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For ye have heard of my manner of life in time past in the Jews` religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and made havoc of it:

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

My manner of life (την εμην αναστροφην). Late word in this sense from Polybius on from αναστρεφομα. In the older writers it meant …

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

For you have heard of my conversation. My conduct, my mode of life, my deportment.

Probably Paul had himself made them acquainted w…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

You have heard.—Rather, you heard. It was indeed notorious; but the Apostle may be referring to the fact that he himself …

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Paul was intensely desirous that the Galatian Christians should understand that he was no mere repeater of other men's doctrines, but that what he …

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

The first part of this cumulative argument concerns Paul’s former life in Judaism, before his conversion to Christianity. At this point, so far was…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

For you have heard of my conversation. The whole of this narrative was added as a part of his argument. He relates that, during his whole …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

For you have heard of my conversation in time past
His manner and course of life, in his state of unregeneracy, how …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

In preaching the gospel, the apostle sought to bring persons to the obedience, not of men, but of God. But Paul would not attempt to alter the doct…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

Previously, the Apostle rebuked the Galatians for their fickleness in so quickly setting aside the gospel's teaching; now he shows the dignity of t…

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