Galatians
Chapters 1:11-17
Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version
11Brothers and sisters, I want you to know that the Good News message I told you was not made up by anyone.
12I did not get my message from any other human. The Good News is not something I learned from other people. Jesus Christ himself gave it to me. He showed me the Good News that I should tell people.
13You have heard about my past life in the Jewish religion. I persecuted the church of God very much. I tried to destroy his people.
14I was becoming a leader in the Jewish religion. I did better than most other Jews my own age. I tried harder than anyone else to follow the traditions we got from our ancestors.
15But God had special plans for me even before I was born. So he chose me through his grace.
16It pleased him to let me see and know his Son so that I could tell the Good News about him to the non-Jewish people. I immediately prepared to do this work without asking for advice or help from anyone.
17I did not go to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was. But, without waiting, I went away to Arabia. Later, I went back to the city of Damascus.