1:18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem ⁷  to visit Cephas ⁸  and get information from him, ⁹  and I stayed with him fifteen days. 1:19 But I saw none of the other apostles ¹⁰  except James the Lord’s brother. 1:20 I assure you ¹¹  that, before God, I am not lying about what I am writing to you! ¹²  1:21 Afterward I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia. 1:22 But I was personally ¹³  unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. 1:23 They were only hearing, “The one who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news ¹⁴  of the faith he once tried to destroy.” 1:24 So ¹⁵  they glorified God because of me. ¹⁶