# Galatians 1.20 **Book:** [Galatians](/codex/galatians/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 18. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and tarried with him fifteen days. 19. But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother. > > **20. Now touching the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.** > > 21. Then I came unto the regions of Syria and Cilicia. 22. And I was still unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ: (Galatians 1:18-22, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 18. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Peter, and stayed with him fifteen days. 19. But of the other apostles I saw no one, except James, the Lord’s brother. > > **20. Now about the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I’m not lying.** > > 21. Then I came to the regions of Syria and Cilicia. 22. I was still unknown by face to the assemblies of Judea which were in Christ, (Galatians 1:18-22, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 18. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days. went up: or, returned 19. But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother. > > **20. Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.** > > 21. Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia; 22. And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ: (Galatians 1:18-22, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 18. then, after three years I went up to Jerusalem to enquire about Peter, and remained with him fifteen days, 19. and other of the apostles I did not see, except James, the brother of the Lord. > > **20. And the things that I write to you, lo, before God, I lie not;** > > 21. then I came to the regions of Syria and of Cilicia, 22. and was unknown by face to the assemblies of Judea, that [are] in Christ, (Galatians 1:18-22, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Paul Invented Christianity Objection Defeater](/codex/paul-invented-christianity-objection-defeater/) **Concepts:** - [Pre-Pauline Creeds](/codex/pre-pauline-creeds/), via [Galatians 1.11-23](/codex/galatians-1-11-23/) **People:** - [Paul the Apostle](/codex/paul-the-apostle/), via [Galatians 1.18-21](/codex/galatians-1-18-21/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.