Paul Called by God

¹¹For uI would have you know, brothers, that vthe gospel that was preached by me is not man's gospel.3 ¹²wFor I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it xthrough a revelation of Jesus Christ. ¹³For you have heard of ymy former life in Judaism, how zI persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it. ¹⁴And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely azealous was I for bthe traditions of my fathers. ¹⁵But when he cwho had set me apart dbefore I was born,4 and who ecalled me by his grace, ¹⁶was pleased to reveal his Son to5 me, in order fthat I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone;6 ¹⁷nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.

¹⁸Then gafter three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and remained with him fifteen days. ¹⁹But I saw none of the other apostles except James hthe Lord's brother. ²⁰(In what I am writing to you, ibefore God, I do not lie!) ²¹jThen I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. ²²And I was still unknown in person to kthe churches of Judea that are in Christ. ²³They only were hearing it said, “He who used to persecute us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.” ²⁴And they glorified God because of me.

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