Galatians 1
1 Paul, an apostle—not sent by people or through any person, 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 and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
4 who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.
5 To him be glory forever and ever. Amen.
6 I am amazed that you are turning so quickly away from the one who called you by the grace of Christ to a different gospel.
7 It is not another gospel; some people are troubling you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.
8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, proclaim to you a gospel different from the one we proclaimed, let that one be accursed.
9 As we have said before, I say again now: if anyone proclaims to you a gospel different from the one you received, let that one be accursed.
10 Am I now trying to win people over, or God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
11 For I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I proclaimed is not of human origin.
12 I did not receive it from any person, nor was I taught it; rather, it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
13 You have heard about how I once lived in Judaism: how fiercely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, being far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.
15 But when the one who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me by his grace was pleased
16 to reveal his Son in me, so that I might proclaim him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult anyone.
17 Nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me. Instead, I went to Arabia, and then returned to Damascus.
18 Then, three years later, I went up to Jerusalem to get to know Cephas, and I stayed with him for fifteen days.
19 I saw no other apostle, except James, the Lord's brother.
20 As for what I am writing to you—before God, I am not lying.
21 After that I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
22 I was still unknown by sight to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
23 They had only heard: “The one who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the faith he once tried to destroy.”
24 And they glorified God because of me.
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