“Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,”
King James Version (KJV)
1:1 Paul, an apostle - Here it was necessary for St. Paul to assert his authority; otherwise he is very modest in the use of this title. He seldom mentions it when he mentions others in the salutations with himself, as in the Epistles to the Philippians and Thessalonians; or when he writes about secular affairs, as in that to Philemon; nor yet in writing to the Hebrews because he was not properly their apostle. Not of men - Not commissioned from them, but from God the Father. Neither by man - Neither by any man as an instrument, but by Jesus Christ. Who raised him from the dead - Of which it was the peculiar business of an apostle to bear witness.
1:2 And all the brethren - Who agree with me in what I now write.
1:4 That he might deliver us from the present evil world - From the guilt, wickedness, and misery wherein it is involved, and from its vain and foolish customs and pleasures. According to the will of God - Without any merit of ours. St. Paul begins most of his epistles with thanksgiving; but, writing to the Galatians, he alters his style, and first sets down his main proposition, That by the merits of Christ alone, giving himself for our sins, we are justified: neither does he term them, as he does others, either saints, elect, or churches of God.
1:5 To whom be glory - For this his gracious will.
Ga 1:3 Grace . . . and peace. The salutation is a benediction, a petition that the blessings of Father and Son may be bestowed upon them. See PNT "Ro 1:7".
Grace bee to you and peace, from God the Father, and from our Lord Iesus Christ,
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Grace to you and peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,
- American Standard Version (1901)
Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Basic English Bible
Grace to you, and peace, from God [the] Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Darby Bible
Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Webster's Bible
May grace and peace be granted to you from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Weymouth Bible
Grace to you and peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,
- World English Bible
grace to you and pees of God the fadir, and of the Lord Jhesu Crist,
- Wycliffe Bible
Grace to you, and peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Youngs Literal Bible