Galatians 1:11–24 · BSB
1:11
For I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached was not devised by man.
1:12
I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
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1:13
For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
1:14
I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
1:15
But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
1:16
to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,
1:17
nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.
1:18
Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.
1:19
But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.
1:20
I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.
1:21
Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
1:22
I was personally unknown, however, to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
1:23
They only heard the account: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”
1:24
And they glorified God because of me.
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