Galatians 1:11-17

Paul Called by God

11 I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.
12 I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
13 For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
15 But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased
16 to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being.
17 I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus.

Cross References 15

  • 1. 1 Corinthians 15:1
  • 2. S ver 8
  • 3. ver 1
  • 4. ver 16; S 1 Corinthians 2:10
  • 5. 1 Corinthians 11:23; 1 Corinthians 15:3
  • 6. Acts 26:4,5
  • 7. S 1 Corinthians 10:32
  • 8. S Acts 8:3
  • 9. S Acts 21:20
  • 10. Matthew 15:2
  • 11. Isaiah 49:1,5; Jeremiah 1:5
  • 12. S Acts 9:15; S Romans 8:28
  • 13. S Acts 9:15; Galatians 2:9
  • 14. Matthew 16:17
  • 15. Ac 9:2,19-22
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