“And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judea which were in Christ:”
And they praised God because of me. — the doxological response ('edoxazon') of the Jerusalem churches confirms Paul's gospel: they recognize in his conversion the power of God's grace working through the gospel, despite their later tensions with him over missionary praxis.
Church Fathers on Galatians 1:22
“And I was still unknown by face unto the Churches of Judæa; but they only heard say, he that once persecuted us now preaches the faith of which he once made havoc.” What modesty in thus again mentioning the facts of his persecuting and laying waste the Church, and in thus making infamous his former life, while he passes over the illustrious deeds he was about to achieve! He might have told, had he wished it, all his successes, but he mentions none of these and stepping with…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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