Thematic Bible

Galatians 1:1

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

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and all the brothers who are with me:

To the churches of Galatia.

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Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,

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

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

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not that there is another gospel, but there are some who are troubling you and want to change the good news about the Messiah.

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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!

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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!

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem to get to know Cephas, and I stayed with him 15 days.

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

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Now I am not lying in what I write to you. God is my witness.

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

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I remained personally unknown to the Judean churches in Christ;

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

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And they glorified God because of me.