I received my message from no human source, and no one taught me. Instead, I received it by direct revelation from Jesus Christ.
Parallel translations
- WEB For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.
- 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.
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Quick answer
Paul received the gospel not from any person but through a revelation of Jesus Christ himself. This direct disclosure underlies his apostolic authority.
Overview
Paul insists his gospel came by revelation, pointing back to his encounter with the risen Christ. He was not merely taught by other believers but commissioned by the Lord directly. This independence from human instruction defends both his apostleship and the gospel's purity.
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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