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Galatians 1

I am afraid that when I come my God may again humble me before you and that I may have to grieve over many who formerly lived in sin and have not repented of their impurity, sexual immorality, and promiscuity that they once practiced.1Cor 5:1; 2Cor 2:1, 4; 13:2

1 The Letter of Paul to the GalatiansGreetings from PaulFrom ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks From} Paul—an apostle not sent ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks sent} from men or by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the deadActs 2:24; 9:6; 26:16; Gal 1:11-12; Titus 1:3— 2 and all the brothers who are with me, to the churches in Galatia.1Cor 16:1; Phil 2:22; 4:21 3 May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be yours!Rom 1:7; 1Cor 1:3; 2Cor 1:2; Eph 1:2; Phil 1:2; Col 1:2; 1Thes 1:1; 2Thes 1:2; 2John 1:3 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.Isa 65:17; Matt 20:28; John 15:19; 17:14; Rom 4:25; Gal 2:20; Titus 2:14; Heb 2:5; 6:5; 1John 5:19 5 To him be the glory forever and ever! Amen. 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 follow ^{▼▼Lit. for} a different gospel,Gal 5:8 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.Acts 15:1, 24; 2Cor 2:17; Gal 5:10, 12, 24 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim to you ^{▼▼Other mss. lack to you} a gospel contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let that person be condemned!1Cor 16:22 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!Deut 4:2; 12:32; Prov 30:6; Rev 22:18 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}1Sam 24:7; Matt 28:14; 1Thes 2:4; James 4:4; 1John 3:9

11 Jesus Himself Gave Paul His MessageFor ^{▼▼Other mss. read Now} I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin.1Cor 15:1 12 For I did not receive it from a man, nor was I taught it, but I received it ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks I received it} through a revelation of Jesus Christ.1Cor 15:1, 3; Gal 1:1; Eph 3:3 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.Acts 8:3; 9:1; 22:4; 26:11; 1Tim 1:13 14 I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries, because I was far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.Jer 9:14; Matt 15:2; Mark 7:5; Acts 22:3; 26:9; Phil 3:6

15 But when God, who set me apart before I was born and who called me by his grace, was pleasedIsa 49:1, 5; Jer 1:5; Acts 9:15; 13:2; 22:14-15; Rom 1:1 16 to reveal his Son to me so that I might proclaim him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with another human being ^{▼▼Lit. with flesh and blood} at any time,Matt 16:17; Acts 9:15; 22:21; 26:17-18; Rom 11:13; 1Cor 15:50; 2Cor 4:6; Eph 3:8; 6:12 17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks see} those who were apostles before me. Instead, I went away to Arabia and then came back to Damascus.

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.Acts 9:26 19 But I did not see any other apostle except James, the Lord's brother.Matt 13:55; Mark 6:3; 1Cor 9:5 20 (I declare ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks I declare} before God that what I am writing to you is not a lie.)Rom 9:1 21 Then I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.Acts 9:30 22 But I was unknown by sight to the churches of Christ in Judea.Rom 16:7; 1Thes 2:14 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!” 24 So they kept glorifying God for what had happened to ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks what had happened to} me.