18. Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem to get to know Cephas, and I stayed with him 15 days.
19. But I didn’t see any of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.
20. Now I am not lying in what I write to you. God is my witness.
21. Afterward, I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
22. I remained personally unknown to the Judean churches in Christ;
23. they simply kept hearing: “He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith he once tried to destroy.”
24. And they glorified God because of me.