EMTV - Galatians - 1

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),

1:2  and all the brothers with me, To the churches of Galatia:

1:3  Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,

1:4  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,

1:5  to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

1:6  I marvel that you are turning so quickly from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel,

1:7  which is not another; except there are certain people who trouble you and wish to pervert the gospel of Christ.

1:8  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.

1:9  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.

1:10  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.

1:11  But I make known to you, brothers, the gospel preached by me is not according to man.

1:12  For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but through the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1:13  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.

1:14  And I was advancing in Judaism above many my own age, being far more zealous for the traditions of my forefathers.

1:15  But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me through His grace,

1:16  to reveal His Son in me, so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,

1:17  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.

1:18  Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Peter, and I stayed with him fifteen days.

1:19  But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.

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

1:21  Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

1:22  And I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea which are in Christ.

1:23  But they heard only, "He who persecuted us in times past now preaches the faith which at one time he was devastating."

1:24  And they glorified God in me.