Galatians 1:13-17

English Standard Version

¹³ For you have heard of ^(A)my former life in Judaism, how ^(B)I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it. ¹⁴ And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely ^(C)zealous was I for ^(D)the traditions of my fathers. ¹⁵ But when he ^(E)who had set me apart ^(F)before I was born,^[a] and who ^(G)called me by his grace, ¹⁶ was pleased to reveal his Son to^[b] me, in order ^(H)that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone;^{[c] 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.