PAUL’s LETTER To The GALATIANS Chapter Two

 

Overview: Galatians - Bible Project

https://youtu.be/vmx4UjRFp0M

 Paul Accepted by the Apostles

1 Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. 2 I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure I was not running or had not run in vain. 3 But even Titus, who was with me, was not forced to be circumcised, though he was a Greek. 4 Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery— 5 to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you. 6 And from those who seemed to be influential (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)—those, I say, who seemed influential added nothing to me. 7 On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised 8 (for he who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles), 9 and when James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. 10 Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.

Paul Opposes Peter

11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party. 13 And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

Justified by Faith

15 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; 16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. 17 But if, in our endeavour to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not! 18 For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor. 19 For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.

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PAUL’s LETTER To The GALATIANS Chapter One

Overview: Galatians - Bible Project

Greeting

1 Paul, an apostle—not from men nor through man, but through 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 our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

No Other Gospel

6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed. 10 For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Paul Called by God

11 For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man's gospel. 12 For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. 13 For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it. And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. 15 But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace, 16 was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone; 17 nor 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 to visit Cephas and remained with him fifteen days. 19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother. 20 (In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie!) 21 Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. 22 And I was still unknown in person to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. 23 They only were hearing it said, “He who used to persecute us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.” 24 And they glorified God because of me.

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PSALMS 130 and 131

PSALMS 130 and 131

My Soul Waits for the Lord

1 

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!

2 

    O Lord, hear my voice!

Let your ears be attentive

    to the voice of my pleas for mercy!

3 

If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,

    O Lord, who could stand?

4 

But with you there is forgiveness,

    that you may be feared.

5 

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,

    and in his word I hope;

6 

my soul waits for the Lord

    more than watchmen for the morning,

    more than watchmen for the morning.

7 

O Israel, hope in the Lord!

    For with the Lord there is steadfast love,

    and with him is plentiful redemption.

8 

And he will redeem Israel

    from all his iniquities.

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I Have Calmed and Quieted My Soul 

1

O Lord, my heart is not lifted up;

    my eyes are not raised too high;

I do not occupy myself with things

    too great and too marvellous for me.

2 

But I have calmed and quieted my soul,

    like a weaned child with its mother;

    like a weaned child is my soul within me.

3 

O Israel, hope in the Lord

    from this time forth and forevermore.

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PSALMS 130 and 131 - songs

Shane & Shane: 

I Will Wait For You (Psalm 130)

Psalm 130 - Jason Silver 

https://youtu.be/CbgTU7Snvb8

Psalm 130 Song  

"I Wait for the LORD" (Esther Mui)

https://youtu.be/vaSS2YPXy_s

Psalm 131

https://youtu.be/plKAifJwhuc

Psalm 131 - Jason Silver 

https://youtu.be/o0zADH2BANk

Psalm 131 - Ian WHITE

 

PSALMS 128 and 129

PSALM 128 and 129

Blessed Is Everyone 

Who  Fears the Lord

1 

Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,

    who walks in his ways!

2 

You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;

    you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.

3 

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine

    within your house;

your children will be like olive shoots

    around your table.

4 

Behold, thus shall the man be blessed

    who fears the Lord.

5 

The Lord bless you from Zion!

    May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem

    all the days of your life!

6 

May you see your children's children!

    Peace be upon Israel!

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They Have Afflicted Me 

from My Youth

1 

“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth”—

    let Israel now say—

2 

“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth,

    yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 

The plowers plowed upon my back;

    they made long their furrows.”

4 

The Lord is righteous;

    he has cut the cords of the wicked.

5 

May all who hate Zion

    be put to shame and turned backward!

6 

Let them be like the grass on the housetops,

    which withers before it grows up,

7 

with which the reaper does not fill his hand

    nor the binder of sheaves his arms,

8 

nor do those who pass by say,

    “The blessing of the Lord be upon you!

    We bless you in the name of the Lord!”

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PSALMS 128 and 129 - SONGS

Psalm 128 - Ian WHITE

Psalm 128 Song - Jason Silver 

https://youtu.be/cn5y_Sj8J58

Psalm 128 - Rebekah Mui

"Blessed is Everyone that Feareth the Lord" 

https://youtu.be/5HCVhX6gQb4

Psalm 129 -Esther Mui

"The LORD isRighteous" 

https://youtu.be/h3iEWVlZn88

“The blessing of the Lord be upon you!

    We bless you in the name of the Lord!”

PSALMS 126 and 127

PSALMS 126 and 127

Restore Our Fortunes, O Lord 

1

When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,

    we were like those who dream.

2 

Then our mouth was filled with laughter,

    and our tongue with shouts of joy;

then they said among the nations,

    “The Lord has done great things for them.”

3 

The Lord has done great things for us;

    we are glad.

4 

Restore our fortunes, O Lord,

    like streams in the Negeb!

5 

Those who sow in tears

    shall reap with shouts of joy!

6 

He who goes out weeping,

    bearing the seed for sowing,

shall come home with shouts of joy,

    bringing his sheaves with him.

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Unless the Lord Builds the House

1 

Unless the Lord builds the house,

    those who build it labor in vain.

Unless the Lord watches over the city,

    the watchman stays awake in vain.

2 

It is in vain that you rise up early

    and go late to rest,

eating the bread of anxious toil;

    for he gives to his beloved sleep.

3 

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord,

    the fruit of the womb a reward.

4 

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior

    are the children of one's youth.

5 

Blessed is the man

    who fills his quiver with them!

He shall not be put to shame

    when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

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PSALMS 126 & 127 - SONGS 

Graham Kendrick - Psalm 126 

(When the Lord brought us back) 

Psalm 126 Song - Carrying Their Sheaves

https://youtu.be/WS-n0hU3z5E

Psalm 126 Song 

 "Those Who Sow in Tears Shall Reap in Joy” 

(Esther Mui)

https://youtu.be/GHmzUwqTJs4

Psalm 126 - Ian WHITE

https://youtu.be/q0OWxZrMjoE

Psalm 127 Song - Jason Silver

Unless the Lord Builds the House-

https://youtu.be/K_tglltlxeA

Psalm 127 Song - Samuel Mui

"Except the LORD Build the House" 

https://youtu.be/mZuXot3HvqY

Psalm 127- Ian WHITE