Greeting
1 Paul,an apostle — not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Fatherwho raised Him from the dead—
2 and all the brothers who are with me:
To the churches of Galatia.
3 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our LordJesus Christ,
4 who gave Himself for our sinsto rescue us from this present evil age,according to the will of our God and Father.
5 To whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
No Other Gospel
6 I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from Him who calledyou by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel —
7 not that there is another gospel,but there are somewho are troubling you and want to change the good newsabout the Messiah.
8 But even if we or an angelfrom heaven should preach to you a gospel other than what we have preached to you,a curse be on him!
9 As we have said before, I now say again: If anyone preaches to you a gospel contrary to what you received,a curse be on him!
10 For am I now trying to win the favor of people, or God?Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ.
Paul Defends His Apostleship
11 Now I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel preached by me is not based on human thought.
12 For I did not receive it from a human source and I was not taught it, but it came by a revelationfrom Jesus Christ.
13 For you have heard about my former way of lifein Judaism:I persecutedGod’s church to an extreme degree and tried to destroy it.
14 I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my people, because I was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.
15 But when God, who from my birth set me apart and calledme by His grace, was pleased
16 to reveal His Sonin me, so that I could preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone.
17 I did not go up to Jerusalemto those who had become apostlesbefore me; instead I went to Arabiaand came back to Damascus.
18 Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalemto get to know Cephas,and I stayed with him 15 days.
19 But I didn’t see any of the other apostles except James,the Lord’s brother.
20 Now I am not lying in what I write to you. God is my witness.
21 Afterward, I went to the regions of Syriaand Cilicia.
22 I remained personally unknown to the Judean churches in Christ;
23 they simply kept hearing: “He who formerly persecutedus now preaches the faithhe once tried to destroy.”
24 And they glorified God because of me.
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