1:1 Paul, an apostle, not sent from men nor made by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, Who raised Him from the dead; |
1:2 And all the brethren who are with me, to the churches of Galatia: |
1:3 Grace and peace be to you from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, |
1:4 Who gave Himself for our sins, in order that He might deliver us from the present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father; |
1:5 To Whom be the glory into the ages of eternity. Amen. |
1:6 I am astonished that you are so quickly being turned away from Him Who called you into the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, |
1:7 Which in reality is not another gospel; but there are some who are troubling you and are desiring to pervert the gospel of Christ. |
1:8 But if we, or even an angel from heaven, should preach a gospel to you that is contrary to what we have preached, LET HIM BE ACCURSED! |
1:9 As we have said before, I also now say again. If anyone is preaching a gospel contrary to what you have received, LET HIM BE ACCURSED! |
1:10 Now then, am I striving to please men, or God? Or am I motivated to please men? For if I am yet pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ. |
1:11 But I certify to you, brethren, that the gospel that was preached by me is not according to man; |
1:12 Because neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it by man; rather, it was by the revelation of Jesus Christ. |
1:13 For you heard of my former conduct when I was in Judaism, how I was excessively persecuting the church of God and was destroying it; |
1:14 And I was advancing in Judaism far beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, being more abundantly zealous for the traditions of my fathers. |
1:15 But when it pleased God, Who selected me from my mother's womb, and called me by His grace, |
1:16 To reveal His own Son in me, in order that I might preach Him as the gospel among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood, |
1:17 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. |
1:18 Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Peter, and I remained with him fifteen days. |
1:19 But I did not see any of the other apostles, except James the brother of the Lord. |
1:20 (Now the things that I am writing to you, behold, before God, I am not lying.) |
1:21 Then I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. |
1:22 But I was unknown by face to the churches in Judea which are in Christ; |
1:23 They only heard, "The one who once persecuted us is now preaching the gospel— the faith which he once destroyed." |
1:24 And they glorified God in me. |