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Hello everyone,
For this week, we will continue to establish the foundation for Paul’s letter to the Galatians. Read
Gal 1:1-8
again, this time reflect on our discussions and understanding of Paul’s transformation, who he was, what he became and why. More importantly, reflect on how his transformation came to be. Think about God’s “will” and authority through Paul.
Gal 1:1-8
again, this time reflect on our discussions and understanding of Paul’s transformation, who he was, what he became and why. More importantly, reflect on how his transformation came to be. Think about God’s “will” and authority through Paul.
Read Gal 1:1:8
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Gal 1:6
1:1–5 The letter to the Galatians was written around AD 48–57 by the Apostle Paul, perhaps with contributions from some of his fellow missionaries (Gal 1:1–2). [2]1:1 Paul Formerly known as Saul of Tarsus (Acts 7:58; 9:11), Paul became an apostle of Jesus Christ and was a prominent figure in the growth of the early church (see note on Rom 1:1). [3]
[an apostle See note on Ro 1:1.
not from men nor by men False teachers were accusing Paul of commissioning himself as an apostle; an illegitimate apostleship would discredit his preaching of the gospel and his missionary efforts (compare Gal 2:2). Paul distinguishes himself from the false teachers by emphasizing that God and Christ—not humans—sent him as an apostle.[4]
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1:2 brothers with me Paul often mentions his coworkers at the beginning of his letters (e.g., 1 Cor 1:1; 2 Cor 1:1; Phil 1:1; Col 1:1; 1 Thess 1:1; Phlm 1). Here Paul refers to several believers without naming specific individuals, perhaps to highlight the strong support he had from the community of believers.
Galatia A region in central Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey).
Galatia
Paul visited several cities in the region of Galatia during his missionary journeys. While the number of churches Paul addresses in Galatians is unknown, the letter suggests they were predominantly Gentiles—that is, non-Jews (Gal 2:8, 14; 4:8–9; 6:13). The exact location of Galatia remains uncertain. It might refer to the territory in north-central Asia Minor inhabited by the Gauls beginning in the third century BC, or the southern area of Asia Minor that Paul visited during his first missionary journey.
1:3 Grace to you and peace This brief greeting summarizes Paul’s gospel message. It is God’s work, through Christ on our behalf, that brings us into a harmonious relationship with God and one another.
1:4 gave himself for our sins Refers to Jesus’ sacrificial death on the cross.
present evil age Jewish people divided history into two major sections: the present age, in which God’s rule is not fully established (and evil persists), and the coming age, when God will complete His rule as King. For Christians, the sacrificial death of Christ enables believers to live under God’s rule in the present age. For this reason (and others), the deeds Paul affiliates with the flesh (sinful acts) are inappropriate for the people of God (Gal 5:19–21).
1:5 glory forever and ever. Amen Expresses the conviction that God is worthy of our unending adoration and worship. The word “amen,” meaning “so be it,” is used to show agreement or endorsement of what is said about God.
1:6–10 At this point in his letters, Paul typically offers a prayer of thanksgiving for his audience (Rom 1:8; 1 Cor 1:4; Phil 1:3). But with the Galatians, there is no cause for thanksgiving; they have turned to a different gospel. [5]
1:6 the one who called you Refers to God, not Paul (Gal 5:8).[6]
Treasury - Gal 1:6
(New American Standard Bible (1995
Update))
marvel
Mk 6:6 — And He wondered at their unbelief. And He was going around the villages teaching.
Jn 9:30 — The man answered and said to them, "Well, here is an amazing thing, that you do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.
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Gal 3:1-5 — You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified? 2 This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith? 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? 4 Did you suffer so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? 5 So then, does He who provides you with the Spirit and works miracles among you, do it by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?
Gal 4:9-15 — But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again? 10 You observe days and months and seasons and years. 11 I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored over you in vain. 12 I beg of you, brethren, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You have done me no wrong; 13 but you know that it was because of a bodily illness that I preached the gospel to you the first time; 14 and that which was a trial to you in my bodily condition you did not despise or loathe, but you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus Himself. 15 Where then is that sense of blessing you had? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.
