14 I was ahead of most other Jews my age in the practice of the Jewish religion, and I was much more devoted to the traditions of our ancestors. Before Pentecost, Paul was against the church and anything associated with it. He spoke ill of it and tried to destroy it. After Pentecost, he described the beliefs and preached the Gospel. Paul had to defend himself because of his past and preached that there is only one gospel of Christ and that those who tried to ruin it must be condemned.15 But God in his grace chose me even before I was born and called me to serve him. And when he decided 16 to reveal his Son to me, so that I could announce the good news about him to the Gentiles, I did not go to anyone for advice, 17 nor did I go to Jerusalem to see those who had been apostles before me. . Instead I immediately went to Arabia and then returned to Damascus. 18 Three years later I went to Jerusalem to ask Peter for information and stayed with him for two weeks. 19 I saw no other apostle except James, [a] of the Lord