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¹Paul, an apostle—not an apostle from men nor by human agency, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him 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,

⁴who gave himself for our sins so that he might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

⁵to him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

⁶I am amazed that you are turning away so quickly from him who called you by the grace of Christ. I am amazed that you are turning to a different gospel.

⁷This is not to say that there is another gospel, but there are some men who cause you trouble and want to change the gospel of Christ.

⁸But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim to you a gospel other than the one we proclaimed to you, let him be cursed.

⁹As we have said before, so now I say again, “If someone proclaims to you a gospel other than the one you received, let him be cursed.”

¹⁰For am I now seeking the approval of men or God? Am I seeking to please men? If I am still trying to please men, I am not a servant of Christ.

¹¹For I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I proclaimed is not man's gospel.

¹²I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it. Instead, it was by revelation of Jesus Christ to me.

¹³You have heard about my former life in Judaism, how I was persecuting the church of God beyond measure and that I was trying to destroy it.

¹⁴I advanced in Judaism beyond many of those who were my own age, from out of my own people. That is how extremely zealous I was for the traditions of my fathers.

¹⁵But when God, who had set me apart from my mother's womb, and who called me through his grace,

¹⁶was pleased to reveal his Son in me, so that I would proclaim him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood.

¹⁷I did not go up to Jerusalem to those who had become apostles before me. Instead, I went to Arabia and then returned to Damascus.

¹⁸Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to get to know Cephas and I stayed with him fifteen days.

¹⁹But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord's brother.

²⁰In what I write to you, I assure you before God, that I am not lying.

²¹Then I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

²²I was still not personally known to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.

²³They only heard it being said, “The man who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the faith he once tried to destroy.”

²⁴So they glorified God because of me.