Thematic Bible




Galatians 1:1 (show verse)

Paul, an apostle not from men nor by men but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead,

Galatians 1:2 (show verse)

and all the brothers with me, 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 in order to rescue us from the 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 astonished that you are turning away so quickly from the one who called you by the grace of Christ to a different gospel,

Galatians 1:7 (show verse)

not that [there] is a different [gospel], except there are some who are disturbing you and wanting to distort the gospel of Christ.

Galatians 1:8 (show verse)

But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim a gospel to you contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let him be accursed!

Galatians 1:9 (show verse)

As we said before, and now I say again, if anyone is proclaiming a gospel [to] you contrary to what you have received, let him be accursed!

Galatians 1:10 (show verse)

For am I now making an appeal to people or [to] God? Or am I seeking to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ.

Galatians 1:11 (show verse)

For I make known to you, brothers, the gospel that has been proclaimed by me, that it is not {of human origin}.

Galatians 1:12 (show verse)

For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught [it], but [I received it] through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

Galatians 1:13 (show verse)

For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism, that to an extraordinary degree I was persecuting the church of God, and trying to destroy it,

Galatians 1:14 (show verse)

and was progressing in Judaism beyond many contemporaries in my nation, [because] I was a far more zealous adherent of the traditions handed down by my forefathers.

Galatians 1:15 (show verse)

But when the one who set me apart from my mother's womb and called [me] by his grace was pleased

Galatians 1:16 (show verse)

to reveal his Son in me in order that I would proclaim the gospel [about] him among the Gentiles, immediately I did not consult with flesh and blood,

Galatians 1:17 (show verse)

nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those [who were] apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia and I returned again to Damascus.

Galatians 1:18 (show verse)

Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days,

Galatians 1:19 (show verse)

but I did not see [any] others of the apostles except James, the brother of the Lord.

Galatians 1:20 (show verse)

(Now [the things] which I am writing to you, behold, [I assure you] before God that I am not lying.)

Galatians 1:21 (show verse)

Then I came to the regions of Syria and of Cilicia,

Galatians 1:22 (show verse)

but I was unknown {in person} to the churches of Judea [that are] in Christ,

Galatians 1:23 (show verse)

and they were only hearing, "The one formerly persecuting us is now proclaiming the faith that formerly he was attempting to destroy,"

Galatians 1:24 (show verse)

and they were glorifying God because of me.