16To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
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And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; …
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-24)What Paul had said more generally, in the preface of this epistle, he now proceeds more particularly to enlarge upon. There he had declared himself to be an apostle of Christ; and here he comes more directly to support his claim to that character and office. There were some in the churches of Galatia who were prevailed with to call this in question; for those who preached up the ceremonial law did…
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