New Testament 6
Galatians 1: 10-14
A Summary of These Verses
•	Paul will defend his Gospel in 1:10-24 by:

•	A. Appealing to the Conception of His Message (1:11-12) and

•	B. Appealing to the Conversion of His Life (1:13-24)
Introduction to 1:10-24
Intelligent men recognize that no one is really a __________________________. man. We are all dependent upon others who have taught us or raised us or provided for us.  
Even most of what we know someone else has __________________________. us…and we take it by faith!
False Teachers in Galatia
Had attempted to __________________________. Paul’s message and ministry by asserting that Paul did not have the correct authority and message. He had never been part of the 12 and therefore Paul had no __________________________. to preach the gospel.
Their Conclusion:
Paul was a self-called; self-invented __________________________. of the gospel.  His doctrine was invented as well and was not based on the teachings of Jesus nor on a __________________________. interpretation of the OT Law.
Paul’s Response:
Is to __________________________. these false charges. 
He must prove his call to apostleship and his call to preach the gospel were __________________________. and carried authority. 
The question is How? 
•	The Conception of Paul’s Gospel (1:11-12a)
Paul begins “I make known”. 
NASV – “For I would have you know…”
KJV – “But I __________________________. you…”
NIV – “I want you to know”
Greek NT “Gnwrizw gar umin”
This is a present active indicative verb meaning that a rather __________________________. statement is to follow and Paul is expecting a proper response.
The Point & Purpose
Of this statement is to remind the Galatians of something they already know!
Notice his use of “__________________________.” (adelphos). This word indicates that they are from the same womb! They have a common source of origin. Burton, ICC, 36 says that it was a common Jewish custom to recognize as __________________________. all the members of a given family or tribe (Lev 25: 25; Num 16:16).
Burton Continues
In the Christian usage the basis of relation is purely__________________________., family and national lines, as well as lines of merely personal friendship, being__________________________.. (ICC, 36)  
Paul’s Correction!
NASV – “the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man!”
NIV – “the gospel I __________________________. is not something that man made up.” 
The verb “is” is a present tense verb indicating that this gospel continues to not __________________________. from men.  It signifies that the gospel is permanent and unchangeable. 
1:12a – Paul’s Negative Denials
NASV- “For I and I alone neither received it from man, nor was I taught it.” 
The Greek text is literally “neither for I from __________________________. received it nor was I taught it…” 
The thing to notice is Paul’s use of the emphatic personal pronoun “I and I alone” before “received”. He flatly __________________________. any human source for his gospel!
Paul’s Denial
States that he did not receive the Gospel in the normal human fashion. He did not receive this tradition the way most Jews received their traditions and rituals.  Paul makes it clear that he did not learn the gospel at __________________________. School/Sabbath School by repetition or by a human leader.
“For neither”
May be a grammatical method used by Paul to show that the preceding statement is at the same time a fact additional to the one already stated and an __________________________. for it.  
The “neither” in Greek is usually a term of comparison so that Paul is stating his gospel came to him different than even the 12!  Or it could be a __________________________. “For neither did I, any more than the 12, received it from men.”
The Verb “katalambano”: to receive
Means to “take to or along with __________________________. self,” “to accept”, to receive something __________________________. to one.”
“From men” –
Para is the prepositional phrase and carries with it the connotation that Paul was in a position near or next to a man. This marks the source of the content of receiving or shows the ultimate transmitter of the news as the source of the news.  
“Nor was I taught it…”
Here he denies the method of instruction as the __________________________. for his gospel. As said above, this is the normal method of most Christians. Paul said, normal was not the way __________________________. did this to him. 
B. The Positive Affirmation (1:12b)
So, If Paul did not receive the Gospel by normal methods-__________________________.?
But through a revelation of Jesus Christ!”
How is that for an answer? What does Paul mean by “__________________________.”?
Paul’s Use of “revelation”
Seems to mean “a divine disclosure of a person or truth, involving also perception of that which is revealed by the person to whom the disclosure was made.” (Burton, ICC, 41).  Burton continues, “He is speaking neither of an __________________________. of Jesus as a world event, nor of a disclosure of him which, being made to men at large, as, e.g., through his life and death, might be perceived by some and fall ineffectual on others, but of a personal experience, divine in its__________________________., personal to himself and effectual.”
