Galatians 1:3

3 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord ^[a] 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, an apostle-not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead-

2 and all the brothers who are with me: To the churches of Galatia.

3 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,

4 who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

5 to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Footnotes

• [a]. Other mss read God our Father and the Lord