1 Paul, an apostle—^anot from men nor through man, ^bbut ^cthrough Jesus Christ and God the Father, ^dwho raised him from the dead— 2 and all the brothers¹ who are with me,

To ^ethe churches of Galatia:

3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who ^fgave himself ^gfor our sins to deliver us from the ^hpresent evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

6 I am astonished that ⁱyou are so quickly deserting him who ^jcalled you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a ^kdifferent gospel— 7 not that there is another one, but there are some who ^ltrouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to ^mthe one we preached to you, let him be ⁿaccursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.

10 For am I now ^oseeking the ^papproval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant² of Christ.

11 For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is ^qnot ^rman’s gospel.³ 12 For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I ^sreceived it through a ^trevelation of Jesus Christ. 13 For you have heard of my former life in ^uJudaism, how I ^vpersecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it. 14 And ^wI was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the ^xtraditions of my fathers. 15 But when he who had ^yset me apart ^zbefore I was born,⁴ and who called me by his grace, 16 was pleased ^ato reveal his Son to⁵ me, ^bin order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone;⁶ 17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.

18 Then ^cafter three years I went up to Jerusalem ^dto visit Cephas and remained with him fifteen days. 19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord’s brother. 20 (In what I am writing to you, ^ebefore God, ^fI do not lie!) 21 ^gThen I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. 22 And I was still unknown in person to ^hthe churches of Judea that are in Christ. 23 They only were hearing it said, “He who used to persecute us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.” 24 And ⁱthey glorified God because of me.