Galatians 1:13-15

Living Bible

¹³ You know what I was like when I followed the Jewish religion—how I went after the Christians mercilessly, hunting them down and doing my best to get rid of them all. ¹⁴ I was one of the most religious Jews of my own age in the whole country and tried as hard as I possibly could to follow all the old, traditional rules of my religion.

¹⁵ But then something happened! For even before I was born, God had chosen me to be his and called me—what kindness and grace—