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For ^(v)I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is ^(w)not according to man.

For ^(x)I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a ^(y)revelation of Jesus Christ.

For you have heard of ^(z)my former manner of life in Judaism, how I ^(aa)used to persecute ^(ab)the church of God beyond measure and ^(ac)tried to destroy it;

and I ^(ad)was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my ^[h]countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my ^(ae)ancestral traditions.

But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother's womb and ^(af)called me through His grace, was pleased

to reveal His Son in me so that I might ^(ag)preach Him among the Gentiles, ^(ah)I did not immediately consult with ^[i](ai)flesh and blood,

^(aj)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 ^(ak)Damascus.

Then ^(al)three years later I went up ^(am)to Jerusalem to ^[j]become acquainted with ^(an)Cephas, and stayed with him fifteen days.

But I did not see any other of the apostles except ^[k](ao)James, the Lord's brother.

(Now in what I am writing to you, ^[l]I assure you ^(ap)before God that I am not lying.)

Then ^(aq)I went into the regions of ^(ar)Syria and ^(as)Cilicia.

I was still unknown by ^[m]sight to ^(at)the churches of Judea which were ^(au)in Christ;

but only, they kept hearing, "He who once persecuted us is now preaching ^(av)the faith which he once ^(aw)tried to destroy."

And they ^(ax)were glorifying God ^[n]because of me.