¹⁵ But the Lord said to him, “Go, for ^(A)he is a chosen ^[a]instrument of Mine, to bear My name before ^(B)the Gentiles and ^(C)kings and the sons of Israel;

¹⁵ But when God, who had set me apart from my mother’s womb and ^(A)called me through His grace, was pleased ¹⁶ to reveal His Son in me so that I might ^(B)proclaim Him as good news among the Gentiles, ^(C)I did not immediately consult with ^[a](D)flesh and blood, ^17 (E)nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to ^(F)Damascus.

¹⁸ Then ^(G)three years later I went up ^(H)to Jerusalem to ^[b]become acquainted with ^(I)Cephas, and stayed with him fifteen days. ¹⁹ But I did not see any other of the apostles except ^[c](J)James, the Lord’s brother. ²⁰ (Now in what I am writing to you, ^[d]I assure you ^(K)before God that I am not lying!) ²¹ Then ^(L)I went into the regions of ^(M)Syria and ^(N)Cilicia. ²² And I was still unknown by ^[e]sight to ^(O)the churches of Judea which are ^(P)in Christ; ²³ but only, they kept hearing, “He who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news of ^(Q)the faith which he once ^(R)tried to destroy.” ²⁴ And they ^(S)were glorifying God ^[f]because of me.