Galatians 1:20-22

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

²⁰ Now [note carefully what I am telling you, for it is the truth], I write this as if I were standing before the bar of God; I do not lie.

²¹ Then I went into the districts (countries, regions) of Syria and Cilicia.

²² And so far I was still unknown by sight to the churches of Christ in Judea (the country surrounding Jerusalem).