Galatians 1:11
11 But [de] I certify [gnorizo] you, [humin] brethren, [adelphos] that [hoti] the gospel [euaggelion] which [ho] was preached [euaggelizo] of [hupo] me [emou] is [esti] not [ou] after [kata] man. [anthropos]KJV-Interlinear
11 For I would have you know,
brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. NASB
To certify, ‘gnorizo,’ means to declare, to make
known.
And so, comparing the true gospel of Christ, to the
various false gospels previously mentioned, which the people of Galatia have
been openly listening to and accepting without question, here now Paul declares
that the true gospel did not come from man.
This indicates clearly that all false gospels,
and/or philosophies, and/or opinions that are not truth, are not from God, but
are from man.
And where does man get the basis for his
beliefs? They are invented. The come from the figment of his imagination.
God is the source of truth. Man is not.
Man is not the source of anything other than error,
deceit, and false information. All
religions in the world are mans invention, and have nothing to do with truth or
reality.
And so Paul is going to explain just where he received
his information in the next few verses, but for the moment, in this verse, he
makes it clear that the true gospel did not come from man.
Paul did not invent it. He did not manufacture it. He was not taught it. He did not receive instruction from any
source of this world. He did not go to
school to learn it. He was not bestowed
any form of credentials by earning it, or working for it, or discovering it.
The true gospel, and for that matter, all doctrine,
neither comes from this world or man in any way shape or form.
All scripture is God breathed, as the Bible states. And anything invented by man is nothing more
than hot air.
