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Galatians 1 :: New English Translation (NET)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:1 - From Paul, an apostle (not from men, nor by human agency, but by 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 with me, to the churches of Galatia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:3 - Grace and peace to you from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:4 - 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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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:5 - to whom be glory forever and ever! Amen.

Perversion of the Gospel

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:6 - I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are following a different gospel -

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:7 - not that there really is another gospel, but there are some who are disturbing you and wanting 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 preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be condemned to hell!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:9 - As we have said before, and now I say again, if any one is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let him be condemned to hell!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:10 - Am I now trying to gain 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 a slave of Christ!

Paul Defends His Ministry

(cf. Act 9:1–25 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:11 - Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:12 - For I did not receive it or learn it from any human source; instead I received it by a revelation of Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:13 - For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:14 - I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:15 - But when the one who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace was pleased

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:16 - to reveal his Son in me so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not go to ask advice from any human being,

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:18 - Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and get information from him, and I stayed with him fifteen days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:19 - But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:20 - I assure you that, before God, I am not lying about what I am writing to you!

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:22 - But I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:23 - They were only hearing, "The one who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news of the faith he once tried to destroy."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:24 - So they glorified God because of me.
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Galatians Chapter 1 — Additional Translations:

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