Galatians 1:10-14

10Am I now trying to gain the approval of people, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ!

11Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.

12For I did not receive it or learn it from any human source; instead I received it by a revelation of Jesus Christ.

13For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.

14I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.