Galatians 1

Legacy Standard Bible

Greetings and Grace

1 Paul, ^(A)an apostle—^(B)not sent from men nor through man, but ^(C)through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who ^(D)raised Him from the dead— ² and all ^(E)the brothers who are with me,

To ^(F)the churches of Galatia:

^3 (G)Grace to you and peace from ^[a]God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, ⁴ who ^(H)gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from ^(I)this present evil ^[b]age, according to the will of ^(J)our God and Father, ^5 (K)to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Distorting the Gospel

⁶ I marvel that you are so quickly deserting ^(L)Him who called you ^[c]by the grace of Christ for a ^(M)different gospel, ⁷ which is really not another, only there are some who are ^(N)disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. ⁸ But even if we, or ^(O)an angel from heaven, should proclaim to you a gospel ^[d]contrary to the gospel we have proclaimed to you, let him be ^[e](P)accursed! ⁹ As we ^(Q)have said before, so I say again now, ^(R)if any man is proclaiming to you a gospel ^[f]contrary to what you received, let him be ^[g](S)accursed!

¹⁰ For am I now ^(T)seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a ^(U)slave of Christ.

Paul Called by God

¹¹ For ^(V)I make known to you, brothers, that the gospel which I am proclaiming as good news is ^(W)not according to man. ¹² For ^(X)I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a ^(Y)revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹³ For you have heard of ^(Z)my former conduct in Judaism, how I ^(AA)used to persecute ^(AB)the church of God beyond measure and ^(AC)tried to destroy it. ¹⁴ And I ^(AD)was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my countrymen, being far more zealous for the traditions of my ^(AE)fathers. ¹⁵ But when God, who had set me apart from my mother’s womb and ^(AF)called me through His grace, was pleased ¹⁶ to reveal His Son in me so that I might ^(AG)proclaim Him as good news among the Gentiles, ^(AH)I did not immediately consult with ^[h](AI)flesh and blood, ^17 (AJ)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 ^(AK)Damascus.

¹⁸ Then ^(AL)three years later I went up ^(AM)to Jerusalem to ^[i]become acquainted with ^(AN)Cephas, and stayed with him fifteen days. ¹⁹ But I did not see any other of the apostles except ^[j](AO)James, the Lord’s brother. ²⁰ (Now in what I am writing to you, ^[k]I assure you ^(AP)before God that I am not lying!) ²¹ Then ^(AQ)I went into the regions of ^(AR)Syria and ^(AS)Cilicia. ²² And I was still unknown by ^[l]sight to ^(AT)the churches of Judea which are ^(AU)in Christ; ²³ but only, they kept hearing, “He who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news of ^(AV)the faith which he once ^(AW)tried to destroy.” ²⁴ And they ^(AX)were glorifying God ^[m]because of me.