Greeting
1 Paul, an (A)apostle—(B)not from men nor through man, but (C)through Jesus Christ and God the Father, (D)who raised him from the dead— 2 and all (E)the brothers[a] who are with me,
To (F)the churches of Galatia:
3 (G)Grace to you and peace (H)from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 (I)who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present (J)evil age, according to the will of (K)our God and Father, 5 to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
No Other Gospel
6 I am astonished that you are (L)so quickly deserting (M)him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to (N)a different gospel— 7 (O)not that there is another one, but (P)there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or (Q)an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, (R)let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, (S)let him be accursed.
10 For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying (T)to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a (U)servant[b] of Christ.
Paul Called by God
11 For (V)I would have you know, brothers, that (W)the gospel that was preached by me is not man's gospel.[c] 12 (X)For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it (Y)through a revelation of Jesus Christ. 13 For you have heard of (Z)my former life in Judaism, how (AA)I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it. 14 And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely (AB)zealous was I for (AC)the traditions of my fathers. 15 But when he (AD)who had set me apart (AE)before I was born,[d] and who (AF)called me by his grace, 16 was pleased to reveal his Son to[e] me, in order (AG)that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone;[f] 17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.
18 Then (AH)after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and remained with him for fifteen days. 19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James (AI)the Lord's brother. 20 (In what I am writing to you, (AJ)before God, I do not lie!) 21 (AK)Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. 22 And I was still unknown in person to (AL)the churches of Judea that are in Christ. 23 They only were hearing it said, “He who used to persecute us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.” 24 And they glorified God because of me.
Footnotes
- Galatians 1:2 Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God's family, the church; also verse 11
- Galatians 1:10 Or slave; Greek bondservant
- Galatians 1:11 Greek not according to man
- Galatians 1:15 Greek set me apart from my mother's womb
- Galatians 1:16 Greek in
- Galatians 1:16 Greek with flesh and blood
Cross references
- Galatians 1:1 : See 2 Cor. 1:1
- Galatians 1:1 : ver. 11, 12
- Galatians 1:1 : Acts 9:6; 20:24; 22:10, 15, 21; 26:16; [1 Tim. 1:1; Titus 1:3]
- Galatians 1:1 : See Acts 2:24
- Galatians 1:2 : Phil. 4:21
- Galatians 1:2 : Acts 16:6; 1 Cor. 16:1
- Galatians 1:3 : Rom. 1:7; 1 Cor. 1:3
- Galatians 1:3 : 1 Tim. 1:2
- Galatians 1:4 : See Matt. 20:28; Rom. 4:25; 1 Cor. 15:3
- Galatians 1:4 : [Eph. 2:2; 1 John 5:19]; See John 15:19
- Galatians 1:4 : Phil. 4:20; 1 Thess. 1:3; 3:11, 13
- Galatians 1:6 : [ch. 4:13; Acts 16:6; 18:23]
- Galatians 1:6 : ch. 5:8
- Galatians 1:6 : 2 Cor. 11:4; [1 Tim. 1:3]
- Galatians 1:7 : [Acts 4:12; 1 Cor. 3:11]
- Galatians 1:7 : ch. 5:10; Acts 15:24; See 2 Cor. 11:13
- Galatians 1:8 : 2 Cor. 11:14
- Galatians 1:8 : See Rom. 9:3
- Galatians 1:9 : [See ver. 8 above]; See Rom. 9:3
- Galatians 1:10 : 1 Thess. 2:4; [Rom. 2:29; 1 Cor. 10:33; Eph. 6:6; Col. 3:22]
- Galatians 1:10 : [Rom. 1:1]
- Galatians 1:11 : 1 Cor. 15:1
- Galatians 1:11 : See Rom. 2:16
- Galatians 1:12 : ver. 1; 1 Cor. 11:23; 15:3; [Acts 22:14]
- Galatians 1:12 : ver. 16; See 1 Cor. 2:10; 2 Cor. 12:1
- Galatians 1:13 : [Acts 26:4]
- Galatians 1:13 : See Acts 8:3
- Galatians 1:14 : Phil. 3:6; See Acts 21:20
- Galatians 1:14 : [Jer. 9:14; 2 Tim. 1:3]; See Matt. 15:2
- Galatians 1:15 : Acts 13:2; Rom. 1:1
- Galatians 1:15 : Isa. 49:1, 5; Jer. 1:5; Luke 1:15
- Galatians 1:15 : ver. 6
- Galatians 1:16 : ch. 2:9; See Acts 9:15
- Galatians 1:18 : [Acts 9:22, 23]
- Galatians 1:19 : See Matt. 12:46; Acts 12:17
- Galatians 1:20 : See Rom. 1:9; 9:1
- Galatians 1:21 : [Acts 9:30; 11:25, 26; 13:1]
- Galatians 1:22 : 1 Thess. 2:14