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Galatians 1:20

Galatians 1:20 is verse 20 of Galatians chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.

Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.

Now about the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I’m not lying.

“Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

Galatians 1:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible

18 Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.

19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.

20 I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.

21 Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

22 I was personally unknown, however, to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Romans 9:1
I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 11:10
As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.

2 Corinthians 11:11
Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

2 Corinthians 11:31
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.