16. to reveal his Son to me, so that I might preach about him to the Gentiles. I didn’t immediately consult with any human being.
17. I didn’t go up to Jerusalem to see the men who were apostles before me either, but I went away into Arabia and I returned again to Damascus.
18. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days.
19. But I didn’t see any other of the apostles except James the brother of the Lord.
20. Before God, I’m not lying about the things that I’m writing to you!
21. Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia,
22. but I wasn’t known personally by the Christian churches in Judea.
23. They only heard a report about me: "The man who used to harass us now preaches the faith that he once tried to destroy."
24. So they were glorifying God because of me.