[At this time] I was still unknown personally to churches in [the province of] Judea, which are in [fellowship with] Christ.

Then, fourteen years later I went up to Jerusalem again, [along] with Barnabas, and I took Titus also with me [this time].

But, when [God's] timing fully arrived, He sent His Son, born to a woman [i.e., Mary], born during [the time when] the law [of Moses was still in effect],

At that time, when you did not know God [as your Father], you were in bondage to those who were, by nature, not really gods at all.

Now where are those good feelings you had for me? For I can [honestly] testify that [at one time] you would have even gouged out your eyes and given them to me [for sight] if that had been possible.