Paul, apostle, not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father that raised him out of the dead,
and all the brethren with me, to the assemblies of Galatia.
Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,
that gave himself for our sins, so that he might deliver us out of the present evil age according to the will of our God and Father,
to whom [be] the glory unto the ages of the ages. Amen.
I wonder that thus quickly ye are being removed from him that called you in Christ’s grace to a different gospel
which is not another, but there are some that trouble you and desire to pervert the gospel of Christ.
But even if we or an angel out of heaven preach to you contrary to what we preached to you, accursed let him be.
As we have said before, now also again I say, if one is preaching to you contrary to what ye received, accursed let him be.
For am I now conciliating men or God? or do I seek to please men? [For] if any longer I were pleasing men, Christ’s bondservant I should not be.
But I let you know, brethren, that the gospel that was preached by me is not according to man.
For neither received I it from man nor was I taught [it] but by revelation of Jesus Christ.
For ye heard of my conversation formerly in Judaism, that I was excessively persecuting the assembly of God and ravaging it;
and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many contemporaries in my nation, being very exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
But when it pleased God, that set me apart out of my mother’s womb and called me by his grace,
to reveal his Son in me, that I should preach him among the nations, immediately I took not counsel with flesh and blood,
nor went up to Jerusalem to those that were apostles before me; but I went unto Arabia and again returned unto Damascus.
Then after three years I went up unto Jerusalem to make the acquaintance of Cephas, and I remained with him fifteen days;
but no other of the apostles I saw, save James the brother of the Lord.
Now what I write to you, behold, before God, I lie not.
Then I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
but I was unknown personally to the assemblies of Judea that are in Christ:
only they were hearing that our former persecutor now preacheth the faith which formerly he was ravaging,
and they glorified God in me.