Paul Called by God

¹¹ For ^(A)I make known to you, brothers, that the gospel which I am proclaiming as good news is ^(B)not according to man. ¹² For ^(C)I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a ^(D)revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹³ For you have heard of ^(E)my former conduct in Judaism, how I ^(F)used to persecute ^(G)the church of God beyond measure and ^(H)tried to destroy it. ¹⁴ And I ^(I)was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my countrymen, being far more zealous for the traditions of my ^(J)fathers. ¹⁵ But when God, who had set me apart from my mother’s womb and ^(K)called me through His grace, was pleased ¹⁶ to reveal His Son in me so that I might ^(L)proclaim Him as good news among the Gentiles, ^(M)I did not immediately consult with ^[a](N)flesh and blood, ^17 (O)nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to ^(P)Damascus.

¹⁸ Then ^(Q)three years later I went up ^(R)to Jerusalem to ^[b]become acquainted with ^(S)Cephas, and stayed with him fifteen days. ¹⁹ But I did not see any other of the apostles except ^[c](T)James, the Lord’s brother. ²⁰ (Now in what I am writing to you, ^[d]I assure you ^(U)before God that I am not lying!) ²¹ Then ^(V)I went into the regions of ^(W)Syria and ^(X)Cilicia. ²² And I was still unknown by ^[e]sight to ^(Y)the churches of Judea which are ^(Z)in Christ; ²³ but only, they kept hearing, “He who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news of ^(AA)the faith which he once ^(AB)tried to destroy.” ²⁴ And they ^(AC)were glorifying God ^[f]because of me.