Galatians 1:12-14

12 For neither did I receive it from man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

13 For ye have heard of my behaviour in time past in the Jewish religion, that above measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it.

14 And I profited in the Jewish religion above many of my years among my countrymen, being more abundantly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.