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11 Brothers and sisters, I want you to know that the gospel I preached isn't human in origin.
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For I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin;
12 I didn't receive it or learn it from a human. It came through a revelation from Jesus Christ.
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for I did not receive it from a human source, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
13 You heard about my previous life in Judaism, how severely I harassed God's church and tried to destroy it.
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You have heard, no doubt, of my earlier life in Judaism. I was violently persecuting the church of God and was trying to destroy it.
14 I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my peers, because I was much more militant about the traditions of my ancestors.
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I advanced in Judaism beyond many among my people of the same age, for I was far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.
15 But God had set me apart from birth and called me through his grace. He was pleased
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But when God, who had set me apart before I was born and called me through his grace, was pleased
16 to reveal his Son to me, so that I might preach about him to the Gentiles. I didn't immediately consult with any human being.
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to reveal his Son to me, so that I might proclaim him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with any human being,
17 I didn't go up to Jerusalem to see the men who were apostles before me either, but I went away into Arabia and I returned again to Damascus.
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nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were already apostles before me, but I went away at once into Arabia, and afterwards I returned to Damascus.
18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days.
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Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days;
19 But I didn't see any other of the apostles except James the brother of the Lord.
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but I did not see any other apostle except James the Lord's brother.
20 Before God, I'm not lying about the things that I'm writing to you!
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In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie!
21 Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia,
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Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia,
22 but I wasn't known personally by the Christian churches in Judea.
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and I was still unknown by sight to the churches of Judea that are in Christ;
23 They only heard a report about me: "The man who used to harass us now preaches the faith that he once tried to destroy."
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they only heard it said, "The one who formerly was persecuting us is now proclaiming the faith he once tried to destroy."
24 So they were glorifying God because of me.
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And they glorified God because of me.
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