ISV - Galatians - 1

1:1  The Letter of Paul to the GalatiansGreetings from PaulFromThe Gk. lacks From Paul—an apostle not sentThe Gk. lacks sent from men or by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead—

1:2  and all the brothers who are with me, to the churches in Galatia.

1:3  May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be yours!

1:4  He gave himself for our sins in order to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father.

1:5  To him be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

1:6  There Is No Other GospelI am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ to followLit. for a different gospel,

1:7  which is not really another one. To be sure, there are certain people who are troubling you and want to distort the gospel about Christ.

1:8  But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim to youOther mss. lack to you a gospel contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let that person be condemned!

1:9  What we have told you in the past I am now telling you again: If anyone proclaims to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let that person be condemned!

1:10  Am I now trying to win the approval of people or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be Christ's servant.Or slave

1:11  Jesus Himself Gave Paul His MessageForOther mss. read Now I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin.

1:12  For I did not receive it from a man, nor was I taught it, but I received itThe Gk. lacks I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

1:13  For you have heard about my earlier life in Judaism—how I kept violently persecuting God's church and was trying to destroy it.

1:14  I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries, because I was far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

1:15  But when God, who set me apart before I was born and who called me by his grace, was pleased

1:16  to reveal his Son to me so that I might proclaim him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with another human beingLit. with flesh and blood at any time,

1:17  nor did I go up to Jerusalem to seeThe Gk. lacks see those who were apostles before me. Instead, I went away to Arabia and then came back to Damascus.

1:18  Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas,I.e. Peter and I stayed with him for fifteen days.

1:19  But I did not see any other apostle except James, the Lord's brother.

1:20  (I declareThe Gk. lacks I declare before God that what I am writing to you is not a lie.)

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

1:22  But I was unknown by sight to the churches of Christ in Judea.

1:23  The only thing they kept hearing was this: “The man who used to persecute us is now proclaiming the faith he once tried to destroy!”

1:24  So they kept glorifying God for what had happened toThe Gk. lacks what had happened to me.