Contemplative Bible Reading

Galatians 1:11 (New Living Translation) 11 Dear brothers and sisters, I want you to understand that the gospel message I preach is not based on mere human reasoning. This is taken from a letter that Paul wrote to Christians living in Galatia. Paul was a reasonable and reasoning person. The text of the Acts of […]

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Galatians 1:7b (New Living Translation) You are being fooled by those who deliberately twist the truth concerning Christ. The writer chides the Christians in Galatia. They are falling for a twisted version of the truth. So sad. What truth was twisted? The truth about Christ. What was the truth about Christ? See a couple of […]

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Galatians 6:4 (New Living Translation) Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else. I think God wants us to do well. Hence, we have the phrase “a job well done.” The result of a […]

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Galatians 6:4-5 (New Living Translation) 4 Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else. 5 For we are each responsible for our own conduct. I have always liked to be the best—the best speller […]

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Galatians 3:5 (New Living Translation) I ask you again, does God give you the Holy Spirit and work miracles among you because you obey the law? Of course not! It is because you believe the message you heard about Christ. Notice the introduction to the question asked above. It tells us about some of God’s […]

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Galatians 4:8-10 (New Living Translation) 8 Before you Gentiles knew God, you were slaves to so-called gods that do not even exist. 9 So now that you know God (or should I say, now that God knows you), why do you want to go back again and become slaves once more to the weak and […]

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Galatians 4:8 (New Living Translation) Before you Gentiles knew God, you were slaves to so-called gods that do not even exist. This summarizes the state of the Gentiles in Galatia before the Gospel. They had enslaved themselves to things that didn’t exist. Let’s try to understand that principle. Think of something that does not exist. […]

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Galatians 1:4 (New Living Translation) Jesus gave his life for our sins, just as God our Father planned, in order to rescue us from this evil world in which we live. I can’t add anything. God, please keep my pride from having me attempt to add.

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Galatians 6:12 (New Living Translation) Those who are trying to force you to be circumcised want to look good to others. They don’t want to be persecuted for teaching that the cross of Christ alone can save. This is the theme of Paul’s Galatian letter: The cross of Christ ALONE saves There are no prerequisites, […]

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Galatians 5:24 (New Living Translation) Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. I like the wording of this verse in this translation. I used to hate people who were fill-in-the-blank, but I killed that hatred by nailing it to […]

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