The Source of the Revelation?
Who is the source? God or Jesus Christ? It seems best to understand that Jesus is both the __________________________. and the revealer.  It seems that this revelation allowed Paul to conclude that __________________________. was the Son of God.  
In the Greek 
this word “revelation” is without the article and may mean either an “__________________________. revelation” or “qualitative revelation.” The first may mean a single specific though identified experience. The second case the __________________________. simply describes the method by which the gospel was received without reference to singleness or multiplicity of experience. (Burton, ICC, 43). 
No Human Touch
Was found on Paul’s gospel.  You can claim whatever you desire, but you will not find any man or man’s teachings upon his__________________________.. 
For Paul this revelation allowed that which had been revealed to be __________________________. and now he could see the truth of the gospel. 
2 Corinthians 3:16 says,
“Whenever a man __________________________. to the Lord, the veil is taken away.” 
II. Paul’s Appeal to His Converted Life (1:13-24)
This section will look at Paul’s life from 3 points in his converted life:
•	 Pre-Conversion life (13-14)
•	 __________________________. (15)
•	 Post Conversion (16-24)
•	 Pre-Conversion (13-14)
Paul clearly understood that if anyone __________________________. his apostleship, they would also be denying his conversion experience.  Paul will set out to prove that his gospel could not have come from any man or group of men as seen from his way of life __________________________. to salvation and shortly after it. Indeed the very isolation of his life demands one understand the origin of his gospel.
Paul’s Pre-Converted Life (13)
“For you have heard about my __________________________. manner of life in Judaism”.  
Paul reminds the Galatians to __________________________. the way he had conducted his life previous to conversion. 
Paul’s Way of Life (anastrophe)
Shows that his former life was not a mask to be worn or taken off so easily as was true with many __________________________. religions. Judaism was a way of life that involved all of life. Paul makes sure the Galatians readers know that this was the only __________________________. of influence on his pre-conversion life. Paul tells us more about his pre-conversion life in Phil 3:4-6 etc.
You have heard
Suggests that the Galatians knew these __________________________. even prior to any question of his __________________________. and apostleship had arisen.  
Notice: Fact One: Persecutor of the Church!
Paul did everything he could to destroy the church of JC. He was so committed to the way of Judaistic life that he was willing to __________________________. all his time and efforts into stopping this new sect.  All Paul could see was that this new religion needed to be stopped and rooted out before it __________________________. the people and the Judaism. See Acts 8:1, 3; 9:1; 1 Cor 15:9; Phil 3:6 and 1 Tim 1:13. Paul never gets over his way of life in relation to the church of JC.
The Jewish religion (ioudaismos)
Is used in the Maccabees to denote the Jewish religion in contrast to the __________________________. religion that the Syrian kings were seeking to force upon Israel. So, Paul is implying that the Gospel he presented to them was __________________________. from that of Judaism itself. 
Beyond Measure I persecuted the Church
This phrase and the one following are epexegetic, that is, they explain in detail just what kind of __________________________. Paul was involved. No question can be asked. Paul stood absolutely in opposition to the church and was not won to the Lord by any church’s__________________________..
Persecuted and Sought to Ruin
These words are used to suggest Paul wanted to __________________________. and persecute the Christians.  
These two words are imperfects that represent the actions denoted by them as in progress, bring out __________________________. the continuance of the persecuting activity.  
To Ruin
To ruin means not simply “to injure” but “to destroy” “to ruin”.  This words carry the idea of one who searches out in order to destroy. 
The Church
Notice that Paul used the term ekklesia (church).  The church was already in __________________________. when Paul came onto the scene.  He did not start the church.  He found a church already growing and moving around in the world.  He found a church made up of Jews first and then a few__________________________.. He goes after the Jewish Church. The ones still trying to keep the laws of God. 
Verse 14
The zeal that fired Paul in his missionary efforts existed before his conversion. Paul was __________________________. before all his contemporaries.  His progress carried him beyond his own former attainments, but even excelled many of his own contemporaries, making more __________________________. than they.  To advance in traditions of elders by memorizing the Torah and rabbinical traditions.
The Importance of such a note:
This background makes it impossible to claim that Paul did not know Judaism or the OT.  Nor could one claim that during this period he had subtly received his instruction in Christianity from others.