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Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. <a href="/nlt/galatians/1.htm">New Living Translation</a> Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant. <a href="/esv/galatians/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/galatians/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ. <a href="/blb/galatians/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For presently do I seek approval of men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ. <a href="/kjv/galatians/1.htm">King James Bible</a> For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. <a href="/nkjv/galatians/1.htm">New King James Version</a> For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ. <a href="/nasb_/galatians/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For am I now seeking the favor of people, or of God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ. <a href="/nasb/galatians/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ. <a href="/nasb77/galatians/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ. <a href="/lsb/galatians/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a slave of Christ. <a href="/amp/galatians/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Am I now trying to win the favor and approval of men, or of God? Or am I seeking to please someone? If I were still trying to be popular with men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ. <a href="/csb/galatians/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For am I now trying to persuade people, or God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. <a href="/hcsb/galatians/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For am I now trying to win the favor of people, or God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ. <a href="/asv/galatians/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ. <a href="/cev/galatians/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I am not trying to please people. I want to please God. Do you think I am trying to please people? If I were doing that, I would not be a servant of Christ. <a href="/erv/galatians/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> For am I now persuading men, or God? or am I seeking to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ. <a href="/gwt/galatians/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Am I saying this now to win the approval of people or God? Am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be Christ's servant. <a href="/gnt/galatians/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> Does this sound as if I am trying to win human approval? No indeed! What I want is God's approval! Am I trying to be popular with people? If I were still trying to do so, I would not be a servant of Christ. <a href="/isv/galatians/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> Am I now trying to win the approval of people or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be the Messiah's servant. <a href="/msb/galatians/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ. <a href="/net/galatians/1.htm">NET Bible</a> Am I now trying to gain the approval of people, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ! <a href="/nheb/galatians/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For am I now seeking the favor of people, or of God? Or am I striving to please people? For if I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ. <a href="/wbt/galatians/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. <a href="/wey/galatians/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For is it man's favour or God's that I aspire to? Or am I seeking to please men? If I were still a man-pleaser, I should not be Christ's bondservant. <a href="/web/galatians/1.htm">World English Bible</a> For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/galatians/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I yet pleased men—I should not be Christ’s servant. <a href="/blb/galatians/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For presently do I seek approval of men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ. <a href="/ylt/galatians/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for now men do I persuade, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if yet men I did please -- Christ's servant I should not be. <a href="/slt/galatians/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For now do I persuade men, or God? or seek I to please men? for if I had yet pleased men, I should not have been the servant of Christ.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/galatians/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? If I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. <a href="/cpdv/galatians/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For am I now persuading men, or God? Or, am I seeking to please men? If I still were pleasing men, then I would not be a servant of Christ. <a href="/nabre/galatians/1.htm">New American Bible</a> Am I now currying favor with human beings or God? Or am I seeking to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ. <a href="/nrsvce/galatians/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Am I now seeking human approval, or God’s approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/galatians/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Do I now persuade men or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I tried to please men, I should not be a servant of Christ. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/galatians/1.