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Greeting

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^[a] 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.

No Other Gospel

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. ⁹ As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, ^(s)let him be accursed.

¹⁰ For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying ^(t)to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a ^(u)servant^[b] of Christ.

Paul Called by God

¹¹ For ^(v)I would have you know, brothers, that ^(w)the gospel that was preached by me is not man's gospel.^{[c] 12 (x)}For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it ^(y)through a revelation of Jesus Christ. ¹³ For you have heard of ^(z)my former life in Judaism, how ^(aa)I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it. ¹⁴ And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely ^(ab)zealous was I for ^(ac)the traditions of my fathers. ¹⁵ But when he ^(ad)who had set me apart ^(ae)before I was born,^[d] and who ^(af)called me by his grace, ¹⁶ was pleased to reveal his Son to^[e] me, in order ^(ag)that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone;^{[f] 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 ^(ah)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 ^(ai)the Lord's brother. ²⁰ (In what I am writing to you, ^(aj)before God, I do not lie!) ^21 (ak)Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. ²² And I was still unknown in person to ^(al)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." ²⁴ And they glorified God because of me.