1 P aul, an apostle ( not sent from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead),

2 a nd all the brethren who are with me, To the churches of Galatia:

3 G race to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,

4 w ho gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

5 t o whom be the glory forevermore. Amen. Perversion of the Gospel

6 I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel;

7 w hich is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.

8 B ut even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed!

9 A s we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed!

10 F or am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ. Paul Defends His Ministry

11 F or I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man.

12 F or I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

13 F or you have heard of my former manner of life in Judaism, how I used to persecute the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it;

14 a nd I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my ancestral traditions.

15 B ut when God, who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, was pleased

16 t o reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,

17 n or did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to Damascus.

18 T hen three years later I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and stayed with him fifteen days.

19 B ut I did not see any other of the apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.

20 ( Now in what I am writing to you, I assure you before God that I am not lying.)

21 T hen I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

22 I was still unknown by sight to the churches of Judea which were in Christ;

23 b ut only, they kept hearing, “He who once persecuted us is now preaching the faith which he once tried to destroy.”

24 A nd they were glorifying God because of me.