I have recently begun reading Galatians with another brother and wanted to jot down an insight I never had before about the passage.
Paul seems to spend a surprising amount of time describing how he never interacted much with the other apostles (he didn't go to Jerusalem; when he did, he saw only Cephas and James, etc.) following his encounter with Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus.
15 But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone;nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother. (In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie!) - Galatians 1:15-20
On the surface it seems like information we don't really need to know until I realize that this is part of his larger argument to establish that the gospel we have received is not from man (even if they are apostles) but from God Himself.
For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. - Galatians 1:11-12
Paul seems to spend a surprising amount of time describing how he never interacted much with the other apostles (he didn't go to Jerusalem; when he did, he saw only Cephas and James, etc.) following his encounter with Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus.
15 But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone;nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother. (In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie!) - Galatians 1:15-20
On the surface it seems like information we don't really need to know until I realize that this is part of his larger argument to establish that the gospel we have received is not from man (even if they are apostles) but from God Himself.
For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. - Galatians 1:11-12
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