Paul, ^aan apostle ^b(not sent from men nor through human agency, but ^cthrough Jesus Christ and God the Father, who ^draised Him from the dead), 2 and all ^athe brothers who are with me,

To ^bthe churches of Galatia:

3 ^aGrace to you and peace from ¹God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who ^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 forevermore. Amen.

6 I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting ^aHim who called you ¹by the grace of Christ, for a ^bdifferent gospel, 7 which is not just another account; but there are some who are ^adisturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we, or ^aan angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be ^1baccursed! 9 As we ^ahave said before, even now I say again: ^bif anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be ^1caccursed!

10 For am I now ^aseeking the favor of people, or of God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a ^bbond-servant of Christ.

11 For ^aI would have you know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel which was preached by me is ^bnot ¹of human invention. 12 For ^aI neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a ^brevelation of Jesus Christ.

13 For you have heard of ^amy former way of life in Judaism, how I ^bused to persecute ^cthe church of God beyond measure and ^dtried to destroy it; 14 and I ^awas advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my ¹countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my ^bancestral traditions. 15 But when ¹He who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and ^acalled me through His grace was pleased 16 to reveal His Son in me so that I might ^apreach Him among the Gentiles, ^bI did not immediately consult with ^1cflesh 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.

18 Then ^athree years later I went up ^bto Jerusalem to ¹become acquainted with ^2cCephas, and stayed with him for fifteen days. 19 But I did not see another one of the apostles except ^1aJames, the Lord’s brother. 20 (Now in what I am writing to you, ¹I assure you ^abefore God that I am not lying.) 21 Then ^aI went into the regions of ^bSyria and ^cCilicia. 22 I was still unknown by ¹sight to ^athe churches of Judea which are ^bin Christ; 23 but they only kept hearing, “The man who once persecuted us is now preaching ^athe faith which he once ^btried to destroy.” 24 And they ^awere glorifying God ¹because of me.