| 1 | Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who 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 us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, | |
| 5 | to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. | |
| 6 | I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, | |
| 7 | which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. | |
| 8 | But even if we, 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 you than what you have received, let him be accursed. | |
| 10 | For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ. | |
| 11 | But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. | |
| 12 | For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ. | |
| 13 | For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it. | |
| 14 | And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers. | |
| 15 | But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, | |
| 16 | to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood, | |
| 17 | nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus. | |
| 18 | Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and remained with him fifteen days. | |
| 19 | But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord's brother. | |
| 20 | (Now concerning the 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 which were in Christ. | |
| 23 | But they were hearing only, "He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith which he once tried to destroy." | |
| 24 | And they glorified God in me. | |