Before me (προ εμου). The Jerusalem apostles were genuine apostles, but so is Paul. His call did not come from them nor did he rec…

Neither went I up to Jerusalem. That is, I did not go there at once. I did not go to consult with the apostles there, or to be instructed …

Went I up.—The usual phrase is “to go up to Jerusalem,” from the fact that Jerusalem stood on high ground and was approached from …

Paul was intensely desirous that the Galatian Christians should understand that he was no mere repeater of other men's doctrines, but that what he …

Finally, Paul did not receive his message from any person after his conversion. He insists that he did not consult anyone, particularly the Jerusal…

Neither did I return to Jerusalem. What he had just written is now explained and more fully stated. It is as if he had said, “I did not se…

Neither went I up to Jerusalem
That is, immediately, as soon as he was converted, not till three years after, as fol…

St. Paul was wonderfully brought to the knowledge and faith of Christ. All who are savingly converted, are called by the grace of God; their conver…

After showing that he did not receive the gospel from any human source before his conversion, the Apostle now proves that he did not receive it fro…