What was Paul's commission according to Galatians 1:16?
According to Galatians 1:16, God revealed His Son in Paul so that Paul might preach Him among the Gentiles, the non-Jews. This commission came immediately after his conversion at Damascus, and he did not confer with flesh and blood or go up to Jerusalem to the apostles before him.
Les explains that Paul, many years later, wrote this epistle to the Gentiles in Galatia. In Galatians 1:16, the commission was that God would reveal His Son in Paul so Paul might preach Him among the Gentiles—the non-Jews—immediately after his conversion at Damascus. Although several days were involved, the time was rather short. Paul then says he did not confer with flesh and blood, nor did he go up to Jerusalem to the apostles before him. He did not check in with the twelve, or ask Peter to fill him in because Peter had been with the Lord three years and forty days after the resurrection. Instead, Paul went into Arabia, which Les identifies as Sinai, making his way from Damascus to Mount Sinai. So his apostolic commission and message came by revelation, not from the Jerusalem leadership.
To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
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What does Paul mean in Galatians 1:16 when he says God revealed His Son in him?
When Paul speaks of God revealing His Son in him in Galatians 1:16, he is referring to God's revealing Himself in this man, the apostle Saul of Tarsus, now known as Paul.
Who is Galatians 1:16 talking about when it says God revealed His Son in him?
Galatians 1:16 refers to God revealing Himself (His Son) in this man, the apostle Saul of Tarsus, now known as Paul.