Galatia 1:13

1:13 For you have heard of my former way of life ¹  in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.

Galatia 1:22-24

1:22 But I was personally ²  unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. 1:23 They were only hearing, “The one who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news ³  of the faith he once tried to destroy.” 1:24 So ⁴  they glorified God because of me. ⁵ 

[1:13]  ¹ tn Or “lifestyle,” “behavior.”

[1:22]  ² tn Or “by sight”; Grk “by face.”

[1:23]  ³ tn The Greek verb here is εὐαγγελίζεται (euangelizetai).

[1:24]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the result of the report about Paul’s conversion.

[1:24]  ⁵ tn The prepositional phrase ἐν εμοί (en emoi) has been translated with a causal force.