Galatians Chapter 1
1 From Paul, an apostle, not of men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead,
2 and from all the family⁺ who are with me. To the assemblies⁺ of Galatia.
3 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ
4 who gave Himself for our sins so that He might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father,
5 to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
6 I marvel that you so quickly⁺ turned⁺ away from Him who called you into the grace of Christ, to a different⁺ Gospel.
7 There is not another valid Gospel. Yet there are some who trouble you and would pervert the Gospel of Christ.
8 But if we or an angel from heaven proclaim⁺ any Gospel to you, different than what we have already proclaimed⁺ to you, let them be accursed.
9 As we have said before, I now say again: If anyone⁺ proclaims⁺ any Gospel to you other than what you have already received, let them be accursed.
10 For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
11 But I certify to you, family⁺, that the Gospel that was proclaimed⁺ by me is not from man.
12 For I did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it by man. But it came to me by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
13 For you have heard about my conversation~ and conduct in the past, in Judaism⁺. You know that I excessively⁺ persecuted the assembly⁺ of God beyond measure, and ravaged⁺ it.
14 And I advanced⁺ in the Jews' religion beyond⁺ many of my peers⁺ in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers~.
15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me by His grace,
16 to reveal His Son in me so that I might proclaim⁺ Him among the heathen, immediately I conferred~, not with flesh and blood,
17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went to Arabia. Then, I returned again to Damascus.
18 Then after three years, I went to Jerusalem to see Peter and stayed⁺ with him fifteen days.
19 But I did not see the other apostles, except⁺ James the brother of the Lord.
20 Now behold what I write to you. Before God, I do not lie.
21 Then, I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
22 I was unknown, in person⁺, to the assemblies⁺ of Judea that were in Christ.
23 But they had heard only this: That he who once⁺ persecuted us, now proclaims⁺ the faith that he once ravaged⁺.
24 And they glorified God in me.