Where the Fathers quote Galatians 1

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Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:857expounds v.8“αλλα και εαν ημεις η αγγελος εξ ουρανου ευαγγελιζηται υμιν παρ᾿ ο ευηγγελισαμεθα υμιν, αναθεμα εστω.”165. On the Apostle’s statement «Even if an angel from heaven should preach to you»

1Gal 1:1

2Gal 1:2

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1115B…contrasted with carnal and corporal [worship]. It might also be read pneuma; for he often says we have received the Spirit, Rom. viii, 13; II Corinth. xi, 4; Gal. i, 2. Col. 558, L. 30. Prattōn R. Col. 559… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:385…he writes saying and all the brethren that are with me unto the churches of galatia grace be unto you and peace he also wrote one epistle to the hebrews all of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:611…jesus christ and god the father who raised him from the dead and all the brethren which are with me unto the churches of galatia grace be to you and peace from god the father and…

3Gal 1:3

4Gal 1:4

5Gal 1:5

6Gal 1:6

Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:713…them not to be moved away from him who called them in the grace of christ unto another gospel… Eusebius of Emesa c. 300-359PG 86:507…, a term signifying the same thing as didaskalia in the Gospel of Nicodemus, according to the Greek text, c. xix. Nor does it differ from euangelion (e.g., Gal. 1:6, 7, 8), except in that ecclesiastical w… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:759A…abounding in the work of the Lord (1 Cor. XV, 58). I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel (Gal. I, 6). REGULA XL. That those who delive… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:21…nd the great senselessness of the Jews is the questioning, and Paul is perplexed concerning the Galatians, saying: "I marvel that you are so quickly changing" (Gal. 1: 6): which is in the order of accusations,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:647D…urses with greater authority, making a comparison of faith and the law. Thus, therefore, in the beginning he says: "I marvel that you are so soon transferred" (Gal. 1. 6): but here, "O foolish Galatians!" For… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:307…when for the time ye ought to be teachers so also there i marvel that ye are so soon removed he speaks with reproof which belongs to praise for when they have fallen from a higher… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1393…confessing christ as god and for that reason he writes to some i marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into another gospel which is not another but there be some… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1325…h from the epistle to the galatians h i marvel that you are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of christ unto another gospel which is not another but there are… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:463…is but next he begins to accuse vers i marvel that you are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of christ unto another gospel which is not another but there be… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:3411…sighted whence also paul seeing such galatians says i marvel that you are so soon removed from him who called you into the grace of christ and after much teaching and most wise exhortation he rightly… John Kaminiates fl. c. 904PG 109:823…galatians who were so transferred from him who had called them in the grace of christ unto another gospel which is not another save that it serves to provoke god to anger and to draw down…

7Gal 1:7

Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1393…are so soon removed from him that called you into another gospel which is not another but there be some that trouble you and would pervert the gospel of christ and he says again but though… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1325…him that called you into the grace of christ unto another gospel which is not another but there are some that trouble you and would pervert the gospel of christ but though we or an angel… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:463…him that called you into the grace of christ unto another gospel which is not another but there be some that trouble you and would pervert the gospel of christ he filled his accusation with the…

