Galatians 1:11-15

For I would have you know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel which was preached by me is not of human invention.

For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I used to persecute the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it;

and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my ancestral traditions.

But when He who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace was pleased