Galatians 1:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Only it came to their ears that he who at one time was cruel to us is now preaching the faith which before had been attacked by him;

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  • Acts 6:7 : 7 And the word of God was increasing in power; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem became very great, and a great number of priests were in agreement with the faith.
  • Acts 9:13 : 13 But Ananias said, Lord, I have had accounts of this man from a number of people, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem:
  • Acts 9:20 : 20 And straight away, in the Synagogues, he was preaching Jesus as the Son of God.
  • Acts 9:26 : 26 And when he came to Jerusalem, he made an attempt to be joined to the disciples, but they were all in fear of him, not taking him for a disciple.
  • 1 Cor 15:8-9 : 8 And last of all, as by one whose birth was out of the right time, he was seen by me. 9 For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
  • 1 Tim 1:13-16 : 13 Though I had said violent words against God, and done cruel acts, causing great trouble: but I was given mercy, because I did it without knowledge, not having faith; 14 And the grace of our Lord was very great, with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 15 It is a true saying, in which all may put their faith, that Christ Jesus came into the world to give salvation to sinners, of whom I am the chief: 16 But for this reason I was given mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might make clear all his mercy, as an example to those who in the future would have faith in him to eternal life.

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    12For I did not get it from man, and I was not given teaching in it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.

    13For news has come to you of my way of life in the past in the Jews' religion, how I was cruel without measure to the church of God, and did great damage to it:

    14And I went farther in the Jews' religion than a number of my generation among my countrymen, having a more burning interest in the beliefs handed down from my fathers.

  • Gal 1:22
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    22And the churches of Judaea which were in Christ still had no knowledge of my face or person:

  • Acts 9:20-21
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    20And straight away, in the Synagogues, he was preaching Jesus as the Son of God.

    21And all those hearing him were full of wonder and said, Is not this the man who in Jerusalem was attacking all the worshippers of this name? and he had come here so that he might take them as prisoners before the chief priests.

  • Gal 1:24
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    24And they gave glory to God in me.

  • 1 Tim 1:13
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    13Though I had said violent words against God, and done cruel acts, causing great trouble: but I was given mercy, because I did it without knowledge, not having faith;

  • Acts 22:19
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    19And I said, Lord, they themselves have knowledge that I went through the Synagogues putting in prison and whipping all those who had faith in you:

  • Acts 22:4-9
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    4And I made attacks on this Way, even to death, taking men and women and putting them in prison.

    5Of which the high priest will be a witness, and all the rulers, from whom I had letters to the brothers; and I went into Damascus, to take those who were there as prisoners to Jerusalem for punishment.

    6And it came about that while I was on my journey, coming near to Damascus, about the middle of the day, suddenly I saw a great light from heaven shining round me.

    7And when I went down on the earth, a voice came to my ears saying to me, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

    8And I, answering, said, Who are you; Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are attacking.

    9And those who were with me saw the light, but the voice of him who was talking to me came not to their ears.

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    9For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

    10And this I did in Jerusalem: and numbers of the saints I put in prison, having had authority given to me from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my decision against them.

    11And I gave them punishment frequently, in all the Synagogues, forcing them to say things against God; and burning with passion against them, I went after them even into far-away towns.

    12Then, when I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and orders of the chief priests,

    13In the middle of the day, on the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining round me and those who were journeying with me.

    14And when we had all gone down on the earth, a voice came to me, saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? It is hard for you to go against the impulse which is driving you.

    15And I said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking.

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    13But Ananias said, Lord, I have had accounts of this man from a number of people, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem:

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    1But Saul, still burning with desire to put to death the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

    2And made a request for letters from him to the Synagogues of Damascus, so that if there were any of the Way there, men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

    3And while he was journeying, he came near Damascus; and suddenly he saw a light from heaven shining round him;

    4And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

    5And he said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking:

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    6In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.

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    9For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God.

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    26And when he came to Jerusalem, he made an attempt to be joined to the disciples, but they were all in fear of him, not taking him for a disciple.

    27But Barnabas took him to the Apostles and gave them an account of how he had seen the Lord on the road, and had given hearing to his words, and how at Damascus he had been preaching in the name of Jesus without fear.

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    30Fighting the same fight which you saw in me, and now have word of in me.

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    21And they said to him, We have not had letters from Judaea about you, and no one of the brothers has come to us here to give an account or say any evil about you.

    22But we have a desire to give hearing to your opinion: for as to this form of religion, we have knowledge that in all places it is attacked.

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    3But Saul was burning with hate against the church, going into every house and taking men and women and putting them in prison.

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    10But you took as your example my teaching, behaviour, purpose, and faith; my long waiting, my love, my quiet undergoing of trouble;

    11My punishments and pain; the things which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; the cruel attacks made on me: and the Lord made me free from them all.

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    16To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood,

    17And I went not up to Jerusalem to those who were Apostles before me; but I went away into Arabia, and again I came back to Damascus.

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    9This man was giving ear to the preaching of Paul, who, looking at him, and seeing that he had faith to be made well,

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    11And because I was unable to see because of the glory of that light, those who were with me took me by the hand, and so I came to Damascus.

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    15Who put to death the Lord Jesus and the prophets, violently driving us out; who are unpleasing to God and against all men;

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    9But Saul, whose other name is Paul, being full of the Holy Spirit, looking hard at him, said,

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    7And the men who were with him were not able to say anything; hearing the voice, but seeing no one.

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    14But this I will say openly to you, that I do give worship to the God of our fathers after that Way, which to them is not the true religion: but I have belief in all the things which are in the law and in the books of the prophets:

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    21For this reason, the Jews took me in the Temple, and made an attempt to put me to death.

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    14And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.

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    10Only it was their desire that we would give thought to the poor; which very thing I had much in mind to do.

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    11And the Lord said to him, Get up, and go to the street which is named Straight, and make search at the house of Judas for one named Saul of Tarsus: for he is at prayer;