Galatians 1:11

But I certify you, brethren,.... Though the Galatians had gone such lengths with their false teachers, yet the apostle still calls them "brethren"; as hoping well of them, that they were born of God,…

But I certify you - I make known to you; or, I declare to you; see 1Co 15:1. Doubtless this had been known to them before, but he now assures them of it, and goes into an extended illustration to show…

But I certify you, brethren, etc. - I wish you fully to comprehend that the Gospel which I preached to you is not after man; there is not a spark of human invention in it, nor the slightest touch of…

What Paul had said more generally, in the preface of this epistle, he now proceeds more particularly to enlarge upon. There he had declared himself to be an apostle of Christ; and here he comes more…

A statement of St Paul's claims, followed by a sketch of his life.

11. But I certify Now I declare to you. The same verb is used in 1Co 15:1 to introduce an emphatic statement.

not after man i.e. not…