Gal 5:4 — You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
Gal 5:7 — You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?
Ps 106:13 — They quickly forgot His works; They did not wait for His counsel,
Isa 29:13 — Then the Lord said, "Because this people draw near with their words And honor Me with their lip service, But they remove their hearts far from Me, And their reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote,
Jer 2:12 — "Be appalled, O heavens, at this, And shudder, be very desolate," declares the LORD.
Jer 2:13 — "For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water.
that called
Gal 5:8 — This persuasion did not come from Him who calls you.
1Co 4:15 — For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
2Th 2:14 — It was for this He called you through our gospel, that you may gain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2Ti 1:9 — who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,
1Pe 1:15 — but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior;
2Pe 1:3 — seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
1Co 4:15 — For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
2Th 2:14 — It was for this He called you through our gospel, that you may gain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2Ti 1:9 — who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,
1Pe 1:15 — but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior;
2Pe 1:3 — seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
the grace
Ac 15:11 — "But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are."
Ro 5:2 — through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God.
1Ti 1:14 — and the grace of our Lord was more than abundant, with the faith and love which are found in Christ Jesus.
2Ti 2:1 — You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
Rev 22:21 — The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen.
Ro 5:2 — through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God.
1Ti 1:14 — and the grace of our Lord was more than abundant, with the faith and love which are found in Christ Jesus.
2Ti 2:1 — You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
Rev 22:21 — The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen.
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Ro 10:3 — For not knowing about God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
2Co 11:4 — For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully.
2Co 11:4 — For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully.
. Why is Paul amazed? Now read,
Gal 1:4
Treasury - Gal 1:4
(New American Standard Bible (1995 Update))
gave
Gal 2:20 — "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Mt 20:28 — just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."
Mt 26:28 — for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.
Mk 10:45 — "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."
Lk 22:19 — And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me."
Jn 10:11 — "I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
Jn 10:17 — "For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it again.
Jn 10:18 — "No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father."
Ro 4:25 — He who was delivered over because of our transgressions, and was raised because of our justification.
Eph 5:2 — and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.
1Ti 2:6 — who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time.
Tit 2:14 — who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
Heb 9:14 — how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Heb 10:9 — then He said, "BEHOLD, I HAVE come to do YOUR WILL." He takes away the first in order to establish the second.
Heb 10:10 — By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
1Pe 2:24 — and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.
1Pe 3:18 — For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
1Jn 2:2 — and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.
1Jn 3:16 — We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
Rev 1:5 — and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood—
Gal 6:14 — But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
Isa 65:17 — "For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former things will not be remembered or come to mind.
Jn 12:31 — "Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
Jn 14:30 — "I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me;
Jn 15:18 — "If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.
Jn 15:19 — "If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.
Jn 17:14 — "I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Jn 17:15 — "I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.
Ro 12:2 — And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
2Co 4:4 — in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Eph 2:2 — in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.
Eph 6:12 — For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Heb 2:5 — For He did not subject to angels the world to come, concerning which we are speaking.
Heb 6:5 — and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,
Jas 4:4 — You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
1Jn 2:15-17 — Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. 17 The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever.
1Jn 5:4 — For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.
1Jn 5:5 — Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
1Jn 5:19 — We know that we are of God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
1Jn 5:20 — And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
Rev 5:9 — And they *sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
Rev 7:9 — After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands;
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Ps 40:8 — I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your Law is within my heart."
Mt 26:42 — He went away again a second time and prayed, saying, "My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done."
Lk 22:42 — saying, "Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done."
Jn 5:30 — "I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
Jn 6:38 — "For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
Jn 14:30 — "I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me;
Jn 14:31 — but so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let us go from here.
Ro 8:3 — For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh,
Ro 8:27 — and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
Ro 8:32 — He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?
