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to revealἀποκαλύψαιhis Sonτὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦinἐνme,ἐμοὶso thatἵναI might proclaim the good news ofεὐαγγελίζωμαιhimαὐτὸνamongἐνthe nations,τοῖς ἔθνεσινat onceεὐθέωςI did notοὐconsultπροσανεθέμηνwith fleshσαρκὶandκαὶblood,αἵματι
Galatians 1:16
Study it in the app“to reveal his Son in me, so that I might proclaim the good news of him among the nations, at once I did not consult with flesh and blood,”
Paul says God set him apart from his mother's wombPurpose
With the Greek beneath
Galatians 1:16, word by word
- to revealἀποκαλύψαιapokalypsai
reveal
Reveal, uncover what was hidden.
Where else “apokalypsai” appears- his Sonυἱὸνhuion
Son
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huion” appears- I might proclaim the good news ofεὐαγγελίζωμαιeuangelizōmai
proclaim good news
Announce the good news; in the passive, have the good news announced or be announced as good news.
Where else “euangelizōmai” appears- the nationsἔθνεσινethnesin
Gentile
The peoples who are not Israel.
Where else “ethnesin” appears- at onceεὐθέωςeutheōs
immediately
Immediately, at once.
Where else “eutheōs” appears- consultπροσανεθέμηνprosanethemēn
consult
To go and ask someone's opinion.
Where else “prosanethemēn” appears- with fleshσαρκὶsarki
mortal
Human beings, frail and mortal.
Where else “sarki” appears- bloodαἵματιhaimati
blood
The red fluid that runs through the bodies of people and animals.
Where else “haimati” appears
Translation note
“Flesh and blood”: that is, with no human being.
The context
15But when the one who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace was pleased
16 · This verse (above)
17nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and again I returned to Damascus.