For neither did I receive them from man, neither was I taught them, but by revelation of Jesus Christ.

For ye have heard what was my conversation formerly in Judaism, that I excessively persecuted the assembly of God, and ravaged it;

was pleased to reveal his Son in me, that I may announce him as glad tidings among the nations, immediately I took not counsel with flesh and blood,

But I was unknown personally to the assemblies of Judaea which are in Christ;

(but neither was Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, compelled to be circumcised;)

and it was on account of the false brethren brought in surreptitiously, who came in surreptitiously to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage;

only that we should remember the poor, which same thing also I was diligent to do.

But when Peter came to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be condemned:

and the rest of the Jews also played the same dissembling part with him; so that even Barnabas was carried away too by their dissimulation.

Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.

Why then the law? It was added for the sake of transgressions, until the seed came to whom the promise was made, ordained through angels in the hand of a mediator.

But before faith came, we were guarded under law, shut up to faith which was about to be revealed.

but when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, come of woman, come under law,

and my temptation, which was in my flesh, ye did not slight nor reject with contempt; but ye received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.

What then was your blessedness? for I bear you witness that, if possible, plucking out your own eyes ye would have given them to me.

But he that was of the maid servant was born according to flesh, and he that was of the free woman through the promise.

But as then he that was born according to flesh persecuted him that was born according to Spirit, so also it is now.