Eph 1:3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
Eph 1:11 — also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will,
Heb 10:4-10 — For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. 5 Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, "SACRIFICE and offering YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, BUT A BODY YOU HAVE PREPARED for ME; 6 IN WHOLE burnt offerings and sacrifices FOR SIN YOU HAVE TAKEN no pleasure. 7 "THEN I SAID, 'BEHOLD, I HAVE come (IN THE SCROLL of the book it is written of ME) TO DO YOUR WILL, O GOD.'" 8 After saying above, "SACRIFICES and offerings and WHOLE burnt offerings and sacrifices FOR SIN YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, NOR have YOU TAKEN pleasure in them" (which are offered according to the Law), 9 then He said, "BEHOLD, I HAVE come to do YOUR WILL." He takes away the first in order to establish the second. 10 By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
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Mt 6:9 — "Pray, then, in this way: 'Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
Ro 1:7 — to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Eph 1:2 — Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Php 4:20 — Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
1Th 3:11 — Now may our God and Father Himself and Jesus our Lord direct our way to you;
1Th 3:13 — so that He may establish your hearts without blame in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints.
2Th 2:16 — Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace,
again, what does this verse describe? Why is the Gospel or “good news” of Christ so important? What other gospels do we hear and believe? We will discuss verse
Gal 1:3
Treasury - Gal 1:3
(New American Standard Bible (1995 Update))
Ro 1:7 — to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1Co 1:3 — Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2Co 1:2 — Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2Co 13:14 — The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
Eph 1:2 — Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Php 1:2 — Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Col 1:2 — To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
1Th 1:1 — Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.
2Th 1:2 — Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2Jn 1:3 — Grace, mercy and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
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Ro 1:7 — to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1Co 1:3 — Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2Co 1:2 — Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2Co 13:14 — The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
Eph 1:2 — Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Php 1:2 — Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Col 1:2 — To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
1Th 1:1 — Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.
2Th 1:2 — Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2Jn 1:3 — Grace, mercy and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
in depth, as Grace and peace are pivotal to our life in Christ. Have you ever considered where we are without God’s grace? For background and depth to understand grace, read
Jer 31:31-34,
A New Covenant
31 “Behold, the wdays are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah—32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that xI took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, 8though I was a husband to them, says the LORD. 33 yBut this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: zI will put My law in their minds, and write it on their 9hearts; aand I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34 No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for bthey all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD. For cI will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”[8]
we’ll contrast verse
Jer 31:33
Treasury - Jer 31:33
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Update))
But this shall be the
Jer
32:40 — "I will make an everlasting covenant with them
that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; and I will put the fear of
Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me.
I will
Dt
30:6 — "Moreover the LORD your God will circumcise
your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all
your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
Ps
37:31 — The law of his God is in his heart; His steps
do not slip.
Ps
40:8 — I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your Law
is within my heart."
Isa
51:7 — "Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, A
people in whose heart is My law; Do not fear the reproach of man, Nor be
dismayed at their revilings.
Eze
11:19 — "And I will give them one heart, and put a new
spirit within them. And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and
give them a heart of flesh,
Eze
36:25-27 — "Then I will sprinkle clean water on you,
and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all
your idols. 26 "Moreover, I will give you a new
heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from
your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 "I will
put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be
careful to observe My ordinances.
Ro
7:22 — For I joyfully concur with the law of God in
the inner man,
Ro
8:2-8 — For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ
Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. 3 For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through
the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh
and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in
us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who are according to the flesh set their minds
on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the
things of the Spirit. 6 For the mind set on the
flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, 7 because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God;
for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to
do so, 8 and those who are in the flesh cannot
please God.
2Co
3:3 — being manifested that you are a letter of
Christ, cared for by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living
God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
2Co
3:7 — But if the ministry of death, in letters
engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the sons of Israel could not look
intently at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, fading as
it was,
2Co
3:8 — how will the ministry of the Spirit fail to be
even more with glory?
Gal
5:22 — But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Gal
5:23 — gentleness, self-control; against such things
there is no law.
Heb
8:10 — "FOR THIS is the covenant that I WILL MAKE with
the house of ISRAEL AFTER those days, SAYS the LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS into
their minds, AND I WILL WRITE them ON THEIR HEARTS. AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND
THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.
Heb
10:16 — "THIS is the covenant that I WILL MAKE with
them AFTER those days, SAYS the LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS upon their heart, AND
ON THEIR MIND I WILL WRITE them," He then says,
and will
Jer
31:1 — "At that time," declares the LORD, "I will be
the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people."
