Paul’s Greeting to the Galatians
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 brothers 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 out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father— 5 to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
No Other Gospel
6 I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different gospel, 7 but there is not another gospel, only there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the Gospel of Christ. 8 But if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you any gospel other than that which we preached to you, let him be cursed. 9 As we have said before, so I now say again: if any man preaches to you any gospel other than that which you received, let him be cursed.
10 For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Paul Defends his Ministry
11 But I make known to you, brothers, concerning the gospel which was preached by me, that it is not according to man. 12 For I did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.
13 For you have heard of my way of living in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, trying to destroy it. 14 I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my peers in my own nation, having greater zeal for the traditions of my fathers.
15 But when it was the good pleasure of God, who from my mother’s womb, set me apart 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 away into Arabia. Then I returned to Damascus.
Paul Accepted by Apostles and Others
18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Peter, and stayed with him for fifteen days. 19 But of the other apostles I saw no one except James, the Lord’s brother. 20 Now about the things which I write to you, before God, I am not lying. 21 Then I came to the regions of Syria and Cilicia. 22 I was still personally unknown to the churches of Judea which were in Christ, 23 but they only heard, “He who once persecuted us now preaches the faith that he once tried to destroy.”
24 So they glorified God in me.