Galatians 1:12
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For neither did I receive it of man: nor did I learn it but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Context
Paul Preaches the Gospel
11For I give you to understand, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. 12For neither did I receive it of man: nor did I learn it but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. 13For you have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion: how that, beyond measure, I persecuted the church of God and wasted it.…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 2:10
But to us God hath revealed them by his Spirit. For the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

1 Corinthians 11:23
For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread,

2 Corinthians 10:7
See the things that are according to outward appearance. If any man trust to himself, that he is Christ's let him think this again with himself, that as he is Christ's, so are we also.

2 Corinthians 12:1
If I must glory (it is not expedient indeed) but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

Galatians 1:1
Paul, an apostle, not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead:

Galatians 1:16
To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles: immediately I condescended not to flesh and blood.

Galatians 2:2
And I went up according to revelation and communicated to them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles: but apart to them who seemed to be some thing: lest perhaps I should run or had run in vain.

Ephesians 3:3
How that, according to revelation, the mystery has been made known to me, as I have written above in a few words:

1 Thessalonians 4:15
For this we say unto you in the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who remain unto the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent them who have slept.

Lexicon
I
ἐγὼ (egō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

did not
οὐδὲ (oude)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3761: Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even.

receive
παρέλαβον (parelabon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3880: From para and lambano; to receive near, i.e. Associate with oneself; by analogy, to assume an office; figuratively, to learn.

it
αὐτό (auto)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

from
παρὰ (para)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 3844: Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.

any man,
ἀνθρώπου (anthrōpou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

nor
οὔτε (oute)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3777: And not, neither, nor. From ou and te; not too, i.e. Neither or nor; by analogy, not even.

was I taught [it];
ἐδιδάχθην (edidachthēn)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1321: To teach, direct, admonish. A prolonged form of a primary verb dao; to teach.

rather, [ I received it ]
ἀλλὰ (alla)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

by
δι’ (di’)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

revelation
ἀποκαλύψεως (apokalypseōs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 602: An unveiling, uncovering, revealing, revelation. From apokalupto; disclosure.

from Jesus
Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

Christ.
Χριστοῦ (Christou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.


Additional Translations
I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.

For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but by a revelation of Jesus Christ.

For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.

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

For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.

For I neither received it from man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

For, in fact, it was not from man that I received or learnt it, but by a revelation from Jesus Christ.

For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.

for neither did I from man receive it, nor was I taught it, but through a revelation of Jesus Christ,
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