1 Paul, an apostle, not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead,

² And all the brethren who are with me, to the churches of Galatia.

³ Grace be to you, and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,

²⁰ Now the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I lie not.

²¹ Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

²² And I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea, which were in Christ:

²³ But they had heard only: He, who persecuted us in times past, doth now preach the faith which once he impugned:

²⁴ And they glorified God in me.

2 Then, after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.

² And I went up according to revelation; and communicated to them the gospel, which I preach among the Gentiles, but apart to them who seemed to be some thing: lest perhaps I should run, or had run in vain.

³ But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Gentile, was compelled to be circumcised.

⁴ But because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privately to spy our liberty, which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into servitude.

⁵ To whom we yielded not by subjection, no not for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.