Philip Dampier's Blog

“For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.” (Gal. 1:12) Think of the way we normally receive most of our important information. First, we might have gotten it from our parents or siblings. Maybe a grandparent…

“For I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man.” (Gal. 1:11) This must be important information since Paul introduces it as a have to know. Is it possible the Galatians attributed the gospel to Paul and not to Jesus?…

“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.” (Gal. 1:10) Paul asks this question in order to make his defense of his work…

“But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what…

“I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.” (Gal. 1:6, 7) What has happened to…

“… the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be the glory forevermore. Amen.” (Gal. 1:3-5) What a rich passage this is. The plan and action…

“But He answered them, ‘My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.” (Luke 8:21) A lot of time and energy has been spent by Biblical scholars trying to determine just who the brothers of Jesus were. By the time Jesus was involved…

The first official review of my new book “To the Faithful Saints at Ephesus” has arrived. If you love the book of Ephesians I hope you will give the commentary a look over. Here is the review: Philip Dampier’s commentary To the Faithful Saints in Ephesus is a unique commentary…

“For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and will then repay every man according to his deeds.” (Matt. 16:27) Long before MacAuthor promised to return to the Philippines, Jesus promised to come back to our world to judge the…

“And He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.” (Mark 16:14) Supposed instead of reading this passage you have someone read it to you…