Galatians 1 — Legacy Standard Bible

Greetings and Grace

1Paul, ^aan apostle—^bnot sent from men nor through man, but ^cthrough Jesus Christ and God the Father, who ^draised Him from the dead— ²and all ^athe brothers who are with me, To ^bthe churches of Galatia:

³^aGrace to you and peace from ¹God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, ⁴who ^agave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from ^bthis present evil ¹age, according to the will of ^cour God and Father, ⁵^ato whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Distorting the Gospel

⁶I marvel that you are so quickly deserting ^aHim who called you ¹by the grace of Christ for a ^bdifferent gospel, ⁷which is really not another, only there are some who are ^adisturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. ⁸But even if we, or ^aan angel from heaven, should proclaim to you a gospel ¹contrary to the gospel we have proclaimed to you, let him be ²^,^baccursed! ⁹As we ^ahave said before, so I say again now, ^bif any man is proclaiming to you a gospel ¹contrary to what you received, let him be ²^,^caccursed!

¹⁰For am I now ^aseeking 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 ^bslave of Christ.

Paul Called by God

¹¹For ^aI make known to you, brothers, that the gospel which I am proclaiming as good news is ^bnot according to man. ¹²For ^aI neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a ^brevelation of Jesus Christ.

¹³For you have heard of ^amy former conduct in Judaism, how I ^bused to persecute ^cthe church of God beyond measure and ^dtried to destroy it. ¹⁴And I ^awas advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my countrymen, being far more zealous for the traditions of my ^bfathers. ¹⁵But when God, who had set me apart from my mother’s womb and ^acalled me through His grace, was pleased ¹⁶to reveal His Son in me so that I might ^aproclaim Him as good news among the Gentiles, ^bI did not immediately consult with ¹^,^cflesh and blood, ¹⁷^anor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to ^bDamascus.

¹⁸Then ^athree years later I went up ^bto Jerusalem to ¹become acquainted with ^cCephas, and stayed with him fifteen days. ¹⁹But I did not see any other of the apostles except ¹^,^aJames, the Lord’s brother. ²⁰(Now in what I am writing to you, ¹I assure you ^abefore God that I am not lying!) ²¹Then ^aI went into the regions of ^bSyria and ^cCilicia. ²²And I was still unknown by ¹sight to ^athe churches of Judea which are ^bin Christ; ²³but only, they kept hearing, “He who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news of ^athe faith which he once ^btried to destroy.” ²⁴And they ^awere glorifying God ¹because of me.