Galatians 1:3

3 grace to you and peace of God the Father, and of the Lord Jesus Christ [and of our Lord Jesus Christ],

Galatians 1:3 Meaning and Commentary

Galatians 1:3

Grace to be you
After the inscription above, in which the writer of the epistle, and the persons joined to him, are described, and the churches to whom it is written, follows the salutation in these words, and which is common to all the epistles of this apostle; of the sense of which, (See Gill on Romans 1:7). The Alexandrian copy reads, "from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ"; and the Ethiopic version reads, "our Father".

Galatians 1:3 In-Context

1 Paul the apostle, not of men, nor by man [neither by man], but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, that raised him from death [that raised him from dead men],
2 and all the brethren that be with me, to the churches of Galatia,
3 grace to you and peace of God the Father, and of the Lord Jesus Christ [and of our Lord Jesus Christ],
4 that gave himself for our sins, to deliver us from the present wicked world, by the will of God and our Father, [the which gave himself for our sins, that he should deliver us from this present wayward world, after the will of God and our Father,]
5 to whom is honour and glory into worlds of worlds. Amen.
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