Galatians 1 (HCSB)

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¹ Paul, ⓐ an apostle — not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father ⓑ who raised Him from the dead ⓒ —

² and all the brothers who are with me: To the churches of Galatia. [1] ⓓ

³ Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord [2] Jesus Christ,

⁴ who gave Himself for our sins ⓔ to rescue us from this present evil age, ⓕ according to the will of our God and Father. ⓖ

⁵ To whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

⁶ I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from Him who called ⓗ you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel —

⁷ not that there is another gospel, ⓘ but there are some ⓙ who are troubling you and want to change the good news [3] about the Messiah.

⁸ But even if we or an angel ⓚ from heaven should preach to you a gospel other than what we have preached to you, ⓛ a curse be on him! [4]

⁹ As we have said before, I now say again: If anyone preaches to you a gospel contrary to what you received, ⓜ a curse be on him!

¹⁰ For am I now trying to win the favor of people, or God? ⓝ Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ.

¹¹ Now I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel preached by me is not based on human thought. [5]

¹² For I did not receive it from a human source and I was not taught it, but it came by a revelation ⓞ from Jesus Christ. ⓟ

¹³ For you have heard about my former way of life ⓠ in Judaism: ⓡ I persecuted ⓢ God’s church to an extreme degree and tried to destroy it.

¹⁴ I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my people, because I was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors. ⓣ

¹⁵ But when God, who from my birth set me apart and called ⓤ me by His grace, was pleased

¹⁶ to reveal His Son ⓥ in me, so that I could preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone. [6]

¹⁷ I did not go up to Jerusalem ⓦ to those who had become apostles ⓧ before me; instead I went to Arabia ⓨ and came back to Damascus. ⓩ

¹⁸ Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem ⓐ to get to know Cephas, [7] ⓑ and I stayed with him 15 days.

¹⁹ But I didn’t see any of the other apostles except James, ⓒ the Lord’s brother.

²⁰ Now I am not lying in what I write to you. God is my witness. [8]

²¹ Afterward, I went to the regions of Syria ⓓ and Cilicia. ⓔ

²² I remained personally unknown to the Judean churches in Christ;

²³ they simply kept hearing: “He who formerly persecuted ⓕ us now preaches the faith ⓖ he once tried to destroy.”

²⁴ And they glorified God because of me.

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1	Paul, ⓐ an apostle — not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father ⓑ who raised Him from the dead ⓒ —
2	and all the brothers who are with me: To the churches of Galatia. [1] ⓓ
3	Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord [2] Jesus Christ,
4	who gave Himself for our sins ⓔ to rescue us from this present evil age, ⓕ according to the will of our God and Father. ⓖ
5	To whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
6	I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from Him who called ⓗ you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel —
7	not that there is another gospel, ⓘ but there are some ⓙ who are troubling you and want to change the good news [3] about the Messiah.
8	But even if we or an angel ⓚ from heaven should preach to you a gospel other than what we have preached to you, ⓛ a curse be on him! [4]
9	As we have said before, I now say again: If anyone preaches to you a gospel contrary to what you received, ⓜ a curse be on him!
10	For am I now trying to win the favor of people, or God? ⓝ Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ.
11	Now I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel preached by me is not based on human thought. [5]
12	For I did not receive it from a human source and I was not taught it, but it came by a revelation ⓞ from Jesus Christ. ⓟ
13	For you have heard about my former way of life ⓠ in Judaism: ⓡ I persecuted ⓢ God’s church to an extreme degree and tried to destroy it.
14	I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my people, because I was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors. ⓣ
15	But when God, who from my birth set me apart and called ⓤ me by His grace, was pleased
16	to reveal His Son ⓥ in me, so that I could preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone. [6]
17	I did not go up to Jerusalem ⓦ to those who had become apostles ⓧ before me; instead I went to Arabia ⓨ and came back to Damascus. ⓩ
18	Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem ⓐ to get to know Cephas, [7] ⓑ and I stayed with him 15 days.
19	But I didn’t see any of the other apostles except James, ⓒ the Lord’s brother.
20	Now I am not lying in what I write to you. God is my witness. [8]
21	Afterward, I went to the regions of Syria ⓓ and Cilicia. ⓔ
22	I remained personally unknown to the Judean churches in Christ;
23	they simply kept hearing: “He who formerly persecuted ⓕ us now preaches the faith ⓖ he once tried to destroy.”
24	And they glorified God because of me.

Footnotes & Cross-References

^{Galatians 1:2 [1]} Other mss read in the prophets

^{Galatians 1:2 [2]} Other mss add before You

^{Galatians 1:3 [3]} Is 40:3; Mal 3:1

^{Galatians 1:4 [4]} Or John the Baptist came, or John the Baptizer came

^{Galatians 1:4 [5]} Or a baptism based on repentance

^{Galatians 1:8 [6]} Or in

^{Galatians 1:11 [7]} Or In You I am well pleased

^{Galatians 1:14 [10]} Either from God or about God

^{Galatians 1:14 [8]} Other mss add of the kingdom

^{Galatians 1:14 [9]} Or gospel

^{Galatians 1:17 [11]} Lit you to become fishers of

^{Galatians 1:23 [12]} Other mss add to the beginning of v. 24: “Leave us alone.

^{Galatians 1:24 [13]} Lit What to us and to You

^{Galatians 1:25 [14]} Or Be muzzled

^{Galatians 1:27 [15]} Other mss read What is this? What is this new teaching? For with authority

^{Galatians 1:31 [16]} Other mss add at once

^{Galatians 1:40 [17]} Other mss omit on his knees

^{Galatians 1:42 [18]} Lit made clean

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