Paul’s Greeting to the Galatians

1Paul, an apostle—not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, the One having raised Him out from the dead— 2and all the brothers with me,

To the churches of Galatia:

3Grace to you⁺ and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,† 4the One having given Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us out of the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 5to whom be the glory to the ages of the ages. Amen.

No Other Gospel

6I marvel that so quickly you⁺ are deserting from the One having called you⁺ in the grace of Christ to another gospel, 7which is not another, except there are some who are troubling you⁺ and are wanting to pervert the gospel of Christ.

8But even if we or an angel out of heaven should preach a gospel to you⁺ contrary to what we preached to you⁺, let him be accursed! 9As we have said before, even now I say again: If anyone preaches a gospel to you⁺ contrary to what you⁺ received, let him be accursed!

Paul Preaches the Gospel

10For presently do I appease men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? If† I were still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ. 11For† I make known to you⁺, brothers, the gospel having been preached by me, that it is not according to man.† 12For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but through a revelation of Jesus Christ.†

13For you⁺ heard of my conduct formerly in Judaism, that according to excess I was persecuting the church of God and was ravaging it. 14And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my kindred, being more abundantly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

15But when God was well pleased—the One having set me apart from the womb of my mother and having called me by His grace— 16to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I conferred not immediately with flesh and blood, 17nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia and returned again to Damascus.

18Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to make acquaintance with Cephas,† and I remained with him fifteen days. 19But I did not see any of the other apostles except James, the brother of the Lord. 20Now the things I write to you⁺, behold before God that I do not lie.

21Then I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia. 22But I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. 23But they were only hearing that “the one formerly persecuting us now preaches the faith that formerly he was ravaging.” 24And they were glorifying God in me.

Footnotes:

3 SBL, BYZ, and TR God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ
10 BYZ and TR For if
11 BYZ and TR And
11 Or not devised by man
12 F35 of Christ
18 That is, Peter