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Do I plead now before the children of men or before God, or do I seek to please the children of men? For if until now I have been pleasing men, I have not been a Servant of The Messiah.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/galatians/1.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> For, do I now seek the favor of men, or of God? or do I strive to please men? If, indeed, I would still please men, I should not be the servant of Christ.<CM> <a href="/godbey/galatians/1.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> For must I now believe men, or God? whether do I seek to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I would not be the servant of Christ. <a href="/haweis/galatians/1.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> For do I now use persuasions from men, or from God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.<CM> <a href="/mace/galatians/1.htm">Mace New Testament</a> for do I now act in obedience to men, or to God? or do I seek to please men? if I had hitherto pleased men, I should not have been the servant of Christ. <a href="/wey/galatians/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For is it man's favour or God's that I aspire to? Or am I seeking to please men? If I were still a man-pleaser, I should not be Christ's bondservant. <a href="/worrell/galatians/1.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I seeking to please men? If still I were pleasing men, I should not be Christ's servant. <a href="/worsley/galatians/1.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> For do I now persuade you to obey men or God? Or do I seek to please men? if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. <a href="/parallel/galatians/1-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jv8Ri4CeT34?start=75" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/galatians/1.htm">Paul Preaches the Gospel</a> …9As 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 under a curse! 10<a href="/greek/737.htm" title="737: Arti (Adv) -- Now, just now, at this moment. Adverb from a derivative of airo through the idea of suspension; just now.">Am I now</a> <a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason."></a> <a href="/greek/3982.htm" title="3982: peithō (V-PIA-1S) -- A primary verb; to convince; by analogy, to pacify or conciliate; reflexively or passively, to assent, to rely.">seeking the approval</a> <a href="/greek/444.htm" title="444: anthrōpous (N-AMP) -- A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.">of men,</a> <a href="/greek/2228.htm" title="2228: ē (Conj) -- Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than.">or</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theon (N-AMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">of God?</a> <a href="/greek/2228.htm" title="2228: ē (Conj) -- Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than.">Or</a> <a href="/greek/2212.htm" title="2212: zētō (V-PIA-1S) -- To seek, search for, desire, require, demand. Of uncertain affinity; to seek; specially, to worship, or to plot.">am I striving</a> <a href="/greek/700.htm" title="700: areskein (V-PNA) -- To please, with the idea of willing service rendered to others; hence almost: I serve. Probably from airo; to be agreeable.">to please</a> <a href="/greek/444.htm" title="444: anthrōpois (N-DMP) -- A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.">men?</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.">If</a> <a href="/greek/700.htm" title="700: ēreskon (V-IIA-1S) -- To please, with the idea of willing service rendered to others; hence almost: I serve. Probably from airo; to be agreeable.">I were still trying to please</a> <a href="/greek/2089.htm" title="2089: eti (Adv) -- (a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition. Perhaps akin to etos; yet, still."></a> <a href="/greek/444.htm" title="444: anthrōpois (N-DMP) -- A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.">men,</a> <a href="/greek/302.htm" title="302: an (Prtcl) -- A primary particle, denoting a supposition, wish, possibility or uncertainty."></a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: ēmēn (V-IIM-1S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">I would not be</a> <a href="/greek/1401.htm" title="1401: doulos (N-NMS) -- (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave.">a servant</a> <a href="/greek/5547.htm" title="5547: Christou (N-GMS) -- Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.">of Christ.</a> 11For I certify to you, brothers, that the gospel I preached was not devised by man.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/acts/5-29.htm">Acts 5:29</a> But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men. <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-4.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:4</a> Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-33.htm">1 Corinthians 10:33</a> as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved. <a href="/colossians/3-23.htm">Colossians 3:23</a> Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, as for the Lord and not for men, <a href="/romans/2-29.htm">Romans 2:29</a> No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God. <a href="/2_corinthians/5-9.htm">2 Corinthians 5:9</a> So we aspire to please Him, whether we are at home in this body or away from it. <a href="/ephesians/6-6.htm">Ephesians 6:6</a> And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. <a href="/1_corinthians/4-3.htm">1 Corinthians 4:3-4</a> I care very little, however, if I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. / My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me. <a href="/john/12-43.htm">John 12:43</a> For they loved praise from men more than praise from God. <a href="/matthew/6-24.htm">Matthew 6:24</a> No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. <a href="/james/4-4.htm">James 4:4</a> You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God. <a href="/1_samuel/15-24.htm">1 Samuel 15:24</a> Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. <a href="/proverbs/29-25.htm">Proverbs 29:25</a> The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high. <a href="/isaiah/51-12.htm">Isaiah 51:12</a> “I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass? <a href="/jeremiah/17-5.htm">Jeremiah 17:5</a> This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.do I now.