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1:1  Paul, an apostle – sent not from men nor by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead –
1:2  and all the brothers and sisters with me, To the churches in Galatia:
1:3  Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
1:4  who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
1:5  to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
1:6  I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel –
1:7  which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ.
1:8  But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse!
1:9  As we have already said, so now I say again: if anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!
1:10  Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
1:11  I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.
1:12  I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
1:13  For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
1:14  I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
1:15  But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased
1:16  to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being.
1:17  I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus.
1:18  Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days.
1:19  I saw none of the other apostles – only James, the Lord’s brother.
1:20  I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.
1:21  Then I went to Syria and Cilicia.
1:22  I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
1:23  They only heard the report: ‘The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.’
1:24  And they praised God because of me.