1 Paul, an apostle not from men nor by men but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead,
2 and all the brothers with me, to the churches of Galatia.
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
4 who gave himself for our sins in order to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
5 to whom
6 I am astonished that you are turning away so quickly from the one who called you by the grace of Christ to a different gospel,
7 not that
8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim a gospel to you contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let him be accursed!
9 As we said before, and now I say again, if anyone is proclaiming a gospel
10 For am I now making an appeal to people or
11 For I make known to you, brothers, the gospel that has been proclaimed by me, that it is not
12 For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught
13 For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism, that to an extraordinary degree I was persecuting the church of God, and trying to destroy it,
14 and was progressing in Judaism beyond many contemporaries in my nation,
15 But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called
16 to reveal his Son in me, in order that I would proclaim the gospel
17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those
18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days,
19 but I did not see
20 (Now
21 Then I came to the regions of Syria and of Cilicia,
22 but I was unknown
23 and they were only hearing, “The one formerly persecuting us is now proclaiming the faith that formerly he was attempting to destroy,”
24 and they were glorifying God because of me.