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Galatians
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Monday
- Verse of the Day: Galatians 1:11-12
- Scripture: Galatians 1:1-24
- Video: BibleProject - Sketching a BOOK OF GALATIANS Summary from the Bible
- Commentary: Galatians 1. Paul Prepares His Audience to Hear the Gospel
Tuesday
- Verse of the Day: Galatians 2:20
- Scripture: Galatians 2:1-21
- Commentary: Galatians 2. Righteousness Only through the Faithfulness of Jesus Christ
Wednesday
- Verse of the Day: Galatians 3:13
- Scripture: Galatians 3:1-18
- Commentary: Galatians 3:1–18. Blessings through Covenantal Faithfulness
Thursday
- Verse of the Day: Galatians 4:7
- Scripture: Galatians 3:19-29
- Scripture: Galatians 4:1-7
- Commentary: Galatians 3:19–4:7. Becoming Children of God through Christlike Faithfulness
Friday
- Verse of the Day: Galatians 4:28
- Scripture: Galatians 4:8-31
- Commentary: Galatians 4:8–31. Free Children of God through the Eternal Covenant
Saturday
- Verse of the Day: Galatians 5:25
- Scripture: Galatians 5:1-26
- Commentary: Galatians 5. Liberty Only through Christ and the Fruits of the Spirit
Sunday
- Verse of the Day: Galatians 6:9
- Scripture: Galatians 6:1-18
- Commentary: Galatians 6:1–18. Be Active in Doing Good
Joseph Smith Translation Variants
Explore Joseph Smith's inspired translation of the bible by comparing his changes to the King James Version of the New Testament. To learn more, see Joseph Smith's Translation of the Bible: The Joseph Smith Translation and the King James Translation in Parallel Columns.
Galatians 1
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(10) For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. |
(10) For do I now please men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. |
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(24) And they glorified God in me. |
(24) And they glorified God on account of me. |
Galatians 2
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(4) And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: |
(4) Notwithstanding, there were some brought in by false brethrenunawares, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: |
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(14) But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews? |
(14) But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of the Gentiles and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews? |
Galatians 3
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(14) That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. |
(14) That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that they might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. |
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(15) Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. |
(15) Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet when confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. |
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(18) For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. |
(18) For if the inheritance is of the Law, then it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. |
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(19) Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. |
(19) Wherefore then, the Law was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made in the Law given to Moses, who was ordained by the hand of angels to be a mediator of this first covenant (the Law). |
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(20) Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. |
(20) Now this mediator was not a mediator of the new covenant, but there is one mediator of the new covenant, who is Christ, and it is written in the Law concerning the promises made to Abraham and his seed. Now Christ is the mediator of life, for this is the promise which God made unto Abraham. |
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(24) Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. |
(24) Wherefore, the Law was our schoolmaster until Christ, that we might be justified by faith. |
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(29) And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. |
(29) And if ye are Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. |
Galatians 4
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(12) Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all. |
(12) Brethren, I beseech you to be perfect as I am perfect. For I am persuaded as ye have a knowledge of me, ye have not injured me at all by your sayings. |
Reading Resources
Galatians
Lynne Hilton Wilson, "Galatians," Come Follow Me: The New Testament, 2019.
Background to the Pauline Epistles:
- Frank F. Judd Jr., “The Epistles of the Apostle Paul: An Overview,” in New Testament History, Culture, and Society: A Background to the Texts of the New Testament, ed. Lincoln H. Blumell (Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2019), 419-445.
- Eric D. Huntsman, “The Occasional Nature, Composition, and Structure of Paul’s Letters,” in How the New Testament Came to Be: The Thirty-fifth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr. (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 190–207.
Galatians
- Hyde, Paul Nolan, A Comprehensive Commentary of The Epistle of Paul to the Galatians, Orem, UT: Parrish Press, 2015.
- Gaye Strathearn, “Peter and Paul in Antioch,” in The Ministry of Peter, the Chief Apostle, ed. Frank F. Judd Jr., Eric D. Huntsman, and Shon D. Hopkin (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2014), 226–46.
The Law of Christ and Freedom
- Gaye Strathearn, “The Faith of Christ,” in A Witness for the Restoration: Essays in Honor of Robert J. Matthews, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Andrew C. Skinner (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2007), 93–127.
- Gaye Strathearn, “Law and Liberty in Galatians 5–6,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The New Testament, ed. Frank F. Judd Jr. and Gaye Strathearn (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 296–311.
- Robert D. Hales, “Agency: Essential to the Plan of Life,” General Conference October 2010.
- L. Tom Perry, “Obedience to Law is Liberty,” General Conference April 2013.
- Mark D. Ellison, "Paul and James on Faith and Works," Religious Educator 13, no. 3 (2012): 147–171.
Abrahamic Covenant and Adoption
- Monte S. Nyman, “The Covenant of Abraham,” in The Pearl of Great Price: Revelations from God, ed. H. Donl Peterson and Charles D. Tate Jr. (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1989), 155–70.
- Kent P. Jackson, “The Abrahamic Covenant: A Blessing for All People,” Ensign, February 1990.
- Brian K. Ray, "Adoption and Atonement: Becoming Sons and Daughters of Christ," Religious Educator 6, no. 3 (2005): 129-136.