17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem unto those who were apostles  before me, but I went away to Arabia, and again returned to  Damascus,
         
                                
                        18 then, after three years I went up to Jerusalem to enquire  about Peter, and remained with him fifteen days,
         
                                
                        19 and other of the apostles I did not see, except James, the  brother of the Lord.
         
                                
                        20 And the things that I write to you, lo, before God -- I lie  not;
         
                                
                        21 then I came to the regions of Syria and of Cilicia,
         
                                
                        22 and was unknown by face to the assemblies of Judea, that  [are] in Christ,
         
                                
                        23 and only they were hearing, that `he who is persecuting us  then, doth now proclaim good news -- the faith that then he was  wasting;`