Paul is writing that his Gospel —as with his apostleship— did not find its source in men.
But how can he prove that to the Galatian churches? Answer, by providing a record of his travels post-conversion interwoven with his personal conversion testimony.
In this passage, Paul presents a cumulative argument against the Judaizer charge that he received his gospel and apostleship from men.
In order to make his case convincingly, Paul advances his argument by drawing their attention to four key areas of his life that he presents in a succession:
1) His Career (vv. 13-14; 2) His Call (vv. 15-17); 3) His Character (vv. 18-20); and 4) His Conversion (vv. 21-24).
Paul defends his position by pointing to his former life and how dramatically he has changed; and internal change that could have only been wraught by God. He then attributes the source of his salvation and calling to God. Also he presents a chronology of his travels to prove that he could not have possibly received his Gospel from any one else. And in fact, he did not. He received his Gospel from Jesus Christ Himself.
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