<a href="/acts/4-19.htm">Acts 4:19,20</a> But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye… <a href="/acts/5-29.htm">Acts 5:29</a> Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.<a href="/2_corinthians/5-9.htm">2 Corinthians 5:9-11</a> Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him… persuade.<a href="/1_samuel/21-7.htm">1 Samuel 21:7</a> Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.<a href="/matthew/28-14.htm">Matthew 28:14</a> And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.<a href="/acts/12-20.htm">Acts 12:20</a> And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.do I seek.<a href="/2_corinthians/12-19.htm">2 Corinthians 12:19</a> Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.<a href="/1_thessalonians/2-4.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:4</a> But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.for if.<a href="/matthew/22-16.htm">Matthew 22:16</a> And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.<a href="/romans/15-1.htm">Romans 15:1,2</a> We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves… <a href="/1_corinthians/10-33.htm">1 Corinthians 10:33</a> Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.the servant.<a href="/romans/1-1.htm">Romans 1:1</a> Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_corinthians/10-18.htm">Approval</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-5.htm">Arguments</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-11.htm">Aspire</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-19.htm">Bondman</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/7-22.htm">Bondservant</a> <a href="/romans/1-1.htm">Bond-Servant</a> <a href="/galatians/1-7.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/13-6.htm">Christ's</a> <a href="/galatians/1-7.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/8-4.htm">Favor</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/8-6.htm">Favour</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/13-13.htm">God's</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-11.htm">Persuade</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-9.htm">Please</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-10.htm">Pleased</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-9.htm">Pleasing</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-10.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/13-3.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/galatians/1-7.htm">Seeking</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-8.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/romans/2-7.htm">Striving</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-9.htm">Trying</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/8-8.htm">Using</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-11.htm">Win</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-13.htm">Wouldn't</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/philippians/1-10.htm">Approval</a> <a href="/philippians/1-7.htm">Arguments</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-11.htm">Aspire</a> <a href="/galatians/3-28.htm">Bondman</a> <a href="/galatians/4-1.htm">Bondservant</a> <a href="/philippians/2-7.htm">Bond-Servant</a> <a href="/galatians/1-12.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/galatians/3-29.htm">Christ's</a> <a href="/galatians/2-10.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-6.htm">Favor</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-6.htm">Favour</a> <a href="/galatians/2-2.htm">God's</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-18.htm">Persuade</a> <a href="/galatians/5-17.htm">Please</a> <a href="/galatians/1-15.htm">Pleased</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-10.htm">Pleasing</a> <a href="/galatians/1-15.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/galatians/2-17.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/galatians/2-17.htm">Seeking</a> <a href="/galatians/2-17.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-2.htm">Striving</a> <a href="/galatians/3-3.htm">Trying</a> <a href="/galatians/4-20.htm">Using</a> <a href="/galatians/4-17.htm">Win</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-18.htm">Wouldn't</a><div class="vheading2">Galatians 1</div>1. <a href="/galatians/1-1.htm">Paul's greeting to the Galatians;</a> 6. <a href="/galatians/1-6.htm">He wonders why they have so soon left him and the gospel;</a> 8. <a href="/galatians/1-8.htm">and accurses those who preach any other gospel than he did.</a> 11. <a href="/galatians/1-11.htm">He learned the gospel not from men, but from God;</a> 14. <a href="/galatians/1-14.htm">and shows what he was before his calling;</a> 17. <a href="/galatians/1-17.htm">and what he did immediately after it.