Parallel Bible results for "galatians 1:13-17"

Galatians 1:13-17

13 For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism: I persecuted God's church to an extreme degree and tried to destroy it;

13 For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.

14 and I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my people, because I was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

15 But when God, who from my mother's womb set me apart and called me by His grace, was pleased

15 But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased

16 to reveal His Son in me, so that I could preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone.

16 to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being.

17 I did not go up to Jerusalem to those who had become apostles before me; instead I went to Arabia and came back to Damascus.

17 I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus.