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Pentecost Season · Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles: Vigil · Year B

Galatians 1:11-20

Paul's Gospel Received by Revelation

Saint Paul, Jusepe de Ribera
Saint Paul, Jusepe de Ribera, c. 1630Museo del Prado, Madrid · public domain

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"I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ." (Galatians 1:12)

Paul insists his gospel came not from human teaching but by revelation of Jesus Christ. He recalls his former zeal in persecuting the church, his calling by grace, and how after his conversion he saw Peter and James in Jerusalem.

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