i

might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father :3 5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen 6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed1 * from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another Gospel :

m

k

7 1Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert 5 the Gospel of Christ.

3 our God and Father. Rh. Ham.

Br. transferred. Rh. carried away. Pu.

turned. Co. Ma. Cr. Bi. fallen. 5 will invert. Rh.

b-ISA. lxv. 17: Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth. JOHN, xv. 19: Because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. do. xvii. 14: I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. ЕPH. i. 21: Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but in that which is to come. HEB. ii. 5: For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. do. vi. 5: Have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come. 2 PET. iii. 13: We, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 1 JOHN, v. 19: We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

i1 JOHN, ii. 16: For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

* GAL. v. 4, 7, 8: Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. 12. COR. xi. 4: If he that cometh preacheth another Jesusor another Gospel.

m Acтs, xv. 1, 2, 24: Certain men which came down from Judæa taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question. We have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and

8 But though we, or an "angel from heaven, preach any other Gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, accursed.

let him be

9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other Gospel unto you P than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

r

10 For do I now persuade 6 men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men,' I should not be the servant of Christ.

* solicit the favour of. Dod. if I studied to please men. Ma.

keep the law. do. xvii. 6: They drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also. 2 COR. ii. 17: For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ. do. xi. 13: For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. GAL. v. 10, 12: He that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be. I would they were even cut off which trouble you.

n2 COR. xi. 14: Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

• I COR. xvi. 22: If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema.

℗ Deut. iv. 2: Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it. do. xii. 32: What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. PRO. Xxx. 6: Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. REV. xxii. 18: If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book.

9] SAM. xxiv. 7: So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. MAT. xxviii. 14: And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you. 1 JOHN, iii. 9: Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

2 COR. xii. 19: Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying. 1 THES. ii. 4: As we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the Gospel, even so we speak ; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth

11 'But I certify you, brethren, that the Gospel which was preached of me is not after man.8

12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the "revelation of Jesus Christ.

13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the Church of God, and wasted it :10

W

14 And profited" in the Jews' religion above many my equals 12 in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.

X

according to man. Rh. Ham. Pu. 9 Judaism. Rh. 10 spoiled it. Co Ma. Cr. Bi. " proceeded. Pu. 12 Gr. my equals in years. A. V.

our hearts.

JAMES, iv. 4: Whosoever therefore will be a

friend of the world is the enemy of God.

$1 COR. XV. 1: Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand.

t Ver. 1. 1 COR. XV. 1-3: Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received.

" EPH. iii. 3: By revelation he made known unto me the mystery.

W

See on AcTs, viii. 3.

ACTS, xxii. 3: And was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. do. xxvi. 9: I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. PHI. iii. 6: Concerning zeal, persecuting the Church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

* JER. ix. 14: But have walked after the imagination of their own heart-which their fathers taught them. MAT. XV. 2: Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. MARK, vii. 5: Then the Pharisees and Scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?

15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by

his grace,

Z

16 To reveal his Son in 13

me, that I might * preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:

17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Da

mascus.

13 by. Ham. to. Whit.

y ISA. xlix. 1, 5: Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength. JER. 1.5: Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Acrs, ix. 15: But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel' unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel. do. xiii. 2: As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. do. xxii. 14, 15: And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth. For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard. Roм. i. 1: Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the Gospel of God.

22 COR. iv. 6: God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. a See on ACTS, ix. 15.

b MAT. xvi. 17: Flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. 1 COR. xv. 50: Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 2 COR. v. 16: Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. EPH. vi. 12: We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities.

18 Then after three years I went up 14 to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.

d

19 But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother.

20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.

e

21 f Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;

22 And was unknown by face 15 unto the churches of Judæa which were in Christ:

23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once 16 he destroyed.

i

24 And they glorified God in me."

"returned. A. V. 15 by sight. Rh. 15 by sight. Rh. 16 before. Ma. Cr. Gen. 32 for

me. Pu.

с

ACTs, ix. 26: When Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples.

MARK, vi. 3: Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses? 1 COR. ix. 5: And as the brethren of our Lord, and Cephas.

See on Roм. i. 9.

ACTs, ix. 30: They brought him down to Cæsarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.

ROM. xvi. 7: Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. 1 THES. i. 1: Unto the church of the Thessalonians, which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ. do. ii. 14: Ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judæa are in Christ Jesus. Roм. xvi. 7: Salute Andronicus and Junia-who also were in Christ before me.

ACTS, ix. 13, 26: Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem. And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple. See 1 TIM. i. 13-16.

'ACTS, xxi. 19, 20: And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry. And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord.