Greeting
1 Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man, butthrough Jesus Christ and God the Fatherwho raised Him from the dead),
2 and all the brethren who are with me,
To the churches of Galatia:
3 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,
4 who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver usfrom this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
5 to whombeglory forever and ever. Amen.
Only One Gospel
6 I marvel that you are turning away so soonfrom Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel,
7 which is not another; but there are somewho trouble you and want topervert the gospel of Christ.
8 But even ifwe, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.
9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to youthan what you have received, let him be accursed.
10 Fordo I nowpersuade men, or God? Ordo I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.
Call to Apostleship
11 But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man.
12 ForI neither received it from man, nor was I taughtit,butitcamethrough the revelation of Jesus Christ.
13 For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, howI persecuted the church of God beyond measure andtriedtodestroy it.
14 And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation,being more exceedingly zealousfor the traditions of my fathers.
15 But when it pleased God,who separated me from my mother’s womb and calledmethrough His grace,
16 to reveal His Son in me, thatI might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer withflesh and blood,
17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to thosewhowereapostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.
Contacts at Jerusalem
18 Then after three yearsI went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and remained with him fifteen days.
19 ButI saw none of the other apostles exceptJames, the Lord’s brother.
20 (Nowconcerningthe things which I write to you, indeed, before God, I do not lie.)
21 Afterward I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
22 And I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea whichwerein Christ.
23 But they werehearing only, “He who formerlypersecuted us now preaches the faith which he oncetriedtodestroy.”
24 And theyglorified God in me.