| 1:13 |
For you have heard of my former behavior within Judaism: that, beyond measure, I persecuted the Church of God and fought against Her. |
| 1:14 |
And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my equals among my own kind, having proven to be more abundant in zeal toward the traditions of my fathers. |
| 1:15 |
But, when it pleased him who, from my mother’s womb, had set me apart, and who has called me by his grace, |
| 1:16 |
to reveal his Son within me, so that I might evangelize him among the Gentiles, I did not next seek the consent of flesh and blood. |
| 1:17 |
Neither did I go to Jerusalem, to those who were Apostles before me. Instead, I went into Arabia, and next I returned to Damascus. |
| 1:18 |
And then, after three years, I went to Jerusalem to see Peter; and I stayed with him for fifteen days. |
| 1:19 |
But I saw none of the other Apostles, except James, the brother of the Lord. |
| 1:20 |
Now what I am writing to you: behold, before God, I am not lying. |
| 1:21 |
Next, I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. |
| 1:22 |
But I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea, which were in Christ. |
| 1:23 |
For they had only heard that: “He, who formerly persecuted us, now evangelizes the faith which he once fought.” |
| 1:24 |
And they glorified God in me. |
