| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Paul, an apostle--not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead-- |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2and all the brothers who are with me: To the churches of Galatia. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5To whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6I 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[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7not that there is another gospel, but there are some who are troubling you and want to change the good news about the Messiah. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel other than what we have preached to you, a curse be on him! |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9As we have said before, I now say again: If anyone preaches to you a gospel contrary to what you received, a curse be on him! |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10For am I now trying to win the favor of people, or God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Now I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel preached by me is not based on human thought. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12For I did not receive it from a human source and I was not taught it, but it came by a revelation from Jesus Christ. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism: I persecuted God's church to an extreme degree and tried to destroy it. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my people, because I was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15But when God, who from my birth set me apart and called me by His grace, was pleased |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16to reveal His Son in me, so that I could preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17I 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[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem to get to know Cephas, and I stayed with him 15 days. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19But I didn't see any of the other apostles except James, the Lord's brother. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Now I am not lying in what I write to you. God is my witness. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Afterward, I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22I remained personally unknown to the Judean churches in Christ; |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23they simply kept hearing: "He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith he once tried to destroy." |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24And they glorified God because of me. |
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