GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
18 Then, three years later I went to Jerusalem to become personally acquainted with Cephas. I stayed with him for fifteen days.
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Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days.
19 I didn't see any other apostle. I only saw James, the Lord's brother.
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I saw none of the other apostles—only James, the Lord’s brother.
20 (God is my witness that what I'm writing is not a lie.)
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I assure you before God that what I am writing you is no lie.
21 Then I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
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Then I went to Syria and Cilicia.
22 The churches of Christ in Judea didn't know me personally.
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I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
23 The only thing they had heard was this: "The man who persecuted us is now spreading the faith that he once tried to destroy."
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They only heard the report: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”
24 So they praised God for what had happened to me.
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And they praised God because of me.
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