Galatians 1:10

“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.”

"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 1:10
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What does Galatians 1:10 mean?

Galatians 1:10 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "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." This verse comes from the letter to the Galatians, which was written by the apostle…

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The Pleasing of God Versus the Pleasing of Men

In the epistle to the Galatians, the apostle Paul addresses a critical issue confronting the early church— the temptation to conform to the influences of society over the divine mandate of God. The verse, Galatians 1:10 (KJV), reads, "For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I…

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A Prayer for Divine Approval Over Human Pleasing

Heavenly Father, I come before You today in humility and reverence, drawn to Your Word in Galatians 1:10, which reminds us of the truth we are called to uphold: "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…

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Galatians 1:10 - "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 4:10 - "Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years."
Galatians 6:1
Galatians 1:24 - "And they glorified God in me."
Galatians 2:10 - "Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do."
Galatians 1:2 - "And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:"
Galatian 5:1
Galatian 5:1
"Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years." - Galatians 4:10
Galatians 1:5 - "To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen."
Galatian 5:1
Galatians 3:10 - "For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them."
Galatians 1:21 - "Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;"
"And they glorified God in me." - Galatians 1:24
Galatians 6:10 - "As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith."
Galatians 3:1 - "O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?"
Galatians 5:10 - "I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be."
Galatians 1:19 - "But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother."
Galatians 1:7 - "Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ."
Galatians 1:22 - "And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:"
Galatians 1:11 - "But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man."
Galatians 1:1 - "Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)"
Galatians 1:12 - "For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ."
Galatians 1:20 - "Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not."
Galatians 1:3 - "Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,"
"And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:" - Galatians 1:2
"To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen." - Galatians 1:5
"Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;" - Galatians 1:21
Galatians 5:1 - "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."