Call to Apostleship^(A)

^11 (B)But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. ¹² For ^(C)I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came ^(D)through the revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹³ For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how ^(E)I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and ^(F)tried to destroy it. ¹⁴ And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, ^(G)being more exceedingly zealous ^(H)for the traditions of my fathers.

¹⁵ But when it pleased God, ^(I)who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, ^16 (J)to reveal His Son in me, that ^(K)I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with ^(L)flesh and blood, ¹⁷ nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.

Contacts at Jerusalem^(M)

¹⁸ Then after three years ^(N)I went up to Jerusalem to see ^[a]Peter, and remained with him fifteen days. ¹⁹ But ^(O)I saw none of the other apostles except ^(P)James, the Lord’s brother. ²⁰ (Now concerning the things which I write to you, indeed, before God, I do not lie.)

^21 (Q)Afterward I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. ²² And I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea which ^(R)were in Christ. ²³ But they were ^(S)hearing only, “He who formerly ^(T)persecuted us now preaches the faith which he once tried to destroy.” ²⁴ And they ^(U)glorified God in me.