Gal 1:13-16 | ESV | STEP | For you have heard of my former life in Judaism , how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it .

Galatians 1:13-16

13 For you have heard of ^amy former life in Judaism, how ^bI persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it. 14 And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely ^czealous was I for ^dthe traditions of my fathers. 15 But when he ^ewho had set me apart ^fbefore I was born, ^{▼▼Greek set me apart from my mother’s womb} and who ^hcalled me by his grace, 16 was pleased to reveal his Son to ^{▼▼Greek in} me, in order ^jthat I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone; ^{▼▼Greek with flesh and blood}