Galatians 1:13–18 · BSB
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.
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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.
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