12 I did not get it from men, nor did any man teach it to me. Jesus Christ showed it to me.

13 You have heard about my past life. I belonged to the Jewish religion. I hurt the church of God very much and tried to destroy it.

14 I was becoming a leader in the Jewish religion. I did better than most other Jews of my age. I tried harder than anyone else to follow the old rules. These rules were the customs handed down by our ancestors.