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Paul addresses the Galatians with a rhetorical question, emphasizing the importance of divine approval over human approval. In the context of his ministry, Paul faced opposition from Judaizers who sought to impose Jewish customs on Gentile converts. This question highlights the tension between adhering to human traditions and following God's will. The early church often struggled with this balance, as seen in <a href="/acts/15.htm">Acts 15</a> during the Jerusalem Council. Paul's commitment to God's approval is a theme echoed in <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-4.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:4</a>, where he states that he speaks not to please men, but God who tests hearts.Or am I striving to please men? This phrase underscores the potential conflict between pleasing people and serving God. In the Greco-Roman world, social status and honor were highly valued, and leaders often sought public approval. Paul contrasts this cultural norm with the Christian call to prioritize God's will. The apostle's life, marked by persecution and hardship (<a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">2 Corinthians 11:23-28</a>), serves as evidence of his commitment to God's mission over human accolades. This idea is further supported by Jesus' teaching in <a href="/john/5-44.htm">John 5:44</a>, where He questions how one can believe if they seek glory from one another rather than from God.If I were still trying to please men, Paul reflects on his past as a Pharisee, where he once sought the approval of religious leaders (<a href="/philippians/3-4.htm">Philippians 3:4-6</a>). His transformation on the road to Damascus (Acts 9) marked a shift from seeking human approval to serving Christ. This change illustrates the transformative power of the Gospel and the call to a new identity in Christ. The use of "still" implies a past life that was characterized by a different set of values and priorities, now abandoned for the sake of the Gospel.I would not be a servant of Christ. Paul concludes with a definitive statement about his allegiance. The term "servant" (Greek: doulos) implies total devotion and submission to Christ, akin to a bondservant's relationship with their master. This servitude is not burdensome but a willing and joyful commitment, as seen in <a href="/romans/1.htm">Romans 1:1</a>, where Paul identifies himself as a servant of Christ Jesus. The concept of servanthood is central to Christian discipleship, reflecting Jesus' own example in <a href="/mark/10-45.htm">Mark 10:45</a>, where He came not to be served, but to serve. This phrase encapsulates the essence of Christian identity and mission, prioritizing God's will above all else.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul.htm">Paul</a> - The apostle who wrote the letter to the Galatians, addressing issues of legalism and the true gospel. 2. <a href="/topical/g/galatia.htm">Galatia</a> - A region in modern-day Turkey where the recipients of the letter lived. The churches there were struggling with false teachings. 3. <a href="/topical/f/false_teachers.htm">False Teachers</a> - Individuals who were distorting the gospel by insisting on adherence to Jewish law for salvation. 4. <a href="/topical/c/christ.htm">Christ</a> - Central to Paul's message, emphasizing that salvation comes through faith in Jesus Christ alone. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_early_church.htm">The Early Church</a> - The broader context in which Paul was writing, dealing with the integration of Gentile believers and Jewish traditions.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/seeking_god's_approval.htm">Seeking God's Approval</a> As believers, our primary aim should be to seek God's approval rather than human approval. This requires a heart aligned with God's will and a commitment to His truth. <a href="/topical/s/servanthood_in_christ.htm">Servanthood in Christ</a> Being a servant of Christ means prioritizing His commands and teachings over societal pressures or expectations. This servanthood is marked by faithfulness and obedience. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_people-pleasing.htm">The Danger of People-Pleasing</a> Striving to please people can lead to compromising the gospel message. Believers must guard against altering their faith to fit cultural norms or expectations. <a href="/topical/t/the_true_gospel.htm">The True Gospel</a> Paul emphasizes the importance of adhering to the true gospel, which is salvation through faith in Christ alone, not through works or adherence to the law. <a href="/topical/c/courage_in_faith.htm">Courage in Faith</a> Standing firm in faith often requires courage, especially when facing opposition or misunderstanding. Believers are called to be bold in their witness for Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_galatians_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Galatians 1</a> <a href="/q/is_the_marriage_legally_valid.htm">What does the Bible say about people pleasing?</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_bible's_view_on_politeness.htm">What is the Bible's stance on political correctness?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_people_pleasing.htm">What does the Bible say about people pleasing?</a> <a href="/q/why_justify_yourself_to_others.htm">Why do you justify yourself before others?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/galatians/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) You may take this vehemence of language as my answer to another charge that has been brought against me. I am accused of seeking popularity with men. Well, here at least is plainness of speech. If I seek to win favour with any one it is not with men, but God. The two things are really incompatible. If I were a. favourite with men I should be no true servant of Christ.St. Paul naturally laid himself open to the charge of men-pleasing by the flexibility and largeness of his character. The trifles about which others quarrelled he could look upon with indifference, and his ready power of sympathy led him to enter as much as possible into the point of view of others: "To the Jews he became as a Jew," &c. But where a question of principle was at stake he knew how to take his stand, and he let the Galatians see it in the very unequivocal language he is now using.(10) Now.--In speaking thus.Persuade.--Conciliate, seek to win favour with, or to make friends of.For.--This word is omitted by all the best MSS. and editors. It is characteristic of the Apostle, especially in animated passages like the present, to omit the connecting particles which are so common in Greek. He has a simple answer to give to the accusation of time-serving, and he states it roundly: "If my present conduct was really that of a man-pleaser I should be something very different from what I am."Yet.--Still; at this late period of my career. The Apostle has cut himself adrift from the current of his age too thoroughly and too long for him to be still floating with the tide.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/galatians/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 10. - For do I now (ἄρτι γάρ); for at this hour. This "for" points back either to the fact of the apostle's having now so solemnly pronounced afresh the awful anathema which at some former time he had uttered; or which, in effect, is nearly the same thing, to the tone of feeling which he in so doing evinced, and to his method of apostolic action which he therein exemplified. The adverb ἄρτι, as used in the New Testament, is distinguished from the more common "now" (νῦν), as denoting that space of time which is most closely present. This shade of meaning is conspicuous, e.g. in the "Suffer it to be so just now" of <a href="/matthew/3-15.htm">Matthew 3:15</a>, that is, during that brief, quickly vanishing moment in which the Messiah was by Divine appointment to appear subordinate in position to his forerunner. So <a href="/matthew/26-53.htm">Matthew 26:53</a>, "Thinkest thou that I cannot beseech my Father, and he shall (ἄρτι) at this very moment send me more than twelve legions of angels?" <a href="/john/16-12.htm">John 16:12</a>, "Ye cannot bear them (ἄρτι) just now;" in a very short while they would be enabled to bear them. <a href="/1_corinthians/13-12.htm">1 Corinthians 13:12</a>, "Just now (ἄρτι) we see in a mirror, darkly;" words written under a vivid sense of how brief the interval is which separates the present state of things from that of the life to come. <a href="/1_peter/1-8.htm">1 Peter 1:8</a>, "On whom, though just now (ἄρτι) ye see him not " - another outcome of the same feeling. Similarly, in <a href="/1_corinthians/4-13.htm">1 Corinthians 4:13</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/8-7.htm">1 Corinthians 8:7</a>, ἔως ἄρτι means "until this very hour;" and, on the other side of the point of time indicated ἀπ ἄρτι is "from this very hour" in <a href="/matthew/26-64.htm">Matthew 26:64</a>; <a href="/john/4-42.htm">John 4:42</a>. Many have supposed that the apostle is speaking of certain characteristics of his present course of behaviour as a believer and a servant of Christ, viewed in contrast with the life which he had once lived when an ardent disciple of Judaism. But the narrowly restrictive form of the adverb resists this interpretation, he could hardly with this reference in view have used the phrase "just now," or "at this very hour," of a tenor of life which he had been pursuing for now more than twenty years. Some eminent critics (Alford, Ellicott, Lightfoot, Sanday) take this ἄρτι as pointing to the style of language which the apostle is "just now" adopting: "Now, when I use such uncompromising language;" or, "There! is that the language of a man-pleaser? Now do I," etc. It is an objection to this view that it gives the adverb a somewhat diverse sense to that which it bears in ver. 9; for whereas in ver. 9 ἄρτι, points to the circumstances of the present hour as prompting the apostle to the utterance of his anathema, according to the view referred to it here points to the present hour as exhibiting the apostle himself in a certain aspect. It is more obvious, and indeed gives the present use of the adverb more force, to take it in both verses with the like reference. In both the apostle refers to the present hour as a juncture in which he felt that it had become necessary to depart from his customary manner of using a winning style of address. At other times he will persuade and please; just now he cannot. Persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? (ἀνθρώπους πείθω η} τὸν Θεόν η} ζητῶ ἀνθρώποις ἀρέσκειν); do I persuade men or God? or do I seek to please men? Expositors have endeavoured to establish, as one sense of the Greek verb rendered "persuade," that of "making So-and-so one's friend." No doubt it often means to prevail, or endeavour to prevail, upon others, by coaxing, persuasion, bribery, or anyhow, to go along with you in some particular course of thinking or acting indicated by the context; but it can nowhere. be shown to mean, when standing alone, "to win So-and-so's friendship." In <a href="/acts/12-20.htm">Acts 12:20</a>, "Having persuaded Blastus" means "Having got Blastus to concur with them." Similarly, <a href="/matthew/28-14.htm">Matthew 28:14</a>, "We will persuade him," and 2 Macc. 4:45, "With a view to persuade the king." The verb is used here, in <a href="/2_corinthians/5-11.htm">2 Corinthians 5:11</a>, "Knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men." In that passage the apostle states it to be his practice to make use of all