I have recently begun reading Galatians with another brother and wanted to jot down an insight I never had before about the passage. Paul seems to spend a surprising amount of time describing how he never interacted much with the other apostles (he didn't go to Jerusalem; when he did, he saw only Cephas and James, etc.) following his encounter with Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus. 15 But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone; nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother. (In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie!) - Galatians 1:15-20