Galatians 1:20

• §2154Article 2 · The Second CommandmentRead at vatican.va

  Following St. Paul, The tradition of the Church has understood Jesus' words as not excluding oaths made for grave and right reasons (for example, in court).

Catena Aurea on Matthew

• Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew

  “But as to call God to witness is to swear, does not the Apostle break this commandment when he says several times to the Galatians, “The things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.” [Gal 1:20] So the Romans, “God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit.” [Rom 1:9]” — the author cites it

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, On Lying Chapter 28

  “But the Apostle himself has used oaths in his Epistles.” — editor's note: Rom. ix. 1; Phil. i. 8; Gal. i. 20

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• Augustine of Hippo, On Lying Chapter 43

  “In which they do not see that it is not only lying, but perjury that they lay to the charge of the Apostle in the very doctrine of piety, that is, in an Epistle in which he preaches the Gospel; seeing that he there saith, before he relates that matter, “What I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.”” — editor's note: Gal. i. 20

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Sermon on the Mount I.17Book I

  “…have acted contrary to the Lord’s precept, who often swore in this way, when he says, “Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God I lie not;” and again, “The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.”” — editor's note: Gal. i. 20.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.1Book V

  “…consulted, determined, by the authority of the Holy Ghost, that “a yoke should not be put upon men’s necks which their fathers even had not been able to bear.”” — editor's note: See Gal. i. 11–24, compared with Acts xv. 5–29.

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Parallel passages

• 1 John 2:13

  Galatians 1:20 and 1 John 2:13 share the same wording (12 words).

Cited together with

• Galatians 2:14

  Cited together in On Lying Chapter 43.

• Philippians 1:8

  Cited together in On Lying Chapter 28.

• Genesis 24:37

  Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.17.

• Leviticus 22:11

  Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.17.

• Numbers 30:2

  Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.17.

• Joshua 9:15

  Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.17.

• 1 Samuel 20:42

  Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.17.

• Matthew 5:33

  Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:33–37 (2) (Catena Aurea).

• Matthew 5:34

  Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:33–37 (2) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.

• Matthew 5:37

  Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:33–37 (2) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.

• Matthew 6:13

  Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.17.

• Matthew 26:63

  Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.17.

• Romans 1:9

  Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:33–37 (2) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.

• Romans 9:1

  Cited together in On Lying Chapter 28.

• 1 Corinthians 10:13

  Cited together in On Lying Chapter 43.

• 1 Corinthians 15:31

  Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 5:33–37 (2) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.

• 2 Corinthians 1:23

  Cited together in Catechism §2154.

• 2 Corinthians 11:31

  Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.17.