Verse 14
Galatians 1:14
New Living Translation
14
I was far ahead of my fellow Jews in my zeal for the traditions of my ancestors.
Original Language Text
greek
καὶ προέκοπτον ἐν τῷ Ἰουδαϊσμῷ ὑπὲρ πολλοὺς συνηλικιώτας ἐν τῷ γένει μου, περισσοτέρως ζηλωτὴς ὑπάρχων τῶν πατρικῶν μου παραδόσεων.
English Translation
And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, being more extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 1 Context
1
This letter is from Paul, an apostle. I was not appointed by any group of people or any human author...
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All the brothers and sisters here join me in sending this letter to the churches of Galatia.
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May God (Elohim) the Father and our Lord Yashua (Jesus) Christ give you grace and peace.
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Yashua (Jesus) gave his life for our sins, just as God (Elohim) our Father planned, in order to resc...
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All glory to God (Elohim) forever and ever! Amen.
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I am shocked that you are turning away so soon from God (Elohim), who called you to himself through...
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but is not the Good News at all. You are being fooled by those who deliberately twist the truth conc...
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Let God (Elohim)’s curse fall on anyone, including us or even an angel from heaven, who preaches a d...
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9
I say again what we have said before: If anyone preaches any other Good News than the one you welcom...
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10
Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God (Elohim). If pleasing people wer...
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11
Dear brothers and sisters, I want you to understand that the gospel message I preach is not based on...
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I received my message from no human source, and no one taught me. Instead, I received it by direct r...
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You know what I was like when I followed the Jewish religion — how I violently persecuted God (Elohi...
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I was far ahead of my fellow Jews in my zeal for the traditions of my ancestors.
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But even before I was born, God (Elohim) chose me and called me by his marvelous grace. Then it plea...
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to reveal his Son to me so that I would proclaim the Good News about Yashua (Jesus) to the Gentiles....
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Nor did I go up to Jerusalem to consult with those who were apostles before I was. Instead, I went a...
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Then three years later I went to Jerusalem to get to know Peter, and I stayed with him for fifteen d...
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The only other apostle I met at that time was James, the Lord’s brother.
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I declare before God (Elohim) that what I am writing to you is not a lie.
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After that visit I went north into the provinces of Syria and Cilicia.
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And still the churches in Christ that are in Judea didn’t know me personally.
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All they knew was that people were saying, “The one who used to persecute us is now preaching the ve...
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And they praised God (Elohim) because of me.
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