Galatians:1:11-24

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* For I would have you know , brothers , that the gospel I preach is not man-made ; * for neither did I myself receive it from man , nor by man was I taught it , but by a revelation an apocalypse of Jesus Christ . * For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism , how furiously I used to persecute the church of God , and how I kept seeking to root it out ; * and how in my zeal for Judaism I outstripped many of my own age and nation , in my special zeal for the traditions of my forefathers . * But when God who had set me apart from my very birth , * and had called me by his grace , was pleased to reveal his Son in me , so that I might preach his gospel among the Gentiles , without consulting a human being , * or even going up to Jerusalem to see those who had been apostles before me , I went off at once to Arabia , and on my return came back to Damascus . * Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Peter , and spent two weeks with him . * I saw no other apostle except James , the Lords brother . * (In what I am now writing , I call God to witness that I am telling the truth .) * Then I went into the districts of Syria and Cilicia . * But to the churches of Christ in Judea I was personally unknown ; * only they used to hear it said , "He who was once persecuting us is now preaching the gospel of the very faith which he once tried to ruin ." * And they were giving glory to God on my account .

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