to the revelation of Jesus Christ that God showed to and in Paul, especially with respect to its implications for the gentiles (Gal. 1:12 NRSV, 16; cf. 3:23).300 Likewise, the phrase κατὰ ἀποκάλυψιν (kata apokalupsin) elsewhere refers to the revelation of the gospel (Rom. 16:25; Eph. 3:3).301 Paul is thus not going up “in response to a revelation,” as the NRSV and NIV translate, but rather in accordance with the specific revelation of the gospel to the gentiles that he had received. Thus Paul presented
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