11 Know this - I am most emphatic here, friends - this great Message I delivered to you is not mere human optimism.
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I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.
12 I didn't receive it through the traditions, and I wasn't taught it in some school. I got it straight from God, received the Message directly from Jesus Christ.
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I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.