¹⁶ was pleased to reveal his Son to^[a] me, in order ^(A)that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone;^{[b] 17} nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.

¹⁸ Then ^(B)after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and remained with him fifteen days. ¹⁹ But I saw none of the other apostles except James ^(C)the Lord's brother. ²⁰ (In what I am writing to you, ^(D)before God, I do not lie!) ^21 (E)Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

⁶ And from those ^(A)who seemed to be influential (what they were makes no difference to me; ^(B)God shows no partiality)—those, I say, who seemed influential ^(C)added nothing to me. ⁷ On the contrary, when they saw that I had been ^(D)entrusted with ^(E)the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised ⁸ (for he who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles), ⁹ and when James and Cephas and John, ^(F)who seemed to be ^(G)pillars, perceived the ^(H)grace that was given to me, they ^(I)gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.