Galatians 1:14-16
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
14 and progressed in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my race, since I was even more a zealot for my ancestral traditions.(A) 15 But when [God], who from my mother’s womb had set me apart and called me through his grace, was pleased(B) 16 to reveal his Son to me,(C) so that I might proclaim him to the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult flesh and blood,[a]
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- 1:16 Flesh and blood: human authorities (cf. Mt 16:17; 1 Cor 15:50). Paul’s apostleship comes from God (Gal 1:1).
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