means of persuasion in order to induce men to accept the gospel message (comp. <a href="/2_corinthians/6-1.htm">2 Corinthians 6:1</a>, "Working together with him, we intreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain"). He was not content with merely, as an ambassador, delivering the message and there leaving the matter; but made it his anxious concern to gain for the message acceptance, by the use of arguments addressed to the reason, and appeals addressed to the feelings, by putting himself, as it were, by the side of those he was addressing as one who sympathized to a large extent with their ways of thought, for the purpose of conducting them onward to concurrence with more perfect views. Among many examples which might be cited, illustrating his skill in persuasion, it will suffice to refer to the manner in which he dealt with the Athenians, with the Jews when speaking to them from the stairs, with King Agrippa (<a href="/acts/17-22.htm">Acts 17:22-31</a>; <a href="/acts/22-1.htm">Acts 22:1-21</a>; <a href="/acts/26-2.htm">Acts 26:2, 3, 26, 27</a>), and to his Epistle to Philemon. Another feature, closely connected with the one now mentioned, and here likewise referred to, is the care which the apostle took to "please men;" such a care as produced a manner towards his fellow-men far exceeding the courtesy and shows of respectful consideration which the law of charity ordinarily prescribes. For example, instead of thrusting forward into notice, as the spirit of unsympathetic pride naturally prompts us to do, the points on which he differed from others, and in reference to which he knew himself to he standing on higher ground than they, he chose rather to make prominent any points of agreement which he could find already subsisting, conciliating their candid interest by thus fraternally putting himself on a level with them. If this did not suffice for the purpose of enlisting their sympathies on behalf of himself and his views, he did not hesitate, in matters morally indifferent, to mortify and snub his own tastes, and forego the dissenting judgments of his. own superior enlightenment, "to buffet his body, as he expresses himself in <a href="/1_corinthians/9-27.htm">1 Corinthians 9:27</a>, "and bring it into bondage," by following, how ever distasteful to himself, such practices as should get those whose spiritual improvement he was seeking, to feel, so to speak, comfortably at home with himself. In writing to the Corinthians the apostle in one passage (<a href="/1_corinthians/9-19.htm">1 Corinthians 9:19-23</a>) dwells at stone length upon this feature of his ministerial conduct, not ashamed of it, but manifestly glorying in it as a triumph of Christ's grace in his soul. Presently after, at the close of the following chapter, he distinctly propounds himself, as in this respect a Christ-like pattern, for their imitation, "Even [he writes] as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved: be ye imitators of me, even as! also am of Christ." Both of these strongly marked features of his ministerial character were liable to he misunderstood, and by his detractors could be easily misconstrued as grave faults, he was, in fact, accused of speciousness and insincerity, of double faced dealings, of simulation and dissimulation. We can easily understand how readily such accusations would be set on foot, and holy colourable they could be made to appear. That they painfully affected the apostle's mind is evidenced by the frequency of the references he makes to them, and by the earnestness and deep pathos of feeling which not seldom mark those references. It is to such sinister criticism that he alludes, when in <a href="/2_corinthians/5-11.htm">2 Corinthians 5:11</a>, cited above, after saying, "we persuade men," he adds, "but we are become manifest unto God," meaning that, though he did make a habit of laying himself out to persuade, yet the entire sincerity of his action, however misconstrued by men, was patent to the Divine eye (comp. <a href="/2_corinthians/1-12.htm">2 Corinthians 1:12</a>). Now, we have reason to believe that the apostle had been apprised, or at least that he suspected, that in Galatia also such misrepresentation of these characteristics of his ministry was rife. The Epistle supplies at least one token of such having probably been the case, We gather from <a href="/galatians/5-11.htm">Galatians 5:11</a> that he had been said to be still "preaching circumcision." They who said this did so apparently in the sense that his having hitherto kept back this point of his doctrine in preaching to them was only an artifice of "persuasion;" that, in order to prevail upon them to accept the Christian faith, he had thought it expedient not at first to press upon them the observances of Judaism, while nevertheless he knew them to be necessary and was prepared by-and-by to insist upon their being attended to. St. Paul is conscious, therefore, of the existence on the part of some of the Galatian Churchmen of unfriendly suspicions with regard to his straightforwardness and uprightness. It is this stinging consciousness that occasions both the substance and the sharp abrupt tone of what he here says. The substance of the verse may be paraphrased thus: "I have written decisively and sternly; for at such a critical juncture as the present is it men that I can make it my business to 'persuade,' as they sneeringly but not un-truly say I love to do? or is it God that I care, so to speak, to persuade, to wit of my fidelity to the gospel which he has committed to my trust? They scoffingly say I love to 'please men;' and I thank God I have been wont to 'please men' to the very utmost of my power for their good; but is it my work