Galatians 1:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For I did not get it from man, and I was not given teaching in it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 2:10 : 10 But God has given us the revelation of these things through his Spirit, for the Spirit makes search into all things, even the deep things of God.
  • 1 Cor 11:23 : 23 For it was handed down to me from the Lord, as I gave it to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night when Judas was false to him, took bread,
  • 2 Cor 12:1 : 1 As it is necessary for me to take glory to myself, though it is not a good thing, I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
  • Gal 1:1 : 1 Paul, an Apostle (not from men, and not through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who made him come back from the dead),
  • Gal 1:16 : 16 To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood,

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  • Gal 1:10-11
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    10Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

    11Because I say to you, my brothers, that the good news of which I was the preacher is not man's.

  • Gal 1:15-19
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    15But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace,

    16To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood,

    17And I went not up to Jerusalem to those who were Apostles before me; but I went away into Arabia, and again I came back to Damascus.

    18Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Cephas, and was there with him fifteen days.

    19But of the other Apostles I saw only James, the Lord's brother.

  • Gal 1:1-2
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    1Paul, an Apostle (not from men, and not through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who made him come back from the dead),

    2And all the brothers who are with me, to the churches of Galatia:

  • 13For news has come to you of my way of life in the past in the Jews' religion, how I was cruel without measure to the church of God, and did great damage to it:

  • 2And I went up by revelation; and I put before them the good news which I was preaching among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of good name, so that the work which I was or had been doing might not be without effect.

  • Gal 1:21-24
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    21Then I came to the parts of Syria and Cilicia.

    22And the churches of Judaea which were in Christ still had no knowledge of my face or person:

    23Only it came to their ears that he who at one time was cruel to us is now preaching the faith which before had been attacked by him;

    24And they gave glory to God in me.

  • Eph 3:2-5
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    2If that ordering of the grace of God has come to your knowledge, which was given to me for you,

    3How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter,

    4By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ;

    5Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

  • 2 Cor 12:1-4
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    1As it is necessary for me to take glory to myself, though it is not a good thing, I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

    2I have knowledge of a man in Christ, fourteen years back (if he was in the body, or out of the body, I am not able to say, but God only), who was taken up to the third heaven.

    3And I have knowledge of such a man (if he was in the body, or out of the body, I am not able to say, but God only),

    4How he was taken up into Paradise, and words came to his ears which may not be said, and which man is not able to say.

  • 17For Christ sent me, not to give baptism, but to be a preacher of the good news: not with wise words, for fear that the cross of Christ might be made of no value.

  • 1 Cor 2:1-2
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    1And when I came to you, my brothers, I did not come with wise words of knowledge, putting before you the secret of God.

    2For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.

  • 5For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.

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    9For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God.

    10But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

    11If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.

  • 14And you did not have a poor opinion of me because of the trouble in my flesh, or put shame on it; but you took me to your hearts as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

  • 18And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,

  • 11Of which I was made a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher;

  • 1Now I am going to make clear to you, my brothers, what the good news was which I gave to you, and which you took, and on which your faith is based,

  • 6I am surprised that you are being so quickly turned away from him whose word came to you in the grace of Christ, to good news of a different sort;

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    12I give praise to him who gave me power, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he took me to be true, making me his servant,

    13Though I had said violent words against God, and done cruel acts, causing great trouble: but I was given mercy, because I did it without knowledge, not having faith;

  • 25Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,

  • 12Now it is my purpose to make clear to you, brothers, that the cause of the good news has been helped by my experiences;

  • Phil 1:17-18
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    17But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.

    18What then? only that in every way, falsely or truly, the preaching of Christ goes on; and in this I am glad, and will be glad.

  • 2Give me an answer to this one question, Did the Spirit come to you through the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

  • 14But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it.

  • 6But from those who seemed to be important (whatever they were has no weight with me: God does not take man's person into account): those who seemed to be important gave nothing new to me;

  • 19So, then, King Agrippa, I did not go against the vision from heaven;

  • 6And it came about that while I was on my journey, coming near to Damascus, about the middle of the day, suddenly I saw a great light from heaven shining round me.

  • 17And I will keep you safe from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,

  • 17If then God gave them, when they had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same as he gave to us, who was I to go against God?

  • 12That is, that some of you say, I am of Paul; some say, I am of Apollos; some say, I am of Cephas; and some say, I am Christ's.

  • 5Through whom grace has been given to us, sending us out to make disciples to the faith among all nations, for his name: