Galatians 1:14-23 … dividing from the world

¹⁴ And profited (advanced) in the Jews’ religion (the strict adherence of the Pharisees, the Talmud and Halacha) above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.

¹⁵ But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,

Acts 9:15 ^“But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles {foreign nations}, and kings {rulers}, and the children of Israel: {natural born Hebrews}”

¹⁶ To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen (pagan); immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: (He did not ask men’s opinion of what he should do, he had the Scriptures to affirm his call.)

¹⁷ Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me (To get advice from those preaching to the Jews for his call/sermon); but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.

¹⁸ Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.

This should gain our attention, this is the same time frame as the disciples walking directly with Yeshua. As a personal opinion it “should be” the same amount of time needed to disciple people today to a point they truly understand the writings if we, ourselves, knew them the way the disciples did.

¹⁹ But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord’s brother.

²⁰ Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.

²¹ Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;

²² And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:

²³ But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. (Belief in Yeshua as Messiah)

This belief that Yeshua was the long sought after Messiah was of grave contention to the Hebrew people. We know that they were looking for the conquering King to relieve the oppression of the Romans, yet Yeshua said of his ministry in the beginning that was not his role.

Look at John 3:17 “For God did not send His Son into the world that He might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.”

The word ‘condemn’ is the Greek G2919 κρίνω krino (kriy’-nō) v. and it means “go to sue at the law” or “sentence” or “meet out punishment”.