ABP - Galatians - 1

1:1  Paul, an apostle, not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the father, the one raising him from the dead,

1:2  and [2the 4with 5me 1all 3brethren], to the assemblies of Galatia.

1:3  Favor to you and peace from God the father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,

1:4  the one giving himself for our sins, so as to rescue us from out of the present [2age 1wicked], according to the will [2God 3and 4father 1of our],

1:5  to whom be the glory in the eons of the eons. Amen.

1:6  I marvel that so quickly you are transferred from your calling in favor of Christ, to another good news,

1:7  which is not another; except there are some disturbing you, and wanting to convert the good news of the Christ.

1:8  But even if we or an angel out of heaven should announce good news to you beyond which good news we announced to you, let him be anathema!

1:9  As we described beforehand, and just now again I say, If anyone announces good news to you beyond what you took to yourselves, let him be anathema!

1:10  For now, [2men 1do I comply with], or God? Or do I seek [2men 1to please]? For if still [2men 1I please], [4Christ's 5bondman 2not 3then 1I was].

1:11  But I make known to you, brethren, the good news, the good news announced by me, that it is not according to man.

1:12  [3not even 1For 2I 6from 7man 4received 5it], nor was taught it, but through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

1:13  For you heard my behavior at some time or other in Judaism, that according to excess I persecuted the assembly of God, and ravaged it.

1:14  And I progressed in the Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my race, [2exceedingly more 3zealous 1being 5of my fathers 4of the traditions].

1:15  But when God thought well to separate me from out of the belly of my mother, and called me by his favor,

1:16  to reveal his son in me, that I should announce him good news among the nations; immediately I did not confer with flesh and blood;

1:17  nor went I up to Jerusalem to the [2before 3me 1apostles]; but I went forth to Arabia, and again returned to Damascus.

1:18  Thereupon after [2years 1three] I went up to Jerusalem to inquire of Peter, and I remained with him [2days 1fifteen].

1:19  But other apostles I did not see, except James the brother of the Lord.

1:20  And what things I write to you, behold, before God that I do not lie.

1:21  Thereupon I came to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

1:22  And I was not known by face to the assemblies of Judea -- to the ones in Christ.

1:23  Only they were hearing that, The one persecuting us at one time, now announces good news -- the belief; which at one time he ravaged.

1:24  And they glorified [2in 3me 1God].