Jer
24:7 — 'I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am
the LORD; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will
return to Me with their whole heart.
Jer
30:22 — 'You shall be My people, And I will be your
God.'"
Jer
32:38 — "They shall be My people, and I will be their
God;
Ge
17:7 — "I will establish My covenant between Me and
you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an
everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.
Ge
17:8 — "I will give to you and to your descendants
after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an
everlasting possession; and I will be their God."
Eze
11:20 — that they may walk in My statutes and keep My
ordinances and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God.
Eze
37:27 — "My dwelling place also will be with them; and
I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Zec
13:9 — "And I will bring the third part through the
fire, Refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They
will call on My name, And I will answer them; I will say, 'They are My people,'
And they will say, 'The LORD is my God.'"
Jn
20:17 — Jesus *said to her, "Stop clinging to Me, for
I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, 'I
ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.'"
Rev
21:3 — And I heard a loud voice from the throne,
saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among
them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them,
Rev
21:7 — "He who overcomes will inherit these things,
and I will be his God and he will be My son.
and
Jer 31:34
34 No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for bthey all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD. For cI will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”[10]
Treasury - Jer 31:34
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teach
1Th
4:9 — Now as to the love of the brethren, you have no
need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to
love one another;
Heb
5:12 — For though by this time you ought to be
teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles
of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food.
1Jn
2:27 — As for you, the anointing which you received
from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His
anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just
as it has taught you, you abide in Him.
Know the
1Sa
2:12 — Now the sons of Eli were worthless men; they
did not know the LORD
1Ch
28:9 — "As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of
your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the LORD
searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek
Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you
forever.
Jn
17:3 — "This is eternal life, that they may know You,
the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
for they
Jer
24:7 — 'I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am
the LORD; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will
return to Me with their whole heart.
Isa
11:9 — They will not hurt or destroy in all My holy
mountain, For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD As the waters
cover the sea.
Isa
30:26 — The light of the moon will be as the light of
the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the
light of seven days, on the day the LORD binds up the fracture of His people and
heals the bruise He has inflicted.
Isa
54:13 — "All your sons will be taught of the LORD; And
the well-being of your sons will be great.
Isa
60:19-21 — "No longer will you have the sun for light
by day, Nor for brightness will the moon give you light; But you will have the
LORD for an everlasting light, And your God for your glory. 20 "Your sun will no longer set, Nor will your moon wane;
For you will have the LORD for an everlasting light, And the days of your
mourning will be over. 21 "Then all your people
will be righteous; They will possess the land forever, The branch of My
planting, The work of My hands, That I may be glorified.
Hab
2:14 — "For the earth will be filled With the
knowledge of the glory of the LORD, As the waters cover the sea.
Mt
11:27 — "All things have been handed over to Me by My
Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the
Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.
Jn
6:45 — "It is written in the prophets, 'AND THEY SHALL
ALL be TAUGHT of GOD.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes
to Me.
Jn
17:6 — "I have manifested Your name to the men whom
You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they
have kept Your word.
2Co
2:10 — But one whom you forgive anything, I
forgive also; for indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven
anything, I did it for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
2Co
4:6 — For God, who said, "Light shall shine out of
darkness," is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the
knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
1Jn
2:20 — But you have an anointing from the Holy One,
and you all know.
1Jn
5:20 — And we know that the Son of God has come, and
has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in
Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
for I
Jer
33:8 — 'I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by
which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by
which they have sinned against Me and by which they have transgressed against
Me.
Jer
50:20 — 'In those days and at that time,' declares the
LORD, 'search will be made for the iniquity of Israel, but there will be none;
and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found; for I will pardon those
whom I leave as a remnant.'
Isa
33:24 — And no resident will say, "I am sick"; The
people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity.
Isa
43:25 — "I, even I, am the one who wipes out your
transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins.
Isa
44:22 — "I have wiped out your transgressions like a
thick cloud And your sins like a heavy mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed
you."
Mic
7:18 — Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity And
passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not
retain His anger forever, Because He delights in unchanging love.
