GALATIANS 1 [†]Paul, an  a apostle— b not from men nor through man, but  c through Jesus Christ and God the Father,  d who raised him from the dead— 2[†]and all  e the brothers [1] who are with me,

To  f the churches of Galatia:

3[†] g Grace to you and peace  h from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4[†] i who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present  j evil age, according to the will of  k our God and Father, 5[†]to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

6[†]I am astonished that you are  l so quickly deserting  m him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to  n a different gospel— 7[†] o not that there is another one, but  p there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8[†]But even if we or  q an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you,  r let him be accursed. 9As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received,  r let him be accursed.

10[†]For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying  s to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a  t servant [2] of Christ.

11For  u I would have you know, brothers, that  v the gospel that was preached by me is not man’s gospel. [3] 12[†] w For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it  x through a revelation of Jesus Christ. 13[†]For you have heard of  y my former life in Judaism, how  z I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it. 14And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely  a zealous was I for  b the traditions of my fathers. 15[†]But when he  c who had set me apart  d before I was born, [4] and who  e called me by his grace, 16[†]was pleased to reveal his Son to [5] me, in order  f that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone; [6] 17[†]nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.

18[†]Then  g after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and remained with him fifteen days. 19[†]But I saw none of the other apostles except James  h the Lord’s brother. 20(In what I am writing to you,  i before God, I do not lie!) 21[†] j Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. 22[†]And I was still unknown in person to  k the churches of Judea that are in Christ. 23[†]They only were hearing it said, “He who used to persecute us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.” 24And they glorified God because of me.