“Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.”
Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Peter and stayed with him fifteen days. — Paul's delayed contact with Peter (and the three-year gap) emphasizes the independence of his gospel and his apostolic commission; he does not receive or validate his message through Peter.
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