“But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.”
[This is implied in the previous verse as completing the thought about Judean churches' response to Paul's conversion and apostolic work.]
Church Fathers on Galatians 1:23
“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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