Dual Panel1From Paul <3972>, an apostle <652> (not <3756> from <575> men <444>, nor <3761> by <1223> human agency <444>, but <235> by <1223> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> and <2532> God <2316> the Father <3962> who raised <1453> him <846> from <1537> the dead <3498>)
2and <2532> all <3956> the brothers <80> with <4862> me <1698>, to the churches <1577> of Galatia <1053>.
3Grace <5485> and <2532> peace <1515> to you <5213> from <575> God <2316> the Father <3962> and <2532> our <2257> Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>,
4who gave <1325> himself <1438> for <5228> our <2257> sins <266> to rescue <1807> us <2248> from <1537> this present <1764> evil <4190> age <165> according to <2596> the will <2307> of our <2257> God <2316> and <2532> Father <3962>,
5to whom <3739> be glory <1391> forever <165> and ever <165>! Amen <281>.
6I am astonished <2296> that <3754> you are <3346> so <3779> quickly <5030> deserting <3346> the one who called <2564> you <5209> by <1722> the grace <5485> of Christ <5547> and are following a different <2087> gospel <2098>–
7not <3756> that <3739> there really is <1510> another <243> gospel, but <1487> <3361> there are <1510> some <5100> who are disturbing <5015> you <5209> and <2532> wanting <2309> to distort <3344> the gospel <2098> of Christ <5547>.
8But <235> even <2532> if <1437> we <2249> (or <2228> an angel <32> from <1537> heaven <3772>) should preach a gospel <2097> contrary <3844> to the one we preached <2097> to you <5213>, let him be <1510> condemned to hell <331>!
9As <5613> we have said before <4280>, and <2532> now <737> I say <3004> again <3825>, if <1487> any one <5100> is preaching <2097> to you <5209> a gospel <2097> contrary <3844> to what <3739> you received <3880>, let him be <1510> condemned to hell <331>!
10Am I <3982> now <737> trying to gain the approval <3982> of people <444>, or <2228> of God <2316>? Or <2228> am I trying <2212> to please <700> people <444>? If <1487> I were <700> still <2089> trying to please <700> people <444>, I would <1510> not <3756> be <1510> a slave <1401> of Christ <5547>!
11Now I want <1107> you <5213> to know <1107>, brothers and sisters <80>, that the gospel <2098> I <1700> preached <2097> is <1510> not <3756> of <2596> human origin <444>.
12For <1063> I <1473> did <3880> not <3761> receive <3880> it <846> or <3777> learn <1321> it from <3844> any human source <444>; instead <235> I received it by <1223> a revelation <602> of Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>.
13For <1063> you have heard <191> of my <1699> former <4218> way of life <391> in <1722> Judaism <2454>, how I was <1377> savagely <5236> persecuting <1377> the church <1577> of God <2316> and <2532> trying to destroy <4199> it <846>.
14I was advancing <4298> in <1722> Judaism <2454> beyond <5228> many <4183> of my contemporaries <4915> in <1722> my <3450> nation <1085>, and was <5225> extremely <4056> zealous <2207> for the traditions <3862> of my <3450> ancestors <3967>.
15But <1161> when <3753> the one <2316> who set me <3165> apart <873> from <1537> birth <2836> and <2532> called <2564> me <3450> by <1223> his <846> grace <5485> was pleased <2106>
16to reveal <601> his <846> Son <5207> in <1722> me <1698> so that <2443> I could preach <2097> him <846> among <1722> the Gentiles <1484>, I did <4323> not <3756> go to ask advice <4323> from any human being <4561> <2532> <129>,
17nor <3761> did I go up <424> to <1519> Jerusalem <2414> to <4314> see those who were apostles <652> before <4253> me <1700>, but <235> right away I departed <565> to <1519> Arabia <688>, and <2532> then <3825> returned <5290> to <1519> Damascus <1154>.
18Then <1899> after <3326> three <5140> years <2094> I went up <424> to <1519> Jerusalem <2414> to visit <2477> Cephas <2786> and <2532> get information from him, and I stayed <1961> with <4314> him <846> fifteen <1178> days <2250>.
19But <1161> I saw <1492> none <3756> of the other <2087> apostles <652> except <1487> <3361> James <2385> the Lord’s <2962> brother <80>.
20I assure <1125> you <5213> that, before <1799> God <2316>, I am <5574> not <3756> lying <5574> about what I am writing to you!
21Afterward <1899> I went <2064> to <1519> the regions <2824> of Syria <4947> and <2532> Cilicia <2791>.
22But <1161> I was <1510> personally unknown <50> <4383> to the churches <1577> of Judea <2449> that are in <1722> Christ <5547>.
23They were <1510> only <3440> hearing <191>, “The one who once <4218> persecuted <1377> us <2248> is <2097> now <3568> proclaiming the good news <2097> of the faith <4102> he <4199> once <4218> tried to destroy <4199>.”
24So <2532> they glorified <1392> God <2316> because of <1722> me <1698>.