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| 1:1 |
Paul an apostle-- sent neither by human commission nor from human authorities, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead--
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| 1:2 |
and all the members of God's family who are with me, To the churches of Galatia:
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| 1:3 |
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
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| 1:4 |
who gave himself for our sins to set us free from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
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| 1:5 |
to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
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| 1:6 |
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel--
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| 1:7 |
not that there is another gospel, but there are some who are confusing you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.
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| 1:8 |
But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim to you a gospel contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let that one be accursed!
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| 1:9 |
As we have said before, so now I repeat, if anyone proclaims to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let that one be accursed!
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| 1:10 |
Am I now seeking human approval, or God's approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
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| 1:11 |
For I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin;
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| 1:12 |
for I did not receive it from a human source, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
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| 1:13 |
You have heard, no doubt, of my earlier life in Judaism. I was violently persecuting the church of God and was trying to destroy it.
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| 1:14 |
I advanced in Judaism beyond many among my people of the same age, for I was far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.
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| 1:15 |
But when God, who had set me apart before I was born and called me through his grace, was pleased
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| 1:16 |
to reveal his Son to me, so that I might proclaim him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with any human being,
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| 1:17 |
nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were already apostles before me, but I went away at once into Arabia, and afterwards I returned to Damascus.
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| 1:18 |
Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days;
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| 1:19 |
but I did not see any other apostle except James the Lord's brother.
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| 1:20 |
In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie!
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| 1:21 |
Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia,
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| 1:22 |
and I was still unknown by sight to the churches of Judea that are in Christ;
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| 1:23 |
they only heard it said, "The one who formerly was persecuting us is now proclaiming the faith he once tried to destroy."
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| 1:24 |
And they glorified God because of me.
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