Galatians 1:11-12

Whenever Paul wrote, "I would have you know" (cf. 1 Corinthians 12:3; 1 Corinthians 15:1; 2 Corinthians 8:1), he intended to draw special attention to what he proceeded to say. Paul did not receive his gospel from traditional sources (his teachers) nor did he learn it through traditional means (the curriculum of his formal education). It came to him as a special revelation from Jesus Christ, and it was a revelation of who Jesus Christ really is. "According to" (Galatians 1:11; Gr. kata) means "from."

". . . it was the gospel of justification by faith which came to Paul as the result of a direct revelation of Jesus Christ." [Note: Fung, p. 54.]