Greeting

1Paul, an apostle—appointed not by men nor through man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—

2and all the brothers with me, to the churches of Galatia:

3Grace to you and peace from God ⁰the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,

4who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.

5To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

No Other Gospel

6I am astonished that you are so quickly turning away from him who called you by the grace of Christ and turning to a different gospel,

7not that there is another gospel, but there are some who are troubling you and wish to pervert the gospel of Christ.

8But even if we or an angel from heaven ¹should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed!

9As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone preaches to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let him be accursed!

10Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

How Paul Became an Apostle

11²But I make known to you, brothers, that the gospel I preached did not originate with man.

12For I did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it by a revelation of ³Jesus Christ.

13For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it.

14I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, being far more zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

15But when ⁴God, who set me apart before I was born and called me by his grace, was pleased

16to reveal his Son in me so that I could preach good news about him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,

17nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia and returned again to Damascus.

18Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with ⁵Peter, and I stayed with him for fifteen days.

19But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the brother of the Lord.

20(Now in what I am writing to you, I assure you before God that I am not lying.)

21Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

22But I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.

23They were only hearing people say, “The man who once persecuted us is now preaching the good news of the faith he once tried to destroy.”

24So they were glorifying God because of me.