'First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I proclaimed that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.' - Paul traces the geographic and ethnic scope of his witness: Damascus, Jerusalem, Judea, and then Gentiles (kēryssō, kēryssō-'proclaim, preach'). His message is 'repentance and turning to God' (metanoeō kai epistrephō pros ton theon, metanoeō kai epistrephō pros ton theon), 'demonstrated by deeds' (erga axia tēs metanoias, erga axia tēs metanoias-'works worthy of repentance'). This is not novelty but the apostolic message, consistent with Peter and the Jerusalem church.

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