Ac
10:43 — "Of Him all the prophets bear witness that
through His name everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins."
Ac
13:38 — "Therefore let it be known to you, brethren,
that through Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,
Ac
13:39 — and through Him everyone who believes is freed
from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses.
Ro
11:26 — and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is
written, "THE DELIVERER will come from ZION, HE WILL REMOVE ungodliness from
JACOB."
Ro
11:27 — "THIS is MY COVENANT with them, WHEN I TAKE
away their sins."
Eph
1:7 — In Him we have redemption through His blood, the
forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
Heb
8:12 — "FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL to their iniquities,
AND I WILL REMEMBER their sins no more."
Heb
10:17 — "AND THEIR SINS and their lawless deeds I WILL
REMEMBER no more."
Heb
10:18 — Now where there is forgiveness of these
things, there is no longer any offering for sin.
as it related to God’s grace. See
Isa 55:3
3 Incline your ear, and ccome to Me.Hear, and your soul shall live;
dAnd I will make an everlasting covenant with you—
The esure mercies of David.[11]
Treasury - Isaiah 55:3
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(New American Standard Bible (1995 Update))
Incline
Ps
78:1 — Listen, O my people, to my instruction; Incline
your ears to the words of my mouth.
Ps
119:112 — I have inclined my heart to perform Your
statutes Forever, even to the end.
Pr
4:20 — My son, give attention to my words; Incline
your ear to my sayings.
come
Mt
11:28 — "Come to Me, all who are weary and
heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
Jn
6:37 — "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me,
and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out.
Jn
6:44 — "No one can come to Me unless the Father who
sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.
Jn
6:45 — "It is written in the prophets, 'AND THEY SHALL
ALL be TAUGHT of GOD.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes
to Me.
Jn
7:37 — Now on the last day, the great day of
the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone is thirsty, let him
come to Me and drink.
hear
Mt
13:16 — "But blessed are your eyes, because they see;
and your ears, because they hear.
Mt
17:5 — While he was still speaking, a bright cloud
overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud said, "This is My
beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!"
Jn
5:24 — "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My
word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into
judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
Jn
5:25 — "Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming
and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who
hear will live.
Jn
8:47 — "He who is of God hears the words of God; for
this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God."
Jn
10:27 — "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and
they follow Me;
and I will
Isa
54:8 — "In an outburst of anger I hid My face from you
for a moment, But with everlasting lovingkindness I will have compassion on
you," Says the LORD your Redeemer.
Isa
61:8 — For I, the LORD, love justice, I hate robbery
in the burnt offering; And I will faithfully give them their recompense And make
an everlasting covenant with them.
Ge
17:7 — "I will establish My covenant between Me and
you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an
everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.
2Sa
23:5 — "Truly is not my house so with God? For He has
made an everlasting covenant with me, Ordered in all things, and secured; For
all my salvation and all my desire, Will He not indeed make it
grow?
Jer
32:40 — "I will make an everlasting covenant with them
that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; and I will put the fear of
Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me.
Jer
50:5 — "They will ask for the way to Zion,
turning their faces in its direction; they will come that they may join
themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will not be
forgotten.
Heb
13:20 — Now the God of peace, who brought up from the
dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant,
even Jesus our Lord,
the sure
2Sa
7:8-17 — "Now therefore, thus you shall say to My
servant David, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "I took you from the pasture, from
following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel. 9 "I have been with you wherever you have gone and have
cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a great name, like
the names of the great men who are on the earth. 10
"I will also appoint a place for My people Israel and will plant them, that they
may live in their own place and not be disturbed again, nor will the wicked
afflict them any more as formerly, 11 even from the
day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel; and I will give you
rest from all your enemies. The LORD also declares to you that the LORD will
make a house for you. 12 "When your days are
complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant
after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 "He shall build a house for My name, and I will
establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 "I
will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I
will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men, 15 but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I
took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 "Your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me
forever; your throne shall be established forever."'" 17 In accordance with all these words and all this vision,
so Nathan spoke to David.
Ps
89:28 — "My lovingkindness I will keep for him
forever, And My covenant shall be confirmed to him.
