[h=3]Galatians 1[/h]New King James Version (NKJV)
[h=3]Greeting[/h]1 Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead), [SUP]
2 [/SUP]and all the brethren who are with me,
To the churches of Galatia:
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3 [/SUP]Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, [SUP]
4 [/SUP]who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, [SUP]
5 [/SUP]to whom
be glory forever and ever. Amen.
[h=3]Only One Gospel[/h][SUP]
6 [/SUP]I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, [SUP]
7 [/SUP]which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. [SUP]
8 [/SUP]But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. [SUP]
9 [/SUP]As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.
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10 [/SUP]For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.
[h=3]Call to Apostleship[/h][SUP]
11 [/SUP]But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. [SUP]
12 [/SUP]For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught
it, but
it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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13 [/SUP]For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and
tried to destroy it. [SUP]
14 [/SUP]And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
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15 [/SUP]But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called
me through His grace, [SUP]
16 [/SUP]to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood, [SUP]
17 [/SUP]nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those
who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.
[h=3]Contacts at Jerusalem[/h][SUP]
18 [/SUP]Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter,[SUP]
[a][/SUP] and remained with him fifteen days. [SUP]
19 [/SUP]But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother. [SUP]
20 [/SUP](Now
concerning the things which I write to you, indeed, before God, I do not lie.)
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21 [/SUP]Afterward I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. [SUP]
22 [/SUP]And I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea which
were in Christ. [SUP]
23 [/SUP]But they were hearing only, “He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith which he once
tried to destroy.” [SUP]
24 [/SUP]And they glorified God in me.