10. For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.
11. For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man’s gospel.
12. For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
13. For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how 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 zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers.
15. But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace,
16. was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone;
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 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 the Lord’s brother.