8Gal 1:8

9Gal 1:9

10Gal 1:10

Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1223…otherwise that saying of the apostle himself would be contrary which says if i yet pleased men i should not be the servant of christ but one who holds the balance of his own life and… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:841A…nor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God? (John v, 44)... If I were still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ (Gal. i, 10). That he who teaches ought to propose… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1293…reward and the apostle also confesses that if i were still pleasing men i should not be the servant of christ nay the divine scripture carries a more severe threat saying god has scattered the bones… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1609…ve, I profit nothing." And elsewhere, more generally and more vehemently, he says: "If I were still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ" (Gal. I, 10). 9. But if you also seek out the testimony of the Old… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:683A…The Apostle admonishes me: God does not accept the person of man (Gal. II, 6); and again: If I were still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ (Gal. I, 10). David also arms me, saying: I spoke o… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:323D…d things before God and men: if you are providing for good things, may he... do not care. You have examples in the Scriptures. "For do I persuade men or God?" (Gal. 1:10) he says; and again: "We persuade men,… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:525…those who please men paul also expresses disgust at this vice saying for do i now persuade men or god or do i seek to please men if i still pleased men i would not be… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:715…everything to catch the favor of men therefore the blessed paul says if i yet pleased men i should not be the servant of christ v master in saying these things you also insult us to… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:395…did this as well and stated clearly for am i now persuading men or god or do i seek to please men if i still pleased men i would not be a servant of christ c… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:399…the need to please god this is what paul also excelling writes for do i now persuade men or god or do i seek to please men if i still pleased men i would not be… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:469…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… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:465…worship of god to all things at once he added b ver for do i now persuade men or god or do i seek to please men for if i yet pleased men i should not… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1567…the apostolic saying let us say sincerely for am i now persuading men or god or do i seek to please men for if i still pleased men i would not be a bondservant of christ… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:779…angels who subverted the preaching says he let him be accursed vers for do i now persuade men or god even if i were deceiving you in teaching these things he says could i also deceive… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:431…and said we ought to obey god rather than men galat i for do i now persuade men or god or do i seek to please men for if i yet pleased men i should not… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1001A…udgment seat: rendering to each according to how we have acted and behaved. For the saying, If I were still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ (Gal. 1, 10), is not for us sinners to utter. We, t… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1095…gospel to you beyond that which you received let him be anathema for do i now persuade men or god or do i seek to please men for if i still pleased men i would not… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:961…solidly having settled these things within himself he thus pronounced them vers for do i now persuade men or god or do i seek to please men he is about to defend himself regarding the things… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:121D…a proof, that he had not changed because of men, but had been moved by divine power. For if, he says, I were pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ (Gal. 1, 10). And whence is it clear that you did n…

11Gal 1:11

Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1331…man but through jesus christ and elsewhere for i make known to you brethren that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man for i neither received it from man nor was… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:465…an agreement with the chief of the apostles concerning his preaching ver but i certify you brethren that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man it is not he says composed of… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:961…kinsmen friends such great glory and chosen persecutions dangers and dishonor vers but i certify you brethren that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man he is about to show them that… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:641…product nor a creature since the father is not such a thing but i certify you brethren that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man for i neither received it of man…

12Gal 1:12

13Gal 1:13

Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:177…therefore paul is found to have acted against piety in that he persecuted the church of god and since peter committed a sin so grave that when the portress questioned him he affirmed with an oath… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:421…, putting me into the ministry, who was before a blasphemer and a persecutor and injurious—for I persecuted the Church of God beyond measure, and wasted it (Gal. I, 13); and again: I am not worthy to be cal… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:487C…God, and wasted it: and profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers" (Gal. 1:13–14). For because he was so vehement and fe… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:361D…power of the One who called him, says to the Galatians: You have heard of my former behavior in Judaism, that beyond measure I persecuted the Church of God (Gal. 1:13). And He called the fishermen while the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:73…now saying i am not fit to be called an apostle because i persecuted the church of god now that jesus came to save sinners of whom i am chief and again you have heard of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:257D…saying great things about himself; how, even so, he points to humility: For you have heard, he says, of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion (Gal. 1. 13); and again here: If any other man thi… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:535C…the Church of God beyond measure. But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called [me] through his grace, to reveal his Son in me" (Gal. 1:13-15), etc. The testimony, indeed, has been… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:839B…od, and wasted it; and profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers" (Gal. 1:13, 14). Because, therefore, he was so… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:941…he says i am not worthy to be called an apostle because i persecuted the church of god and he did not subsequently enlarge that wound wherefore the heavenly priest seeing him will judge him clean… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:351…the apostles who am not worthy to be called an apostle because i persecuted the church of god and that he might not by the mention of his earlier deeds render his own testimony ineffective he… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:465…from him so he too had him as his teacher c ver for ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the jews' religion how that beyond measure i persecuted the church of god… Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:843…this way i am not worthy to be called an apostle because i persecuted the church of god and laid it waste this harm is not less than that which is inflicted by enemies but much… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:961…also instructed the companions of peter revealed the gospel to me vers for ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the jews' religion from where is it clear that i received the gospel… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:963…who are so far distant from judea have heard it and how i persecuted the church of god and laid it waste a observe how he sets each point down with emphasis for he did not…