just now to be pleasing men by ways of sweet tenderness and forbearance? If at this time I were still laying myself out to 'please men,' these men, to wit, who are making havoc of the gospel message, and you who are ignorantly listening to them, - then were I no true servant of Christ." The interrogative form into which the apostle's language suddenly breaks is apparently, here also as in <a href="/2_corinthians/3-1.htm">2 Corinthians 3:1</a>, due to his that moment bethinking himself of those malicious censurers of him. We have here an example of the form of sentence which the grammarians call zeugma; that is to say, "God" is named in conjunction with "men," as an object to the action of the verb "persuade," whereas this verb, suitable enough with relation to men, can only by a strain upon its proper sense be employed with relation to God. The sentence would possibly have expressed what appears to have been the apostle's real meaning with less ruggedness, but certainly with less intensity, if its second clause had been (perhaps), "or commend myself to God's approval? (η} συνιστάνω ἐμαυτὸν τῷ Θεῷ;)." (For other instances of zeugma, see <a href="/luke/1-64.htm">Luke 1:64</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/3-2.htm">1 Corinthians 3:2</a>.) The addition of the article before Θεόν, while it is wanting before ἀνθρώπους, gives the noun a more grandiose tone, as if it were, "Do I persuade men or GOD?" For if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ (εἰ ἔτι ἀνθρώποις ἤρεσκον Ξριστοῦ δοῦλος οὐκ ἄν ἤμην); if I still were pleasing men, I were no servant (Greek, bondserrant) of Christ's. The received text of the Greek has "For if I still (εἰ γὰρ ἔτι);" but the "for" is omitted by recent editors. It makes no difference in the sense whether we retain it or not, for, retaining the "for," we should have to understand before it, "I trow not," or the like. The word "bondservant" here expresses the official relation of a Christian minister, one especially at his Divine Owner's beck and call. So <a href="/romans/1-1.htm">Romans 1:1</a>; <a href="/philippians/1-1.htm">Philippians 1:1</a>; <a href="/2_timothy/2-24.htm">2 Timothy 2:24</a>; <a href="/titus/1-1.htm">Titus 1:1</a>; <a href="/james/1-1.htm">James 1:1</a>; <a href="/2_peter/1-1.htm">2 Peter 1:1</a>. The apostle means, "I were no servant of Christ in spirit and reality, whatever I might call myself." A good many expositors suppose the "still" to be said with reference to the time before the apostle's conversion: "I were no apostle or Christian at all." But (1) there is no indication either in this passage or anywhere that the apostle regarded his life before his conversion as characterized by the desire to please men; (2) with the sense thus given to it, the thought, as Meyer observes, seems excessively tame; (3) as thus explained, it would not harmonize with the apostle's explicit and repeated declaration that, in the discharge of his high office, he did make a point of pleasing men. <a href="/commentaries/galatians/1-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>{Am I} now Ἄρτι (Arti) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_737.htm">Strong's 737: </a> Now, just now, at this moment. Adverb from a derivative of airo through the idea of suspension; just now. seeking the approval πείθω (peithō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3982.htm">Strong's 3982: </a> A primary verb; to convince; by analogy, to pacify or conciliate; reflexively or passively, to assent, to rely. of men, ἀνθρώπους (anthrōpous) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_444.htm">Strong's 444: </a> A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. or ἢ (ē) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2228.htm">Strong's 2228: </a> Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than. of God? Θεόν (Theon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. Or ἢ (ē) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2228.htm">Strong's 2228: </a> Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than. am I striving ζητῶ (zētō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2212.htm">Strong's 2212: </a> To seek, search for, desire, require, demand. Of uncertain affinity; to seek; specially, to worship, or to plot. to please ἀρέσκειν (areskein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_700.htm">Strong's 700: </a> To please, with the idea of willing service rendered to others; hence almost: I serve. Probably from airo; to be agreeable. men? ἀνθρώποις (anthrōpois) Noun - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_444.htm">Strong's 444: </a> A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. If εἰ (ei) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1487.htm">Strong's 1487: </a> If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. I were still trying to please ἤρεσκον (ēreskon) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_700.htm">Strong's 700: </a> To please, with the idea of willing service rendered to others; hence almost: I serve. Probably from airo; to be agreeable. men, ἀνθρώποις (anthrōpois) Noun - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_444.htm">Strong's 444: </a> A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. I would not be ἤμην (ēmēn) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. a servant δοῦλος (doulos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1401.htm">Strong's 1401: </a> (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave. of Christ. Χριστοῦ (Christou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5547.htm">Strong's 5547: </a> Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. 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