Ps
89:35-37 — "Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will
not lie to David. 36 "His descendants shall endure
forever And his throne as the sun before Me. 37 "It
shall be established forever like the moon, And the witness in the sky is
faithful." Selah.
Jer
33:20 — "Thus says the LORD, 'If you can break My
covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night will
not be at their appointed time,
Jer
33:21 — then My covenant may also be broken with David
My servant so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the
Levitical priests, My ministers.
Jer
33:26 — then I would reject the descendants of Jacob
and David My servant, not taking from his descendants rulers over the
descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But I will restore their fortunes and
will have mercy on them.'"
Eze
37:24 — "My servant David will be king over them, and
they will all have one shepherd; and they will walk in My ordinances and keep My
statutes and observe them.
Eze
37:25 — "They will live on the land that I gave to
Jacob My servant, in which your fathers lived; and they will live on it, they,
and their sons and their sons' sons, forever; and David My servant will be their
prince forever.
Ac
13:34 — "As for the fact that He raised Him up
from the dead, no longer to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: 'I WILL
GIVE you the holy and SURE blessings OF DAVID.'
and isa 59:21
21 “As afor Me,” says the LORD, “this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants’ descendants,” says the LORD, “from this time and forevermore.”[12][Treasury - Isaiah 59:21
(New American Standard Bible (1995
Update))
this
Isa
49:8 — Thus says the LORD, "In a favorable time I have
answered You, And in a day of salvation I have helped You; And I will keep You
and give You for a covenant of the people, To restore the land, to make
them inherit the desolate heritages;
Isa
55:3 — "Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that
you may live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, According
to the faithful mercies shown to David.
Jer
31:31-34 — "Behold, days are coming," declares the
LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the
house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant which I
made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of
the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to
them," declares the LORD. 33 "But this is the
covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days," declares
the LORD, "I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and
I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34
"They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother,
saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they will all know Me, from the least of them to
the greatest of them," declares the LORD, "for I will forgive their iniquity,
and their sin I will remember no more."
Jer
32:38-41 — "They shall be My people, and I will be
their God; 39 and I will give them one heart and one
way, that they may fear Me always, for their own good and for the good of
their children after them. 40 "I will make an
everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them, to do them
good; and I will put the fear of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn
away from Me. 41 "I will rejoice over them to do
them good and will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with
all My soul.
Eze
36:25-27 — "Then I will sprinkle clean water on you,
and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all
your idols. 26 "Moreover, I will give you a new
heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from
your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 "I will
put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be
careful to observe My ordinances.
Eze
37:25-27 — "They will live on the land that I gave to
Jacob My servant, in which your fathers lived; and they will live on it, they,
and their sons and their sons' sons, forever; and David My servant will be their
prince forever. 26 "I will make a covenant of peace
with them; it will be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will place them
and multiply them, and will set My sanctuary in their midst forever. 27 "My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will
be their God, and they will be My people.
Eze
39:25-29 — Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Now I
will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on the whole house of Israel;
and I will be jealous for My holy name. 26 "They
will forget their disgrace and all their treachery which they perpetrated
against Me, when they live securely on their own land with no one to make
them afraid. 27 "When I bring them back from
the peoples and gather them from the lands of their enemies, then I shall be
sanctified through them in the sight of the many nations. 28 "Then they will know that I am the LORD their God
because I made them go into exile among the nations, and then gathered them
again to their own land; and I will leave none of them there any longer.
29 "I will not hide My face from them any longer,
for I will have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel," declares the Lord
GOD.
