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Galatians 1

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¹ Paul, ⓚ an apostle — not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father ⓛ who raised him from the dead ⓜ —

² and all the brothers who are with me: To the churches of Galatia. ⓝ

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

⁴ who gave himself for our sins ⓐ to rescue us from this present evil age, ⓑ according to the will of our God and Father. ⓒ

⁵ To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

⁶ I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from him who called ⓓ you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel —

⁷ not that there is another gospel, ⓔ but there are some ⓕ who are troubling you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.

⁸ But even if we or an angel ⓖ from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, ⓗ a curse be on him! [2]

⁹ As we have said before, I now say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, ⓘ a curse be on him!

¹⁰ For am I now trying to persuade people, [3] or God? ⓙ Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

¹¹ For I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel preached by me is not of human origin.

¹² For I did not receive it from a human source and I was not taught it, but it came by a revelation ⓚ of Jesus Christ. ⓛ

¹³ For you have heard about my former way of life ⓜ in Judaism: ⓝ I intensely persecuted ⓐ God’s church and tried to destroy it.

¹⁴ I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my people, because I was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors. ⓑ

¹⁵ But when God, who from my mother’s womb set me apart and called ⓒ me by his grace, was pleased

¹⁶ to reveal his Son ⓓ in me, so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone. [4]

¹⁷ I did not go up to Jerusalem ⓔ to those who had become apostles ⓕ before me; instead I went to Arabia ⓖ and came back to Damascus. ⓗ

¹⁸ Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem ⓘ to get to know Cephas, [5] ⓙ and I stayed with him fifteen days.

¹⁹ But I didn’t see any of the other apostles except James, ⓚ the Lord’s brother.

²⁰ I declare in the sight of God: I am not lying in what I write to you.

²¹ Afterward, I went to the regions of Syria ⓛ and Cilicia. ⓜ

²² I remained personally unknown to the Judean churches that are in Christ.

²³ They simply kept hearing: “He who formerly persecuted ⓝ us now preaches the faith ⓐ he once tried to destroy.”

²⁴ And they glorified God because of me. [6]

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1	Paul, ⓚ an apostle — not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father ⓛ who raised him from the dead ⓜ —
2	and all the brothers who are with me: To the churches of Galatia. ⓝ
3	Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord [1] Jesus Christ,
4	who gave himself for our sins ⓐ to rescue us from this present evil age, ⓑ according to the will of our God and Father. ⓒ
5	To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
6	I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from him who called ⓓ you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel —
7	not that there is another gospel, ⓔ but there are some ⓕ who are troubling you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.
8	But even if we or an angel ⓖ from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, ⓗ a curse be on him! [2]
9	As we have said before, I now say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, ⓘ a curse be on him!
10	For am I now trying to persuade people, [3] or God? ⓙ Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
11	For I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel preached by me is not of human origin.
12	For I did not receive it from a human source and I was not taught it, but it came by a revelation ⓚ of Jesus Christ. ⓛ
13	For you have heard about my former way of life ⓜ in Judaism: ⓝ I intensely persecuted ⓐ God’s church and tried to destroy it.
14	I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my people, because I was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors. ⓑ
15	But when God, who from my mother’s womb set me apart and called ⓒ me by his grace, was pleased
16	to reveal his Son ⓓ in me, so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone. [4]
17	I did not go up to Jerusalem ⓔ to those who had become apostles ⓕ before me; instead I went to Arabia ⓖ and came back to Damascus. ⓗ
18	Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem ⓘ to get to know Cephas, [5] ⓙ and I stayed with him fifteen days.
19	But I didn’t see any of the other apostles except James, ⓚ the Lord’s brother.
20	I declare in the sight of God: I am not lying in what I write to you.
21	Afterward, I went to the regions of Syria ⓛ and Cilicia. ⓜ
22	I remained personally unknown to the Judean churches that are in Christ.
23	They simply kept hearing: “He who formerly persecuted ⓝ us now preaches the faith ⓐ he once tried to destroy.”
24	And they glorified God because of me. [6]

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^{Galatians 1:1 [1]} Or Jesus Christ. Messiah (Hebrew) and Christ (Greek) both mean Anointed One.

^{Galatians 1:1 [2]} Some manuscripts do not have the Son of God.

^{Galatians 1:2 [3]} Mal. 3:1

^{Galatians 1:3 [4]} Isaiah 40:3

^{Galatians 1:8 [5]} Or in

^{Galatians 1:8 [6]} Or in

^{Galatians 1:13 [7]} The Greek for tempted can also mean tested.

^{Galatians 1:40 [8]} The Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.

^{Galatians 1:41 [9]} Many manuscripts Jesus was filled with compassion

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