“Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.”
Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Peter and stayed with him fifteen days. — Paul's delayed contact with Peter (and the three-year gap) emphasizes the independence of his gospel and his apostolic commission; he does not receive or validate his message through Peter.
Church Fathers on Galatians 1:17
“Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were Apostles before me.” These words weighed by themselves seem to breath an arrogant spirit, and to be foreign to the Apostolic temper. For to give one's suffrage for one's self, and to admit no man to share one's counsel, is a sign of folly. It is said, “Do you see a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him;” Proverbs 26:12 and, “Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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