19 Therefore (A)my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who (B)turn to God,

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19 “It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God.

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28 For it has seemed good (A)to the Holy Spirit and (B)to us (C)to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements:

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28 It seemed good to the Holy Spirit(A) and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements:

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For they themselves report concerning us the kind of (A)reception we had among you, and how (B)you turned to God (C)from idols to serve the living and (D)true God,

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for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned(A) to God from idols(B) to serve the living and true God,(C)

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(A)not that there is another one, but (B)there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or (C)an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, (D)let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, (E)let him be accursed.

10 For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying (F)to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a (G)servant[a] of Christ.

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  1. Galatians 1:10 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion(A) and are trying to pervert(B) the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you,(C) let them be under God’s curse!(D) As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted,(E) let them be under God’s curse!

10 Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people?(F) If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

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24 Since we have heard that (A)some persons have gone out from us and (B)troubled you[a] with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions,

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  1. Acts 15:24 Some manuscripts some persons from us have troubled you

24 We have heard that some went out from us without our authorization and disturbed you, troubling your minds by what they said.(A)

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20 but declared first (A)to those in Damascus, (B)then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also (C)to the Gentiles, that they should (D)repent and (E)turn to God, performing deeds (F)in keeping with their repentance.

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20 First to those in Damascus,(A) then to those in Jerusalem(B) and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles,(C) I preached that they should repent(D) and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.(E)

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Take with you words
    and return to the Lord;
say to him,
    “Take away all iniquity;
accept (A)what is good,
    and we will pay with bulls
    (B)the vows[a] of our lips.

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  1. Hosea 14:2 Septuagint, Syriac pay the fruit

Take words with you
    and return to the Lord.
Say to him:
    “Forgive(A) all our sins
and receive us graciously,(B)
    that we may offer the fruit of our lips.[a](C)

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  1. Hosea 14:2 Or offer our lips as sacrifices of bulls

let the wicked forsake his way,
    and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
    and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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Let the wicked forsake(A) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.(B)
Let them turn(C) to the Lord, and he will have mercy(D) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.(E)

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11 But if I, brothers,[a] still preach[b] circumcision, (A)why am I still being persecuted? In that case (B)the offense of the cross has been removed. 12 I wish (C)those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!

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  1. Galatians 5:11 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 13
  2. Galatians 5:11 Greek proclaim

11 Brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted?(A) In that case the offense(B) of the cross has been abolished. 12 As for those agitators,(C) I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!

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(A)Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who (B)slipped in to spy out (C)our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, (D)so that they might bring us into slavery—

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This matter arose because some false believers(A) had infiltrated our ranks to spy on(B) the freedom(C) we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves.

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10 Now, therefore, why (A)are you putting God to the test (B)by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples (C)that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

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10 Now then, why do you try to test God(A) by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke(B) that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear?

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