Gal 1:17 | MHM | STEP | v. 17 : Instead of going to Jerusalem to meet with the apostles, Paul went to Arabia and later returned to Damascus. This shows that his ministry began independently and under God’s direction, not through human approval ( Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus , Galatians 1:17 ).

‏ Galatians 1:17

v. 17: Instead of going to Jerusalem to meet with the apostles, Paul went to Arabia and later returned to Damascus. This shows that his ministry began independently and under God’s direction, not through human approval (Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus, Galatians 1:17 ^a).