Does Galatians 1 say Paul went to Jerusalem to check with the twelve after his conversion?
No. Galatians 1 does not say Paul went to Jerusalem to check with the twelve after his conversion. Instead, Paul states he conferred not with flesh and blood and did not go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before him. His apostleship to the Gentiles came directly from the risen Lord, not from the twelve.
Les teaches that many people assume Paul should have gone to Jerusalem to check with the twelve, since they had been with Jesus for three years. But Galatians 1:16-17 actually says Paul conferred not with flesh and blood and did not go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before him. The Holy Spirit made it clear that Paul was not to be tainted by what the twelve had learned, because Jesus had something totally different to show him. Les emphasizes that Paul never took away the authority of Peter and the other eleven apostles, yet his apostleship to the Gentiles came directly from the risen Lord, not from the twelve.
To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
More Questions
Did Paul go up to Jerusalem right after his conversion to check with the twelve apostles?
Galatians 1:16 does not say that Paul immediately went up to Jerusalem to check things out with the twelve; that is a correction of a misreading of the text.
Did Paul go to Jerusalem or consult anyone right after his conversion?
Immediately after his calling, Paul did not confer with flesh and blood, nor did he go up to Jerusalem.
Where did Paul go after his conversion instead of going to Jerusalem to the apostles?
Immediately after his call, Paul did not confer with flesh and blood nor go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before him, but went into Arabia.