Galatians 1
1 Paul, an Apostle (not from men, and not through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who made him come back from the dead),
Paul, an apostle sent not from men nor by any man, but by Jesus Christ and by God the Father who raised him from the dead;
2 And all the brothers who are with me, to the churches of Galatia:
with all the brothers who are with me. To the churches of Galatia greeting.
3 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,
Grace be to you, and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,
4 Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might make us free from this present evil world, after the purpose of our God and Father: (aiōn g165)
who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil age in accordance with the will of our God and Father, (aiōn g165)
to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 I am surprised that you are being so quickly turned away from him whose word came to you in the grace of Christ, to good news of a different sort;
I am amazed that you are so soon shifting your ground, and deserting him who called you by the grace of Christ,
7 Which is not another sort: only there are some who give you trouble, desiring to make changes in the good news of Christ.
for another gospel, which indeed is not another; only there are certain individuals who are troubling you, and desiring to pervert the gospel of Christ.
8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, were to be a preacher to you of good news other than that which we have given you, let there be a curse on him.
But even though I myself or an angel from heaven were to preach any gospel other than that which I did preach to you, let him be accursed.
9 As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man is a preacher to you of any good news other than that which has been given to you, let there be a curse on him.
I have said it before, and I now repeat it, if any one is preaching a gospel to you other than that which you have received, let him be accursed.
10 Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Think you that I am now trying to conciliate men or God? Or am I "seeking to please men"? If I were still seeking to please men, I should not be a slave of Christ.
11 Because I say to you, my brothers, that the good news of which I was the preacher is not man's.
For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel I preach is not man-made;
12 For I did not get it from man, and I was not given teaching in it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.
for neither did I myself receive it from man, nor by man was I taught it, but by a revelation an apocalypse of Jesus Christ.
13 For news has come to you of my way of life in the past in the Jews' religion, how I was cruel without measure to the church of God, and did great damage to it:
For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how furiously I used to persecute the church of God, and how I kept seeking to root it out;
14 And I went farther in the Jews' religion than a number of my generation among my countrymen, having a more burning interest in the beliefs handed down from my fathers.
and how in my zeal for Judaism I outstripped many of my own age and nation, in my special zeal for the traditions of my forefathers.
15 But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace,
But when God who had set me apart from my very birth,
16 To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood,
and had called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me, so that I might preach his gospel among the Gentiles, without consulting a human being,
17 And I went not up to Jerusalem to those who were Apostles before me; but I went away into Arabia, and again I came back to Damascus.
or even going up to Jerusalem to see those who had been apostles before me, I went off at once to Arabia, and on my return came back to Damascus.
18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Cephas, and was there with him fifteen days.
Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Peter, and spent two weeks with him.
19 But of the other Apostles I saw only James, the Lord's brother.
I saw no other apostle except James, the Lord’s brother.
20 Now God is witness that the things which I am writing to you are true.
(In what I am now writing, I call God to witness that I am telling the truth.)
21 Then I came to the parts of Syria and Cilicia.
Then I went into the districts of Syria and Cilicia.
22 And the churches of Judaea which were in Christ still had no knowledge of my face or person:
But to the churches of Christ in Judea I was personally unknown;
23 Only it came to their ears that he who at one time was cruel to us is now preaching the faith which before had been attacked by him;
only they used to hear it said, "He who was once persecuting us is now preaching the gospel of the very faith which he once tried to ruin."
24 And they gave glory to God in me.
And they were giving glory to God on my account.
