Galatians 1

New King James Version

Greeting

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

To the churches of Galatia:

³Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁴^(C)who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us ^(D)from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, ⁵to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Only One Gospel

⁶I marvel that you are turning away so soon ^(E)from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, ⁷^(F)which is not another; but there are some ^(G)who trouble you and want to ^(H)pervert^[a] the gospel of Christ. ⁸But even if ^(I)we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be ^[b]accursed. ⁹As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you ^(J)than what you have received, let him be accursed.

¹⁰For ^(K)do I now ^(L)persuade men, or God? Or ^(M)do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.

Call to Apostleship^(N)

¹¹^(O)But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. ¹²For ^(P)I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came ^(Q)through the revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹³For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how ^(R)I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and ^(S)tried to destroy it. ¹⁴And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, ^(T)being more exceedingly zealous ^(U)for the traditions of my fathers.

¹⁵But when it pleased God, ^(V)who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, ¹⁶^(W)to reveal His Son in me, that ^(X)I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with ^(Y)flesh and blood, ¹⁷nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.

Contacts at Jerusalem^(Z)

¹⁸Then after three years ^(AA)I went up to Jerusalem to see ^[c]Peter, and remained with him fifteen days. ¹⁹But ^(AB)I saw none of the other apostles except ^(AC)James, the Lord’s brother. ²⁰(Now concerning the things which I write to you, indeed, before God, I do not lie.)

²¹^(AD)Afterward I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. ²²And I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea which ^(AE)were in Christ. ²³But they were ^(AF)hearing only, “He who formerly ^(AG)persecuted us now preaches the faith which he once tried to destroy.” ²⁴And they ^(AH)glorified God in me.

Footnotes

Galatians 1:7 distort
Galatians 1:8 Gr. anathema
Galatians 1:18 NU Cephas

Psalm 58

New King James Version

The Just Judgment of the Wicked

To the Chief Musician. Set to ^[a]“Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David.

58 Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones?
Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?
²No, in heart you work wickedness;
You weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

³^(A)The wicked are estranged from the womb;
They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
⁴^(B)Their poison is like the poison of a serpent;
They are like the deaf cobra that stops its ear,
⁵Which will not ^(C)heed the voice of charmers,
Charming ever so skillfully.

⁶^(D)Break^[b] their teeth in their mouth, O God!
Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
⁷^(E)Let them flow away as waters which run continually;
When he bends his bow,
Let his arrows be as if cut in pieces.
⁸Let them be like a snail which melts away as it goes,
^(F)Like a stillborn child of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

⁹Before your ^(G)pots can feel the burning thorns,
He shall take them away ^(H)as with a whirlwind,
As in His living and burning wrath.
¹⁰The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the ^(I)vengeance;
^(J)He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
¹¹^(K)So that men will say,
“Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
Surely He is God who ^(L)judges in the earth.”