Galatians 1:11-24
Legacy Standard Bible
Paul Called by God
11 For (A)I make known to you, brothers, that the gospel which I am proclaiming as good news is (B)not according to man. 12 For (C)I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a (D)revelation of Jesus Christ.
13 For you have heard of (E)my former conduct in Judaism, how I (F)used to persecute (G)the church of God beyond measure and (H)tried to destroy it. 14 And I (I)was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my countrymen, being far more zealous for the traditions of my (J)fathers. 15 But when God, who had set me apart from my mother’s womb and (K)called me through His grace, was pleased 16 to reveal His Son in me so that I might (L)proclaim Him as good news among the Gentiles, (M)I did not immediately consult with [a](N)flesh and blood, 17 (O)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 (P)Damascus.
18 Then (Q)three years later I went up (R)to Jerusalem to [b]become acquainted with (S)Cephas, and stayed with him fifteen days. 19 But I did not see any other of the apostles except [c](T)James, the Lord’s brother. 20 (Now in what I am writing to you, [d]I assure you (U)before God that I am not lying!) 21 Then (V)I went into the regions of (W)Syria and (X)Cilicia. 22 And I was still unknown by [e]sight to (Y)the churches of Judea which are (Z)in Christ; 23 but only, they kept hearing, “He who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news of (AA)the faith which he once (AB)tried to destroy.” 24 And they (AC)were glorifying God [f]because of me.
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- Galatians 1:16 Human beings
- Galatians 1:18 Or visit Cephas
- Galatians 1:19 Or Jacob; James is the Eng form of Jacob; so in Gal
- Galatians 1:20 Lit behold before God
- Galatians 1:22 Lit face
- Galatians 1:24 Lit in me
Galatians 1:11-24
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Paul’s Vindication of His Apostleship
11 For I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin,(A) 12 for I did not receive it from a human source, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
13 You have heard, no doubt, of my earlier life in Judaism. I was violently persecuting the church of God and was trying to destroy it.(B) 14 I advanced in Judaism beyond many among my people of the same age, for I was far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.(C) 15 But when the one[a] who had set me apart before I was born and called me through his grace was pleased(D) 16 to reveal his Son to me,[b] so that I might proclaim him among the gentiles, I did not confer with any human,(E) 17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were already apostles before me, but I went away at once into Arabia, and afterward I returned to Damascus.
18 Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days,(F) 19 but I did not see any other apostle except James the Lord’s brother.(G) 20 In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie! 21 Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia,(H) 22 and I was still unknown by sight to the churches of Judea that are in Christ;(I) 23 they only heard it said, “The one who formerly was persecuting us is now proclaiming the faith he once tried to destroy.” 24 And they glorified God because of me.
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