Gálatas 1

¹ Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead),

² and all the brothers with me, to the churches of Galatia:

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

⁴ who gave Himself for our sins, so that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

⁵ to whom [be] glory forever and ever. Amen.

⁶ I marvel that you are turning so quickly from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel,

⁷ which is not another; except there are certain people who trouble you and wish to pervert the gospel of Christ.

⁸ But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach a gospel to you other than what we preached to you, let him be accursed.

⁹ As we have said before, and I say again just now, if anyone preaches a gospel to you other than what you received, let him be accursed.

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

¹¹ But I make known to you, brothers, the gospel preached by me is not according to man.

¹² For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but through the revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹³ For you have heard of my former conduct at one time in Judaism, that beyond measure I used to persecute the church of God, and I was devastating it.

¹⁴ And I was advancing in Judaism above many my own age, being far more zealous for the traditions of my forefathers.

¹⁵ But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me through His grace,

¹⁶ to reveal His Son in me, so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,

¹⁷ neither did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned once more to Damascus.

¹⁸ Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Peter, and I stayed with him fifteen days.

¹⁹ But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord's brother.

²⁰ Now what I write to you, behold, before God, I do not lie.

²¹ Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

²² And I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea which are in Christ.

²³ But they heard only, "He who persecuted us in times past now preaches the faith which at one time he was devastating."

²⁴ And they glorified God in me.