“"And I was still unknown by face unto the Churches of Judaea; but they only heard say, he that once persecuted us now preacheth the faith of which he once made havoc." What modesty in thus again mentioning the facts of his persecuting and laying waste the Church, and in thus making infamous his former life, while he p…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Homily on Galatians 1
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23But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
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21Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
22And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ: