Galatians 1:13-17

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

to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,

nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to Damascus.