| New American Standard Bible 1995 | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Paul, an apostle (not sent from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead), | 1Paul, an apostle--not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead-- |
| 2and all the brethren who are with me, To the churches of Galatia: | 2and all the brothers who are with me: To the churches of Galatia. |
| 3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, | 3Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, |
| 4who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, | 4who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father. |
| 5to whom be the glory forevermore. Amen. | 5To whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. |
| 6I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; | 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-- |
| 7which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. | 7not that there is another gospel, but there are some who are troubling you and want to change the good news about the Messiah. |
| 8But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! | 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! |
| 9As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed! | 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! |
| 10For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ. | 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. |
| 11For I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. | 11Now I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel preached by me is not based on human thought. |
| 12For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. | 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. |
| 13For you have heard of my former manner of life in Judaism, how I used to persecute the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it; | 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. |
| 14and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my ancestral traditions. | 14I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my people, because I was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors. |
| 15But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, was pleased | 15But when God, who from my birth set me apart and called me by His grace, was pleased |
| 16to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood, | 16to reveal His Son in me, so that I could preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone. |
| 17nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to Damascus. | 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. |
| 18Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and stayed with him fifteen days. | 18Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem to get to know Cephas, and I stayed with him 15 days. |
| 19But I did not see any other of the apostles except James, the Lord's brother. | 19But I didn't see any of the other apostles except James, the Lord's brother. |
| 20(Now in what I am writing to you, I assure you before God that I am not lying.) | 20Now I am not lying in what I write to you. God is my witness. |
| 21Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. | 21Afterward, I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia. |
| 22I was still unknown by sight to the churches of Judea which were in Christ; | 22I remained personally unknown to the Judean churches in Christ; |
| 23but only, they kept hearing, "He who once persecuted us is now preaching the faith which he once tried to destroy." | 23they simply kept hearing: "He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith he once tried to destroy." |
| 24And they were glorifying God because of me. | 24And they glorified God because of me. |
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