Heb
8:6-13 — But now He has obtained a more excellent
ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has
been enacted on better promises. 7 For if that first
covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion sought for
a second. 8 For finding fault with them, He says,
"BEHOLD, DAYS are coming, SAYS the LORD, WHEN I WILL EFFECT A NEW covenant WITH
THE HOUSE of ISRAEL and with the house of JUDAH; 9
NOT LIKE the covenant which I MADE with THEIR FATHERS ON THE DAY when I TOOK
them by the hand TO LEAD them out of the land of EGYPT; FOR THEY DID NOT
CONTINUE in MY COVENANT, AND I DID NOT CARE for them, SAYS the LORD. 10 "FOR THIS is the covenant that I WILL MAKE with the
house of ISRAEL AFTER those days, SAYS the LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS into their
minds, AND I WILL WRITE them ON THEIR HEARTS. AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY
SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. 11 "AND THEY SHALL NOT TEACH
everyone his FELLOW citizen, AND EVERYONE his brother, SAYING, 'KNOW the LORD,'
FOR ALL will know ME, FROM THE LEAST to the greatest of them. 12 "FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL to their iniquities, AND I WILL
REMEMBER their sins no more." 13 When He said, "A
new covenant," He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming
obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.
Heb
10:16 — "THIS is the covenant that I WILL MAKE with
them AFTER those days, SAYS the LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS upon their heart, AND
ON THEIR MIND I WILL WRITE them," He then says,
My spirit
Isa
11:1-3 — Then a shoot will spring from the stem of
Jesse, And a branch from his roots will bear fruit. 2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him, The spirit of
wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and strength, The spirit of
knowledge and the fear of the LORD. 3 And He will
delight in the fear of the LORD, And He will not judge by what His eyes see, Nor
make a decision by what His ears hear;
Isa
61:1-3 — The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,
Because the LORD has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has
sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And
freedom to prisoners; 2 To proclaim the favorable
year of the LORD And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn,
3 To grant those who mourn in Zion, Giving
them a garland instead of ashes, The oil of gladness instead of mourning, The
mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. So they will be called oaks of
righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
Jn
1:33 — "I did not recognize Him, but He who sent me to
baptize in water said to me, 'He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and
remaining upon Him, this is the One who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'
Jn
3:34 — "For He whom God has sent speaks the words of
God; for He gives the Spirit without measure.
Jn
4:14 — but whoever drinks of the water that I will
give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in
him a well of water springing up to eternal life."
Jn
7:39 — But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who
believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given,
because Jesus was not yet glorified.
Ro
8:9 — However, you are not in the flesh but in the
Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have
the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.
2Co
3:8 — how will the ministry of the Spirit fail to be
even more with glory?
2Co
3:17 — Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the
Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
2Co
3:18 — But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in
a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from
glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
my words
Isa
51:16 — "I have put My words in your mouth and have
covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the
earth, and to say to Zion, 'You are My people.'"
Jn
7:16 — So Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching
is not Mine, but His who sent Me.
Jn
7:17 — "If anyone is willing to do His will, he will
know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from
Myself.
Jn
8:38 — "I speak the things which I have seen with
My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from
your father."
Jn
17:8 — for the words which You gave Me I have given to
them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from
You, and they believed that You sent Me.
1Co
15:3-58 — For I delivered to you as of first
importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the
Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He
was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
6 After that He appeared to more than five hundred
brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen
asleep; 7 then He appeared to James, then to all the
apostles; 8 and last of all, as to one untimely
born, He appeared to me also. 9 For I am the least
of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the
church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what
I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than
all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me. 11 Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and
so you believed. 12 Now if Christ is preached, that
He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no
resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no
resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised; 14 and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching
is vain, your faith also is vain. 15 Moreover we are
even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God
that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not
raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even
Christ has been raised; 17 and if Christ has not
been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have
perished. 19 If we have hoped in Christ in this life
only, we are of all men most to be pitied. 20 But
now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are
asleep. 21 For since by a man came death, by
a man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be
made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the
first fruits, after that those who are Christ's at His coming, 24 then comes the end, when He hands over the
kingdom to the God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority
and power. 25 For He must reign until He has put all
His enemies under His feet. 26 The last enemy that
will be abolished is death. 27 For HE HAS PUT all
things in subjection under HIS FEET. But when He says, "All things are put in
subjection," it is evident that He is excepted who put all things in subjection
to Him. 28 When all things are subjected to Him,
then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the One who subjected all things
to Him, so that God may be all in all. 29 Otherwise,
what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at
all, why then are they baptized for them? 30 Why are
we also in danger every hour? 31 I affirm, brethren,
by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 32 If from human motives I fought with wild beasts at
Ephesus, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, LET US EAT and
drink, FOR TOMORROW we die. 33 Do not be deceived:
"Bad company corrupts good morals." 34 Become
sober-minded as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God.
