17 I didn't say a word, not even to the men in Jerusalem who were apostles before I was. Instead, I went at once to Arabia, and afterwards I returned to Damascus.
18 Three years later I went to visit Peter in Jerusalem and stayed with him for 15 days.
19 The only other apostle I saw was James, the Lord's brother.
20 And in the presence of God I swear I am telling the truth.
21 Later, I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
22 But no one who belonged to Christ's churches in Judea had ever seen me in person.
23 They had only heard that the one who had been cruel to them was now preaching the message that he had once tried to destroy.