instead of going up to Jerusalem to see those who had been apostles before me, I went off at once to Arabia, and on my return I came back to Damascus.

then I came to the regions of Syria and of Cilicia,

[I went on to say] “We are Jews by birth and not sinners from among the Gentiles;

For in union with Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor the want of it counts for anything, but only faith acting through love.

But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it.

For neither circumcision nor the want of it is of any importance, but only a new creation.

and as many as by this rule do walk -- peace upon them, and kindness, and on the Israel of God!