1:1 Paul, an apostle not from human beings nor through a human being but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead,
1:2 and all the brothers who are with me, to the churches of Galatia:
1:3 grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
1:4 who gave himself for our sins that he might rescue us from the present evil age in accord with the will of our God and Father,
1:5 to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
1:6 I am amazed that you are so quickly forsaking the one who called you by (the) grace (of Christ) for a different gospel
1:7 (not that there is another). But there are some who are disturbing you and wish to pervert the gospel of Christ.
1:8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach (to you) a gospel other than the one that we preached to you, let that one be accursed!
1:9 As we have said before, and now I say again, if anyone preaches to you a gospel other than the one that you received, let that one be accursed!
1:10 Am I now currying favor with human beings or God? Or am I seeking to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ.
1:11 Now I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel preached by me is not of human origin.
1:12 For I did not receive it from a human being, nor was I taught it, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
1:13 For you heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it,
1:14 and progressed in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my race, since I was even more a zealot for my ancestral traditions.
1:15 But when (God), who from my mother’s womb had set me apart and called me through his grace, was pleased
1:16 to reveal his Son to me, so that I might proclaim him to the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult flesh and blood,
1:17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; rather, I went into Arabia and then returned to Damascus.
1:18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to confer with Kephas and remained with him for fifteen days.
1:19 But I did not see any other of the apostles, only James the brother of the Lord.
1:20 (As to what I am writing to you, behold, before God, I am not lying.)
1:21 Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
1:22 And I was unknown personally to the churches of Judea that are in Christ;
1:23 they only kept hearing that "the one who once was persecuting us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy."