[Galatians 1]

 

             ^1:1 Paul, an apostle (not from men, neither through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him up from the dead), ^1:2 and all the brethren who are together-with me, to the congregations^* of Galatia: ^1:3 grace to you^° and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, ^1:4 who gave himself concerning our sins, ^*that he might liberate us out-of the present evil age, according-to the will of our God and Father, ^1:5 in which is the glory, forevermore. Amen.

 

             ^1:6 I marvel that you^° are so quickly transferring yourselves from the one who called you^° by the favor of Christ to a different good-news; ^1:7 which is not another good-news, except now there are some, the ones disturbing you^° and wishing to pervert the good-news of the Christ. ^1:8 But even if we or a messenger from heaven, should proclaim to you^° any good-news contrary to what we ourselves proclaimed to you^°, let him be accursed. ^1:9 As we have said before, and so now I am saying again, if anyone proclaims to you^° any good-news contrary to what you^° received, let him be accursed. ^1:10 For^* am I now persuading men or God? Or am I seeking to please men? For^* if I was still pleasing men, I myself would not be a bondservant of Christ.

 

             ^1:11 But I am making known to you^°, brethren, the good-news which was proclaimed by me, It is not according-to man. ^1:12 For^* I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. ^1:13 For^* you^° have heard previously of my conduct in Judaism, how that I was surpassingly persecuting the congregation^* of believers of God and was making havoc of her; ^1:14 and how I was progressing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own race, being^* even-more zealous of the ancestral traditions. ^1:15 But when God was delighted, he separated^* me from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace, ^1:16 to reveal his Son in me, in-order-that I may proclaim the good-news of him among the nations. Immediately, I did not consult with flesh and blood, ^1:17 nor did I go up into Jerusalem to the ones who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and I returned again into Damascus.

 

             ^1:18 Thereafter, after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to make the acquaintance of Peter and remained with him fifteen days. {Fall 39 AD.} ^1:19 But I did not see any other of the apostles, except James the Lord’s brother. ^1:20 Now what I am writing to you^°, behold, in God’s sight that I am not lying. ^1:21 Thereafter I came to the districts of Syria and Cilicia. ^1:22 But I was still unrecognized by face to the congregations^* of Judea, which are in Christ; ^1:23 but they were only hearing that, The one previously persecuting us is now proclaiming the good-news of the faith of which he was previously making havoc. ^1:24 And they were glorifying God with^* me.