Greeting
1 Paul, a an apostle—not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father b who raised him from the dead c— 2 and all the brothers who are with me:
To the churches of Galatia. d
3 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord A Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins e to rescue us from this present evil age, f according to the will of our God and Father. g 5 To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
No Other Gospel
6 I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from him who called h you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 not that there is another gospel, i but there are some j who are troubling you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel k from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, l a curse be on him! B 9 As we have said before, I now say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, m a curse be on him!
10 For am I now trying to persuade people, C or God? n Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Paul Defends His Apostleship
11 For I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel preached by me is not of human origin. 12 For I did not receive it from a human source and I was not taught it, but it came by a revelation o of Jesus Christ. p
13 For you have heard about my former way of life q in Judaism: r I intensely persecuted s God’s church and tried to destroy it. 14 I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my people, because I was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors. t 15 But when God, who from my mother’s womb set me apart and called u me by his grace, was pleased 16 to reveal his Son v in me, so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone. D 17 I did not go up to Jerusalem w to those who had become apostles x before me; instead I went to Arabia y and came back to Damascus. z
18 Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem a to get to know Cephas, E,b and I stayed with him fifteen days. 19 But I didn’t see any of the other apostles except James, c the Lord’s brother. 20 I declare in the sight of God: I am not lying in what I write to you.
21 Afterward, I went to the regions of Syria d and Cilicia. e 22 I remained personally unknown to the Judean churches that are in Christ. 23 They simply kept hearing: “He who formerly persecuted f us now preaches the faith g he once tried to destroy.” 24 And they glorified God because of me. F