Galatians 1

Greeting

1Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man, but ^athrough Jesus Christ and God the Father ^bwho raised Him from the dead), ²and all the brethren who are with me,

To the churches of Galatia:

³Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, ^4cwho gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us ^dfrom this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, ⁵to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Only One Gospel

⁶I marvel that you are turning away so soon ^efrom Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, ^7fwhich is not another; but there are some ^gwho trouble you and want to ^hpervert ¹the gospel of Christ. ⁸But even if ⁱwe, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be ²accursed. ⁹As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you ^jthan what you have received, let him be accursed.

¹⁰For ^kdo I now ^lpersuade men, or God? Or ^mdo I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.

Call to Apostleship

¹¹ⁿBut I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. ¹²For ^oI neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came ^pthrough the revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹³For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how ^qI persecuted the church of God beyond measure and ^rtried to destroy it. ¹⁴And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, ^sbeing more exceedingly zealous ^tfor the traditions of my fathers.

¹⁵But when it pleased God, ^uwho separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, ^16vto reveal His Son in me, that ^wI might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with ^xflesh and blood, ¹⁷nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.

Contacts at Jerusalem

¹⁸Then after three years ^yI went up to Jerusalem to see ³Peter, and remained with him fifteen days. ¹⁹But ^zI saw none of the other apostles except ^aJames, the Lord’s brother. ²⁰(Now concerning the things which I write to you, indeed, before God, I do not lie.)

^21bAfterward I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. ²²And I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea which ^cwere in Christ. ²³But they were ^dhearing only, “He who formerly ^epersecuted us now preaches the faith which he once tried to destroy.” ²⁴And they ^fglorified God in me.