⁸ And last of all, as by one whose birth was out of the right time, he was seen by me.

¹ Am I not free? am I not an Apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are you not my work in the Lord?

¹⁷ And Ananias went out and came to the house, and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, whom you saw when you were on your journey, has sent me, so that you may be able to see, and be full of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁶ But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;

³ And while he was journeying, he came near Damascus; and suddenly he saw a light from heaven shining round him;

⁴ And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

⁵ And he said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking:

⁶ But get up, and go into the town, and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.

⁹ And the Lord said to Paul in the night, in a vision, Have no fear and go on preaching:

¹⁴ And he said, You have been marked out by the God of our fathers to have knowledge of his purpose, and to see the Upright One and to give ear to the words of his mouth.

¹⁸ And I saw him saying to me, Go out of Jerusalem straight away because they will not give hearing to your witness about me.

¹ As it is necessary for me to take glory to myself, though it is not a good thing, I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

² I have knowledge of a man in Christ, fourteen years back (if he was in the body, or out of the body, I am not able to say, but God only), who was taken up to the third heaven.

³ And I have knowledge of such a man (if he was in the body, or out of the body, I am not able to say, but God only),

⁴ How he was taken up into Paradise, and words came to his ears which may not be said, and which man is not able to say.

⁵ On account of such a one I will have glory: for myself I will take no glory, but only in my feeble body.

⁶ For if I had a desire to take credit to myself, it would not be foolish, for I would be saying what is true: but I will not, for fear that I might seem to any man more than he sees me to be, or has word from me that I am.