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Galatians 1:14-19 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

14. and progressed in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my race, since I was even more a zealot for my ancestral traditions.

15. But when [God], who from my mother’s womb had set me apart and called me through his grace, was pleased

16. to reveal his Son to me, so that I might proclaim him to the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult flesh and blood,

17. nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; rather, I went into Arabia and then returned to Damascus.

18. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas and remained with him for fifteen days.

19. But I did not see any other of the apostles, only James the brother of the Lord.

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