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For I make known unto you, brethren, as to the glad-message which was announced by me, that it is not after man;

For neither, from man, did I accept it, nor was taught it , - but through a revealing of Jesus Christ.

For ye have heard, as to my own manner of life, at one time, in Judaism, how that, exceedingly, was I persecuting the assembly of God, and laying it waste,

And was making advancement, in Judaism, above many contemporaries in my nation, being, surpassingly zealous, of my paternal instructions.

But, when God, who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me through his favour, was well-pleased

to reveal his Son in me, that I might announce the glad-message regarding him among the nations, straightway, I conferred not with flesh and blood,

Neither went I up unto Jerusalem unto them who, before me, were apostles, - but I went away into Arabia, and again returned unto Damascus.

Then, after three years, went I up unto Jerusalem, to become acquainted with Cephas, and tarried with him fifteen days;

But, other of the apostles, saw I none, save James the brother of the Lord: -

Now, as touching the things which I am writing to you, lo! before God, I am not guilty of falsehood: -

After that, I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia,

And was still unknown, by face, unto the assemblies of Judaea which were in Christ, -

Only they were hearing - He that was persecuting us formerly, now, is announcing the glad-message of the faith which he formerly laid waste;

And they were glorifying, God, in me.