From persecutor to herald

The Gospel Paul Received · Galatians 1

Story guide: Disclosed retrospective visual essay. Paul recalls persecuting the church before God revealed his Son; no dialogue or violence is invented.

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11For I make known to you, brothers, that the gospel proclaimed by me is not according to man.

12For I neither received it from a human source, nor was I taught it, but through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

13For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, that I was persecuting the church of God beyond measure and was ravaging it.

14And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my people, being far more zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

15But when the one who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace was pleased

16to reveal his Son in me, so that I might proclaim him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,

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