Gal 1:11 For I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man.
Gal 1:12 For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
Gal 1:13 For you have heard of my former manner of life in Judaism, how I used to persecute the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it;
Gal 1:14 and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my ancestral traditions.
Gal 1:15 But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, was pleased
Gal 1:16 to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,
Gal 1:17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to Damascus.
Gal 1:18 Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and stayed with him fifteen days.
Gal 1:19 But I did not see any other of the apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.
Gal 1:20 (Now in what I am writing to you, I assure you before God that I am not lying.)
Gal 1:21 Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
Gal 1:22 I was still unknown by sight to the churches of Judea which were in Christ;
Gal 1:23 but only, they kept hearing, “He who once persecuted us is now preaching the faith which he once tried to destroy.”
Gal 1:24 And they were glorifying God because of me.
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For I would have you know,
brethren,
that the gospel
which was preached
by me
is not according to man.
For I neither received it
from man,
nor was I taught it,
but I received it
through a revelation
of Jesus Christ.
For you have heard
of my former manner
of life in Judaism,
how I used to persecute
the church of God beyond measure
and tried to destroy it;
and I was advancing in Judaism
beyond many of my contemporaries
among my countrymen,
being more extremely zealous
for my ancestral traditions.
But when God,
who had set me apart
even from my mother’s womb
and called me
through His grace,
was pleased to reveal His Son in me
so that I might preach
Him among the Gentiles,
I did not immediately consult
with flesh and blood,
nor did I go up to Jerusalem
to those who were apostles before me;
but I went away to Arabia,
and returned once more to Damascus.
Then three years later
I went up to Jerusalem
to become acquainted with Cephas,
and stayed with him fifteen days.
But I did not see any other of the apostles
except James,
the Lord’s brother.
(Now in what I am writing to you,
I assure you before God that I am not lying.)
Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
I was still unknown
by sight to the churches of Judea
which were in Christ;
but only, they kept hearing,
“He who once persecuted us is now preaching the faith
which he once tried to destroy.”
And they were glorifying God
because of me.