Galatians 1:14 — Meaning and Application

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

For ye 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:

And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. {equals: Gr. equals in years}

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called {me} by his grace,

To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: