Galatians 1:20
18 Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.
19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.
I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.
21 Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
22 I was personally unknown, however, to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.
- KJV
- Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
- WEB
- Now about the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I’m not lying.
- ASV
- Now touching the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
- DARBY
- Now what I write to you, behold, before God, I do not lie.
- BLB
- Now the things I write to you⁺, behold before God that I do not lie.
- ÅB
- Det jeg her skriver til dere - se, det vet Gud at jeg ikke lyver!
- OTB
- Jeg forsikrer dere for Gud at det jeg skriver til dere ikke er en løgn.
- B1930
- Det jeg her skriver til eder - se, det vet Gud at jeg ikke lyver!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 9:1
I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:31
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:10–11
As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
Read in context