But I assure you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not after man;

for I did not receive it from man nor was I taught it by any man, but it was revealed to me by Jesus Christ.

For ye have heard of my conduct formerly in Judaism; that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and was destroying it,

and I was unknown by face to the churches of Judaea which were in Christ;

but they were only hearing that "He who was once our persecutor is now preaching the faith which he was once destroying";

But not even Titus, who was with me, though he was a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised;

But on the contrary, when they saw that I was intrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, as Peter was with that to the circumcised,

and when they knew the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the gentiles, and they to the circumcised;

only they wished us to remember the poor; which very thing I also was earnest to do.

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I withstood him to the face; for he was condemned.

And the other Jews also dissembled with him; so that even Barnabas was carried away with their dissimulation.

O foolish Galatians, who bewitched you? before whose eyes Jesus Christ was plainly set forth among you crucified.

This only I desire to learn from you: Was it from the works of the Law that ye received the Spirit, or by the preaching of faith?

Even as Abraham "believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness."

Moreover the Scripture, foreseeing that God was to accept the gentiles as righteous by faith, proclaimed beforehand the glad tidings to Abraham, saying, "In thee shall all nations be blessed."

to the end that in Christ Jesus the blessing promised to Abraham might come to the gentiles, that we through faith might receive the Spirit which was promised.

And what I mean is this; that a covenant that was before ratified by God, the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, cannot annul, so as to make void the promise;

To what end then was the Law? It was added because of transgressions, till the offspring should come to whom the promise belongeth, having been ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

Is then the Law against the promises of God? Far be it! For if a law had been given which was able to give life, righteousness would indeed have been by the Law;

But before faith came, we were kept in ward under the Law, shut up unto the faith which was to be revealed.

Nay, ye know that it was on account of an infirmity of the flesh that I preached the gospel to you the former time,

and my trial which was in my flesh ye did not despise nor spurn; but received me as an angel of God, yea, as Christ Jesus.

How great then was your boasting of happiness! for I bear you witness, that if possible, ye would have plucked out your eyes, and have given them to me.

But the one by the bondwoman was born after the flesh; while the one by the freewoman was through the promise.

But ye, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of a promise.

But as at that time he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born through the Spirit, so it is now.