Galatians 1
1 Paul, an apostle—not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised Him out of the dead—
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),
2 and all the brothers with me, to the assemblies of Galatia:
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,
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 the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, (aiōn g165)
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)
To whom be the glory for ever and ever. So be it. (aiōn g165)
6 I wonder that you are so quickly removed from Him who called you in the grace of Christ to another good news—
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;
7 not that there is another, except there are certain who are troubling you, and wishing to pervert the good news of the Christ;
Which is not another sort: only there are some who give you trouble, desiring to make changes in the good news of Christ.
8 but even if we or a messenger out of Heaven may proclaim good news to you different from what we proclaimed to you—let him be accursed!
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.
9 As we have said before, and now say again: if anyone may proclaim to you good news different from what you received—let him be accursed!
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.
10 For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I yet pleased men—I should not be Christ’s servant.
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.
11 And I make known to you, brothers, the good news that was proclaimed by me, that it is not according to man,
Because I say to you, my brothers, that the good news of which I was the preacher is not man's.
12 for neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught [it], but through a revelation of Jesus Christ,
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.
13 for you heard of my behavior once in Judaism, that I was exceedingly persecuting the Assembly of God, and destroying it,
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:
14 and I was advancing in Judaism above many equals in age in my own race, being more abundantly zealous of my fathers’ deliverances,
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.
15 and when God was well pleased—having separated me from the womb of my mother, and having called [me] through His grace—
But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace,
16 to reveal His Son in me, that I might proclaim Him as good news among the nations, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,
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,
17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia, and again returned to Damascus;
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.
18 then, after three years I went up to Jerusalem to inquire about Peter, and remained with him fifteen days,
Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Cephas, and was there with him fifteen days.
19 and I did not see [any] other of the apostles, except James, the brother of the LORD.
But of the other Apostles I saw only James, the Lord's brother.
20 And the things that I write to you, behold, before God—I do not lie;
Now God is witness that the things which I am writing to you are true.
21 then I came into the regions of Syria and of Cilicia,
Then I came to the parts of Syria and Cilicia.
22 and was unknown by face to the assemblies of Judea, that [are] in Christ,
And the churches of Judaea which were in Christ still had no knowledge of my face or person:
23 and they were only hearing that “he who is persecuting us then, now proclaims good news—the faith that he was then destroying”;
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;
24 and they were glorifying God in me.
And they gave glory to God in me.
