Thematic Bible
Galatians 1:1 (show verse)
Paul, an apostle—not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead—
Galatians 1:2 (show verse)
and all the brothers who are with me:
To the churches of Galatia.
To the churches of Galatia.
Galatians 1:3 (show verse)
Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,
Galatians 1:4 (show verse)
who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.
Galatians 1:5 (show verse)
To whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
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Galatians 1:6 (show verse)
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—
Galatians 1:7 (show verse)
not that there is another gospel, but there are some who are troubling you and want to change the good news about the Messiah.
Galatians 1:8 (show verse)
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!
Galatians 1:9 (show verse)
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!
Galatians 1:10 (show verse)
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.
Galatians 1:11 (show verse)
Now I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel preached by me is not based on human thought.
Galatians 1:12 (show verse)
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.
Galatians 1:13 (show verse)
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.
Galatians 1:14 (show verse)
I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my people, because I was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.
Galatians 1:15 (show verse)
But when God, who from my birth set me apart and called me by His grace, was pleased
Galatians 1:16 (show verse)
to reveal His Son in me, so that I could preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone.
Galatians 1:17 (show verse)
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.
Galatians 1:18 (show verse)
Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem to get to know Cephas, and I stayed with him 15 days.
Galatians 1:19 (show verse)
But I didn’t see any of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.
Galatians 1:20 (show verse)
Now I am not lying in what I write to you. God is my witness.
Galatians 1:21 (show verse)
Afterward, I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
Galatians 1:22 (show verse)
I remained personally unknown to the Judean churches in Christ;
Galatians 1:23 (show verse)
they simply kept hearing: “He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith he once tried to destroy.”
Galatians 1:24 (show verse)
And they glorified God because of me.