Thematic Bible
Galatians 1:1 (show verse)
From: Paul an apostle not sent from men or by a man, but by Jesus the Messiah, 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 in Galatia.
Galatians 1:3 (show verse)
May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours!
Galatians 1:4 (show verse)
He gave himself for our sins in order to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father.
Galatians 1:5 (show verse)
To him be the glory forever and ever! Amen.
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Galatians 1:6 (show verse)
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of the Messiah and, instead, are following a different gospel,
Galatians 1:7 (show verse)
not that another one really exists. To be sure, there are certain people who are troubling you and want to distort the gospel about the Messiah.
Galatians 1:8 (show verse)
But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim to you a gospel contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let that person be condemned!
Galatians 1:9 (show verse)
What we have told you in the past I am now telling you again: If anyone proclaims to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let that person be condemned!
Galatians 1:10 (show verse)
Am I now trying to win the approval of people or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be the Messiah's servant.
Galatians 1:11 (show verse)
For I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin.
Galatians 1:12 (show verse)
For I did not receive it from a man, nor was I taught it, but it was revealed to me by Jesus the Messiah.
Galatians 1:13 (show verse)
For you have heard about my earlier life in Judaism how I kept violently persecuting God's church and was trying to destroy it.
Galatians 1:14 (show verse)
I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries, because I was far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.
Galatians 1:15 (show verse)
But when God, who set me apart before I was born and who called me by his grace, was pleased
Galatians 1:16 (show verse)
to reveal his Son to me so that I might proclaim him among the gentiles, I did not confer with another human being at any time,
Galatians 1:17 (show verse)
nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before me. Instead, I went away to Arabia and then came back to Damascus.
Galatians 1:18 (show verse)
Then three years later, I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and I stayed with him for fifteen days.
Galatians 1:19 (show verse)
But I did not see any other apostle except James, the Lord's brother.
Galatians 1:20 (show verse)
(Before God, what I'm writing to you is the truth.)
Galatians 1:21 (show verse)
Then I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
Galatians 1:22 (show verse)
But the churches of the Messiah that are in Judea did not yet know me personally.
Galatians 1:23 (show verse)
The only thing they kept hearing was this: "The man who used to persecute us is now proclaiming the faith he once tried to destroy!"
Galatians 1:24 (show verse)
So they kept glorifying God for what had happened to me.