I speak this to your shame. 35 But someone
will say, "How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?"
36 You fool! That which you sow does not come to
life unless it dies; 37 and that which you sow, you
do not sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of
something else. 38 But God gives it a body just as
He wished, and to each of the seeds a body of its own. 39 All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one
flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds,
and another of fish. 40 There are also heavenly
bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the
glory of the earthly is another. 41 There is
one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the
stars; for star differs from star in glory. 42 So
also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is
raised an imperishable body; 43 it is sown in
dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;
44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a
spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual
body. 45 So also it is written, "The first
MAN, Adam, BECAME a living soul." The last Adam became a life-giving
spirit. 46 However, the spiritual is not first, but
the natural; then the spiritual. 47 The first man is
from the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven. 48 As is the earthy, so also are those who are earthy; and
as is the heavenly, so also are those who are heavenly. 49 Just as we have borne the image of the earthy, we will
also bear the image of the heavenly. 50 Now I say
this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does
the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold,
I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable,
and we will be changed. 53 For this perishable must
put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 But when this perishable will have put on the
imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about
the saying that is written, "DEATH is swallowed up in victory. 55 "O DEATH, WHERE is your victory? O DEATH, where is your
sting?" 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power
of sin is the law; 57 but thanks be to God, who
gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast,
immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is
not in vain in the Lord. [7]
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What should the Pharisees, Sadducees and Scribes have known and understood? What should we know and understand?
Let’s discuss The Gospel or “good news” of Christ on Tuesday……
As you read Galatians, remember these words are God’s words to us as well as the Galatians!
We’ll focus on
Gal 1:2-5
on Tuesday.
As usual, bring your thoughts, ideas and concerns for our discussion.
We’ll focus on
Gal 1:2-5
on Tuesday.
As usual, bring your thoughts, ideas and concerns for our discussion.
Grace and peace to you!
Nathan
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Appendix Bibliography
[1] The New King James Version. (1982). (Ga 1:1–8). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
[2] Barry, J. D., Mangum, D., Brown, D. R., Heiser, M. S., Custis, M., Ritzema, E., … Bomar, D. (2012, 2016). Faithlife Study Bible (Ga 1:1–5). Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.
[1] The New King James Version. (1982). (Ga 1:1–8). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
[2] Barry, J. D., Mangum, D., Brown, D. R., Heiser, M. S., Custis, M., Ritzema, E., … Bomar, D. (2012, 2016). Faithlife Study Bible (Ga 1:1–5). Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.
[3] Barry, J. D., Mangum, D., Brown, D. R., Heiser, M. S., Custis, M., Ritzema, E., … Bomar, D. (2012, 2016). Faithlife Study Bible (Ga 1:1). Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.
[4] Barry, J. D., Mangum, D., Brown, D. R., Heiser, M. S., Custis, M., Ritzema, E., … Bomar, D. (2012, 2016). Faithlife Study Bible (Ga 1:1). Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.
[5] Barry, J. D., Mangum, D., Brown, D. R., Heiser, M. S., Custis, M., Ritzema, E., … Bomar, D. (2012, 2016). Faithlife Study Bible (Ga 1:2–10). Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.
[6] Barry, J. D., Mangum, D., Brown, D. R., Heiser, M. S., Custis, M., Ritzema, E., … Bomar, D. (2012, 2016). Faithlife Study Bible (Ga 1:6). Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.
[7] The Treasury Blayney, B., Scott, T., & Torrey, R. A. with Canne, J., Browne. (n.d.). The Treasury of Scripture knowledge. London: Samuel Bagster and Sons.
[8] The New King James Version. (1982). (Je 31:31–34). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
[9] The New King James Version. (1982). (Je 31:33). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
[10]The New King James Version. (1982). (Je 31:34). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
[11] The New King James Version. (1982). (Is 55:3). Nashville: Thomas Nelson
12] The New King James Version. (1982). (Is 59:21). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
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