18 For it is (A)not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one (B)whom the Lord commends.

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but just as we have been approved by God (A)to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not (B)to please man, but to please God (C)who tests our hearts.

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10 For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying (A)to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a (B)servant[a] of Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 1:10 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

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