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You heard about the way I once lived when I followed the Jewish religion. You heard how I violently persecuted God's church and tried to destroy it.
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I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the Good News I have spread is not a human message.
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I didn't receive it from any person. I wasn't taught it, but Jesus Christ revealed it to me.
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You heard about the way I once lived when I followed the Jewish religion. You heard how I violently persecuted God's church and tried to destroy it.
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You also heard how I was far ahead of other Jews in my age group in following the Jewish religion. I had become that fanatical for the traditions of my ancestors.
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But God, who appointed me before I was born and who called me by his kindness, was pleased