Paul's Letter to the Galatians, Chapter 1
{1:1} Paul, an emissary (not from men, neither through man, but
through Yeshua the Messiah, and God the Father, who raised him from
the dead), {1:2} and all the [1>]brothers[<1] who are with me, to the
assemblies of Galatia: {1:3} Grace to you and peace from God the
Father, and our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, {1:4} who gave himself for
our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age,
according to the will of our God and Father--{1:5} to whom be the
glory forever and ever. Amen.
{1:6} I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you
in the grace of Messiah to a different "good news"; {1:7} and there
isn't another "good news." Only there are some who trouble you, and
want to pervert the Good News of Messiah. {1:8} But even though we, or
an angel from heaven, should proclaim to you any "good news" other
than that which we preached to you, let him be cursed. {1:9} As we
have said before, so I now say again: if any man preaches to you any
"good news" other than that which you received, let him be cursed.
{1:10} For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I
striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn't
be a servant of Messiah. {1:11} But I make known to you, brothers,
concerning the Good News which was preached by me, that it is not
according to man. {1:12} For neither did I receive it from man, nor
was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Yeshua the
Messiah. {1:13} For you have heard of my way of living in time past in
[2>]Judaism[<2], how that beyond measure I persecuted the assembly of
God, and ravaged it. {1:14} I advanced in [3>]Judaism[<3] beyond many
of my own age among my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous for
the traditions of my fathers. {1:15} But when it was the good pleasure
of God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me through
his grace, {1:16} to reveal his Son in me, that I might proclaim him
among the Gentiles, I didn't immediately confer with flesh and blood,
{1:17} nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were emissaries
before me, but I went away into Arabia. Then I returned to Damascus.
{1:18} Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Peter,
and stayed with him fifteen days. {1:19} But of the other emissaries I
saw no one, except Jacob, the Lord's brother. {1:20} Now about the
things which I write to you, behold, before God, I'm not lying. {1:21}
Then I came to the regions of Syria and Cilicia. {1:22} I was still
unknown by face to the assemblies of Judea which were in Messiah,
{1:23} but they only heard: "He who once persecuted us now preaches
the faith that he once tried to destroy." {1:24} And they glorified
God in me.
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Footnotes:
[1] {1:2} The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may
also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."
[2] {1:13} or, traditional Judaism
[3] {1:14} or, traditional Judaism
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