14Gal 1:14

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:487…that beyond measure i persecuted the church of god and wasted it and profited in the jews' religion above many my equals in my own nation being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:839…that beyond measure i persecuted the church of god and wasted it and profited in the jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:465…that beyond measure i persecuted the church of god and wasted it and profited in the jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers…

15Gal 1:15

16Gal 1:16

17Gal 1:17

Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:821…heathen immediately i conferred not with flesh and blood neither went i to jerusalem to them which were apostles before me but i went into arabia and returned again unto damascus galat i that diverse and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:163B…alatians: I did not go to Jerusalem, but into Arabia and Damascus; and after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and I saw none of the apostles [Gal. 1:17-19]; here, however, the contrary is stated… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:629C…these things out of arrogance, then, but so as to show the dignity of his own preaching. "Neither did I go up," he says, "to the apostles who were before me" (Gal. 1:17). Since they were saying over and over… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:629C…lood." He did not say simply, "I did not confer," but, "Immediately." And if he went up after this, it was not to gain anything. "But I went away into Arabia" (Gal. 1:17). Look at his fervent soul! He was eage… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:629C…t, and one possessing many labors. 11. And behold for me his humility. For having said, "I went away into Arabia," he added, "and returned again to Damascus" (Gal. 1:17). He does not mention his accomplishmen… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1325…him among the heathen immediately i conferred not with flesh and blood neither went i up to jerusalem to them which were apostles before me for he who had once obtained the teaching and revelation of… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:319…flesh and blood nor did i go to jerusalem to those who were apostles before me but i went to arabia and returned again to damascus now in arabia are both the moabites and ammonites for… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:781…and blood nor did i go up to jerusalem to those who were apostles before me but i went away to arabia and again returned to damascus again this is a reinforcing argument that he did… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:215…how is it that in the epistle to the galatians it says neither went i up to jerusalem to those who were apostles before me nor did i confer the gospel which i preach among the… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1099…b i neither did i go up to jerusalem to those who were apostles before me but i went away into arabia and returned again to damascus then after three years i went up to jerusalem… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:713A…ter such great signs wrought through me?" But he allowed himself to be persuaded to go up on their account. And how is it that in the Epistle to the Galatians (Gal. 1, 17) he says: "Neither did I go up to Jerus… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:935…to the galatians neither did i go to jerusalem to those who were apostles before me but i went away into arabia and damascus then after three years i came to jerusalem to see peter but…

18Gal 1:18

Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:1005…urge on those who spend their lives in sloth and idleness saying i went up to jerusalem to see cephas not content with the mere fame of his virtue but desiring also to look upon his… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:163…i did not go to jerusalem but into arabia and damascus and after three years i went up to jerusalem to see peter and i saw none of the apostles gal here however the contrary is… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:679D…is safer than any tower and innumerable ramparts: and with this also the body of Peter; for he honored him while living: "I went up," he says, "to see Peter" (Gal. I, 18). And therefore, departing hence, grace… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:631B…immoderate modesty. For by then this would not have been displaying modesty, but harming and corrupting the disciples. "And I remained with him fifteen days" (Gal. 1:18). Therefore, that he went on account of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:195D…e fourteen years ago, whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell (2 Cor. 12:2); and again, After three years, he says, I went up to Jerusalem (Gal. 1:18). And again hear him saying: It were b… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:847…ower and a thousand fortifications; and with it is the body of Peter. For he honored him while he was alive: "I went up," he says, "to Jerusalem to see Peter" (Gal. 1:18). And for this reason divine grace deem… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:467…had not yet been deemed worthy of the knowledge of god vers then after three years i went up to jerusalem to visit peter and this again shows the virtue of his soul for c not… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:781…to men he who had been counted worthy of instruction from above then after three years i went up to jerusalem to visit peter and stayed with him fifteen days but i saw none of the… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1099…me but i went away into arabia and returned again to damascus then after three years i went up to jerusalem to visit peter and remained with him fifteen days but other of the apostles i… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:965…in disbelief as someone of no account a disciple of a disciple then after three years i went up to jerusalem to visit peter this too is a sign of humility if he who had achieved… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:381A…t now, when Paul was writing these things, the preaching had already reached its seventeenth year. For having said, "After three years I went up to Jerusalem" (Gal. 1. 18), he says again that "after fourteen ye… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:381A…ent away to Jerusalem, and there was no other pretext for the journey, but only to see Peter, just as he himself says: "I went up to Jerusalem to visit Peter" (Gal. 1. 18); so much did he honor him, and hold hi…

