“Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;”
But they only heard the report: 'The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.' — the Judean churches receive only rumor ('akoē') of Paul's transformation, yet this report itself ('he pistis') becomes a category: the faith is now something he preaches, identical with what he once opposed, reinforcing the gospel's continuity and transcendence over his personal reversal.
Church Fathers on Galatians 1:21
“Then I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.” After his interview with Peter, he resumes his preaching and the task which lay before him, avoiding Judæa, both because of his mission being to the Gentiles, and of his unwillingness to “build upon another man's foundation.” Wherefore there was not even a chance meeting, as appears from what follows.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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