"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 …" — Galatians 1:10

Galatians 1:10 · KJV

“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.”

— Galatians 1:10

Verse 9

As we said before, so say I now again, If any {man} preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

Verse 11

But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.

Galatians 1 — Context

But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

As we said before, so say I now again, If any {man} preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

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.

But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.

For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught {it}, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 2:4

But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

Acts 5:29

Then Peter and the {other} apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

Ephesians 6:6

Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

James 4:4

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Matthew 22:16

Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?

Colossians 3:22

Servants, obey in all things {your} masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:

2 Corinthians 5:9-11

Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. {labour: or, endeavour}

Romans 2:29

But he {is} a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision {is that} of the heart, in the spirit, {and} not in the letter; whose praise {is} not of men, but of God.