Galatians:1:11-24

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* But I make known to you , brothers , the gospel preached by me is not according to man . * For I neither received it from man , nor was I taught it , but through the revelation of Jesus Christ . * For you have heard of my former conduct at one time in Judaism , that beyond measure I used to persecute the church of God , and I was devastating it . * And I was advancing in Judaism above many my own age , being far more zealous for the traditions of my forefathers . * But when it pleased God , who separated me from my mother 's womb and called me through His grace , * to reveal His Son in me , so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles , I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood , * neither did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me ; but I went to Arabia , and returned once more to Damascus . * Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Peter , and I stayed with him fifteen days . * But I saw none of the other apostles except James , the Lord 's brother . * Now what I write to you , behold , before God , I do not lie . * Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia . * And I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea which are in Christ . * But they heard only , "He who persecuted us in times past now preaches the faith which at one time he was devastating ." * And they glorified God in me .

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