For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.
Parallel translations
- KJV For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- BSB I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
- NKJV For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- NASB For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
- NLT I received my message from no human source, and no one taught me. Instead, I received it by direct revelation from Jesus Christ.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- 1 Cor 2:10But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
- Gal 1:16to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I didn’t immediately confer with flesh and blood,
- Gal 1:1Paul, an apostle (not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead),
- 2 Cor 12:1It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. For I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
- 1 Cor 11:23For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.
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