Galatians 1

¹Galatians 1:1. Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead—²Galatians 1:2. and all the brothers with me, To the churches of Galatia:³Galatians 1:3. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,⁴Galatians 1:4. who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,⁵Galatians 1:5. to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

⁶Galatians 1:6. I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—⁷Galatians 1:7. which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ.⁸Galatians 1:8. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse!⁹Galatians 1:9. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be under a curse!¹⁰Galatians 1:10. Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

¹¹Galatians 1:11. For I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached was not devised by man.¹²Galatians 1:12. I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.¹³Galatians 1:13. For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.¹⁴Galatians 1:14. I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.¹⁵Galatians 1:15. But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased¹⁶Galatians 1:16. to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,¹⁷Galatians 1:17. nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.¹⁸Galatians 1:18. Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.¹⁹Galatians 1:19. But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.²⁰Galatians 1:20. I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.²¹Galatians 1:21. Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.²²Galatians 1:22. I was personally unknown, however, to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.²³Galatians 1:23. They only heard the account: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”²⁴Galatians 1:24. And they glorified God because of me.