19Gal 1:19

Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:771…alome was a man, the third husband of Anna and father of a third Mary, the wife of Zebedee. But Mary in Theophylact on Matthew 27:56; John 19:25, and Galatians 1:19, is Mary of Cleopas, daughter of Joseph by the wife of the… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:877A…n her. This is the James whom Paul says he saw in the Epistle to the Galatians, saying: "But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord’s brother" (Gal. I, 19). And this James shone so brightly amon… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:709A…er of the Lord, just as the Apostle agrees with these things, speaking somewhere thus: But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother (Gal. 1, 19), and the rest. This man is called the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:793B…aul went forth to his preaching, and having found one of his sons, he writes, saying: "other of the apostles I saw none, except James the brother of the Lord" (Gal. 1. 19); not as begotten of the virgin Mary, b… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:269…bishop of jerusalem became the blessed james concerning whom paul also says but other of the apostles saw i none save james the lord's brother and it is said that judas also was a wonder worker… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:631…there so many days proves his friendship and most vehement charity h but other of the apostles saw i none save james the lord s brother h see how he had greater benevolence toward peter for… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:467…he shows his affection and i remained with him fifteen days v but other of the apostles saw i none save james the brother of the lord he was called the brother of the lord indeed… Leo Grammaticus fl. c. 1013PG 108:1193…of joseph who was called the just of whom paul also says but other of the apostles saw i none save james the lord's brother who being thrown from the pinnacle by the jews died struck…

20Gal 1:20

Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:1265A…is loquor, utrosque in paradiso simul stare comperi." Thus Paul, 2 Cor. xii, 19: Κατενώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ λαλοῦμεν, "We speak before God in Christ." And Gal. i, 20: Ἰδοὺ ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ, οὐ ψεύδομαι,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:631…as sincerely affected toward the apostles as was worthy of them h now the things which i write unto you behold before god that i lie not h do you see in all things the humility…

21Gal 1:21

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:631…to pay the penalty so he strove to excuse himself h then i came into the regions of syria and cilicia after i had seen peter h again he begins to relate about the contest that… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:633…a single word having crossed an immense sea and saying i went into the regions of syria and cilicia and that they were hearing that he who persecuted us formerly now preaches the faith which he… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:467…i write to you behold before god that i lie not then i came into the regions of syria and cilicia and i was unknown by face to the churches of judea which were in christ… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:781…i write to you behold before god i do not lie then i came into the regions of syria and cilicia and i was unknown by face to the c churches of judaea which were in… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1101…write to you behold before god that i do not lie then i came into the regions of syria and cilicia but i was unknown by face to the churches of judaea which were in christ… Theodosius the Deacon fl. c. 962PG 113:1085…e treated their geographical works, I would not agree with Du Cange, who derives that use of "clima" from the Arabs; especially since the divine Paul (Galatians 1:21) said "the klimata of Syria and Cilicia," and (1 Corinthi… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:967…contends with his words so that he might be deemed trustworthy then i came into the regions of syria and cilicia and i was unknown by face to the churches of judea which were in christ… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:137…change the appellation and that this is the cause hear him saying i came into the regions of syria and cilicia and i was unknown by face he says to the churches of judea which were…

22Gal 1:22

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:631…this is clear from what follows h for i was he says unknown by face unto the churches of judea only they had heard that he who persecuted us in times past now preaches… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1101…regions of syria and cilicia but i was unknown by face to the churches of judaea which were in christ but they only heard that he who persecuted us sometime now preaches the faith which once…

23Gal 1:23

John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:783…christ but they only had heard that he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed and they glorified god in me h cap…

24Gal 1:24

Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1101…who persecuted us sometime now preaches the faith which once he destroyed and they glorified god in me i say to you before the lord that i do not lie do you see how he struggles…