of the same faith with them, the church at Jerusalem and the members of it; which he made havoc of, committing men and women to prison, and causing others to flee to strange cities; now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed ; all as in him lay he endeavoured to destroy it, though he could not entirely root it up; he destroyed many of the disciples that held it, and did all he could to discourage others from embracing and professing it; he made use of the strongest arguments he was master of to confute it, and of the secular arm to crush and extirpate it, but now was become a preacher of it: by faith is meant not so much the grace of faith, though to show the nature, necessity, and usefulness of faith in Christ, and to direct and encourage sensible sinners, as he did the jailer, to believe in him, was a principal part of his ministry; but rather the doctrine of faith, which is always designed, when it is said, as here, to be preached or to be obeyed, stood fast in and contended for, or to be departed and erred from, to be made shipwreck of and denied. The Gospel is called the word of faith, the mystery of faith, the faith of the Gospel, common faith, most holy faith, the faith once delivered to the saints; it contains things to be believed; it proposes and directs to the great object of faith; and is the means of implanting and increasing that grace, and without which the ministry of it is of no use: it takes in all articles of faith, respecting the divine Being, the unity of God, the trinity of persons in the Godhead, the equal and proper deity of each person, their personal distinctions from each other, the attribution of all divine works, worship and honour to them; it relates to everything concerning man, in his original creation, in his state of innocence and integrity; concerning the fall of Adam, the imputation of his sin to all his posterity, the corruption of human nature, and the impotence of man to all that is spiritually good: it regards all the acts of grace of the Father, Son, and Spirit, in and towards any of the sons of men: it includes all the doctrines of it, as of the free, sovereign, everlasting, and unchangeable love of God; of eternal, personal, and irrespective election of some to grace and glory, by which both are secured; of the everlasting, absolute, unconditional, and sure covenant of grace; of particular redemption by Christ, proceeding on a full satisfaction to divine justice; of justification by the imputed righteousness of Christ; of reconciliation and pardon by his blood; of regeneration and sanctification by the Spirit; of the perseverance of the saints in faith and holiness, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal glory: now this faith, in the several momentous branches of it, the apostle preached, published, declared, spoke out openly and publicly; fully and completely, without dropping, concealing, or keeping back anything; clearly and plainly, without using ambiguous phrases, or words of double meaning, with all faithfulness and integrity, boldness and constancy.

Matthew Henry Commentary

Verses 15-24 - St. Paul was wonderfully brought to the knowledge and faith of Christ All who are savingly converted, are called by the grace of God; their conversion is wrought by his power and grace working in them. It wil but little avail us to have Christ revealed to us, if he is not als revealed in us. He instantly prepared to obey, without hesitating as to his worldly interest, credit, ease, or life itself. And what matter of thanksgiving and joy is it to the churches of Christ, when they hear of such instances to the praise of the glory of his grace, whether the have ever seen them or not! They glorify God for his power and mercy i saving such persons, and for all the service to his people and caus that is done, and may be further expected from them __________________________________________________________________

Greek Textus Receptus


μονον 3440 δε 1161 ακουοντες 191 5723 ησαν 2258 5713 οτι 3754 ο 3588 διωκων 1377 5723 ημας 2248 ποτε 4218 νυν 3568 ευαγγελιζεται 2097 5731 την 3588 πιστιν 4102 ην 3739 ποτε 4218 επορθει 4199 5707

Vincent's NT Word Studies

23. They had heard (akouontev hsan). Correlative with I was unknown, verse 22. Note the periphrasis of the participle with the substantive verb, expressing duration. They were hearing all the time that I was thus unknown to them in person.

The faith. See on Acts vi. 7, and comp. 2 Thess. iii. 2. The subjective conception of faith as trustful and assured acceptance of Jesus Christ as Savior, tends to become objective, so that the subjective principle is sometimes regarded objectively. This is very striking in the Pastoral Epistles.

Robertson's NT Word Studies

1:23 {They only heard} (monon akouontes esan). Periphrastic imperfect, "They were only hearing from time to time." {That once persecuted us} (ho diwkwn hemas pote). Present active articular participle, a sort of participle of antecedent time suggested by pote, "the one who used to persecute us once upon a time." {The faith} (ten pistin). Here used in the sense of "the gospel" as in #Ac 6:7.

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