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10 You can see that I am not trying to please you by sweet talk and flattery; no, I am trying to please God. If I were still trying to please men I could not be Christ’s servant.

11 Dear friends, I solemnly swear that the way to heaven that I preach is not based on some mere human whim or dream. 12 For my message comes from no less a person than Jesus Christ himself, who told me what to say. No one else has taught me.

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10 Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people?(A) If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

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11 I want you to know, brothers and sisters,(B) that the gospel I preached(C) is not of human origin. 12 I did not receive it from any man,(D) nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation(E) from Jesus Christ.(F)

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