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Galatians 1 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Greetings and Grace

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Paul, an apostle—not sent from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead—

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:2 - and all the brothers who are with me,

To the churches of Galatia:

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:4 - who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil [fn]age, according to the will of our God and Father,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:5 - to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Distorting the Gospel

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I marvel that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you [fn]by the grace of Christ for a different gospel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:7 - which is really not another, only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:8 - But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should proclaim to you a gospel [fn]contrary to the gospel we have proclaimed to you, let him be [fn]accursed!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:9 - As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is proclaiming to you a gospel [fn]contrary to what you received, let him be [fn]accursed!

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For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a slave of Christ.

Paul Called by God

(cf. Act 9:1–25 )

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For I make known to you, brothers, that the gospel which I am proclaiming as good news is not according to man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:12 - For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

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For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I used to persecute the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:14 - And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my countrymen, being far more zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:15 - But when God, who had set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, was pleased

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:16 - to reveal His Son in me so that I might proclaim Him as good news among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with [fn]flesh and blood,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:17 - nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to Damascus.
(cf. Act 9:26–31 )

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Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem to [fn]become acquainted with Cephas, and stayed with him fifteen days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:19 - But I did not see any other of the apostles except [fn]James, the Lord’s brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:20 - (Now in what I am writing to you, [fn]I assure you before God that I am not lying!)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:21 - Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:22 - And I was still unknown by [fn]sight to the churches of Judea which are in Christ;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:23 - but only, they kept hearing, “He who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news of the faith which he once tried to destroy.”

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Two early mss God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ
Or world
Lit in
Or other than, more than
Gr anathema
Or other than, more than
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Human beings
Or visit Cephas
Or Jacob; James is the Eng form of Jacob; so in Gal
Lit behold before God
Lit face
Lit in me
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Galatians Chapter 1 — Additional Translations:

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