Galatians 1:11–24

Paul Defends His Ministry

¹¹For ^aI would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is ^bnot according to man.

¹²For ^aI neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a ^brevelation of Jesus Christ.

¹³For you have heard of ^amy former manner of life in Judaism, how I ^bused to persecute ^cthe church of God beyond measure and ^dtried to destroy it;

¹⁴and I ^awas advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my ¹countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my ^bancestral traditions.

¹⁵But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and ^acalled me through His grace, was pleased

¹⁶to reveal His Son in me so that I might ^apreach Him among the Gentiles, ^bI did not immediately consult with ^1cflesh and blood,

^17anor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to ^bDamascus.

¹⁸Then ^athree years later I went up ^bto Jerusalem to ¹become acquainted with ^cCephas, and stayed with him fifteen days.

¹⁹But I did not see any other of the apostles except ^1aJames, the Lord’s brother.

²⁰(Now in what I am writing to you, ¹I assure you ^abefore God that I am not lying.)

²¹Then ^aI went into the regions of ^bSyria and ^cCilicia.

²²I was still unknown by ¹sight to ^athe churches of Judea which were ^bin Christ;

²³but only, they kept hearing, “He who once persecuted us is now preaching ^athe faith which he once ^btried to destroy.”

²⁴And they ^awere glorifying God ¹because of me.