Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
Solemn asseveration that his visit was only for fifteen days, and that he saw no apostle except Peter and James Probably it was reported by Judaizers that he had received a course of instruction from the apostles in Jerusalem from the first; hence, his earnestness in asserting the contrary, to vindicate his apostleship as derived directly from Christ.