Galatians 1 Paul, an apostle—not from men nor through a man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead

WPNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Paul, an apostle—not from men nor through a man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead — ² and all the brothers with me, to the congregations in Galatia: ³ Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁴ who gave Himself for our sins, so that He might deliver us out of this present malignant age, according to the will of our God and Father, ⁵ to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. ⁶ I am sadly surprised that you are turning away so quickly from the one who called you by the grace of Christ, to a different gospel ⁷ —it is not a mere variation, but certain people are unsettling you and wanting to distort the Gospel of the Christ. ⁸ Now even if we, or an angel out of heaven, should preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed! ⁹ As we have just said, I here emphatically repeat: If anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed!! ¹⁰ Am I just now appealing to men, or to God? Or am I trying to please men? You see, if I were still pleasing men I would not be a slave of Christ. ¹¹ Now I want you to know, brothers, that the Gospel preached by me is not according to man; ¹² because I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather it came through a revelation from Christ. ¹³ You have heard of my former conduct while in Judaism, how I was rabid in my persecution of God’s Church and tried to annihilate it; ¹⁴ indeed I was advancing in Judaism beyond many Jews of my own age, being far more zealous for the traditions of my forefathers. ¹⁵ But when God—who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace—resolved ¹⁶ to reveal His Son in me so that I might proclaim Him among the nations/Gentiles, I did not start by consulting with flesh and blood, ¹⁷ nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before I was; rather I went off into Arabia, and then returned to Damascus. ¹⁸ Subsequently, after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to compare notes with Peter, and stayed with him fifteen days. ¹⁹ (I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother. ²⁰ Really, before God, I am not lying in what I write to you.) ²¹ Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. ²² So I remained unknown by face to the congregations of Judea (those in Christ) ²³ —they just kept hearing that “He who once persecuted us now proclaims the faith he formerly tried to destroy.” ²⁴ And they glorified God about me.