neither returned to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me: but went my ways into Arabia, and came again unto Damascus.

Then after three years, I returned to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.

And I was still unknown by sight to the churches which were in Christ in Judea (Jerusalem and the surrounding region);

Then fourteen years thereafter, I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took with me Titus also.

And recognizing the grace [that God had] bestowed on me, James and Cephas (Peter) and John, who were reputed to be pillars [of the Jerusalem church], gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we could go to the Gentiles [with their blessing] and they to the circumcised (Jews).

Before certain men came from James, he used to eat [his meals] with the Gentiles; but when the men [from Jerusalem] arrived, he began to withdraw and separate himself [from the Gentile believers], because he was afraid of those from the circumcision.

- For mount Sinai is called Hagar in Arabia, and bordereth upon the city which is now Jerusalem - and is in bondage with her children.

But Jerusalem, which is above, is free: which is the mother of us all.