Galatians 1:9-20

New American Standard Bible

⁹ As we ^(A)have said before, even now I say again: ^(B)if anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be ^[a](C)accursed!

¹⁰ For am I now ^(D)seeking the favor of people, or of God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a ^(E)bond-servant of Christ.

Paul Defends His Ministry

¹¹ For ^(F)I would have you know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel which was preached by me is ^(G)not ^[b]of human invention. ¹² For ^(H)I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a ^(I)revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹³ For you have heard of ^(J)my former way of life in Judaism, how I ^(K)used to persecute ^(L)the church of God beyond measure and ^(M)tried to destroy it; ¹⁴ and I ^(N)was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my ^[c]countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my ^(O)ancestral traditions. ¹⁵ But when ^[d]He who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and ^(P)called me through His grace was pleased ¹⁶ to reveal His Son in me so that I might ^(Q)preach Him among the Gentiles, ^(R)I did not immediately consult with ^[e](S)flesh and blood, ^17 (T)nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to ^(U)Damascus.

¹⁸ Then ^(V)three years later I went up ^(W)to Jerusalem to ^[f]become acquainted with ^[g](X)Cephas, and stayed with him for fifteen days. ¹⁹ But I did not see another one of the apostles except ^[h](Y)James, the Lord’s brother. ²⁰ (Now in what I am writing to you, ^[i]I assure you ^(Z)before God that I am not lying.)