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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Galatians 1 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/galatians/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/galatians/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Galatians 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_corinthians/13.htm" title="2 Corinthians 13">◄</a> Galatians 1 <a href="../galatians/2.htm" title="Galatians 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="par"><span class="v48_1_1"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.1.1" class="v48_1_1">1</span>From Paul, whose call to be an apostle did not come from human beings or by human means, but from Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from death. </span><span class="v48_1_2"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.1.2" class="v48_1_2">2</span>All the believers who are here join me in sending greetings to the churches of Galatia:</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v48_1_3"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.1.3" class="v48_1_3">3</span>May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v48_1_4"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.1.4" class="v48_1_4">4</span>In order to set us free from this present evil age, Christ gave himself for our sins, in obedience to the will of our God and Father. </span><span class="v48_1_5"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.1.5" class="v48_1_5">5</span>To God be the glory forever and ever! Amen.</span></p><h3 class="s">The One Gospel</h3><p class="par"><span class="v48_1_6"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.1.6" class="v48_1_6">6</span>I am surprised at you! In no time at all you are deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ,<a href="#fn" id="link_Gal.1.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and are accepting another gospel. </span><span class="v48_1_7"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.1.7" class="v48_1_7">7</span>Actually, there is no “other gospel,” but I say this because there are some people who are upsetting you and trying to change the gospel of Christ. </span><span class="v48_1_8"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.1.8" class="v48_1_8">8</span>But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel that is different from the one we preached to you, may he be condemned to hell! </span><span class="v48_1_9"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.1.9" class="v48_1_9">9</span>We have said it before, and now I say it again: if anyone preaches to you a gospel that is different from the one you accepted, may he be condemned to hell!</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v48_1_10"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.1.10" class="v48_1_10">10</span>Does this sound as if I am trying to win human approval? No indeed! What I want is God's approval! Am I trying to be popular with people? If I were still trying to do so, I would not be a servant of Christ.</span></p><h3 class="s">How Paul Became an Apostle</h3><p class="par"><span class="v48_1_11"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.1.11" class="v48_1_11">11</span>Let me tell you, my friends, that the gospel I preach is not of human origin. </span><span class="v48_1_12"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.1.12" class="v48_1_12">12</span>I did not receive it from any human being, nor did anyone teach it to me. It was Jesus Christ himself who revealed it to me.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v48_1_13"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.1.13" class="v48_1_13">13</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Gal.1.13!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> You have been told how I used to live when I was devoted to the Jewish religion, how I persecuted without mercy the church of God and did my best to destroy it. </span><span class="v48_1_14"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.1.14" class="v48_1_14">14</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Gal.1.14!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> I was ahead of most other Jews of my age in my practice of the Jewish religion, and was much more devoted to the traditions of our ancestors.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v48_1_15"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.1.15" class="v48_1_15">15</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Gal.1.15!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> But God in his grace chose me even before I was born, and called me to serve him. And when he decided </span><span class="v48_1_16"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.1.16" class="v48_1_16">16</span>to reveal his Son to me, so that I might preach the Good News about him to the Gentiles, I did not go to anyone for advice, </span><span class="v48_1_17"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.1.17" class="v48_1_17">17</span>nor did I go to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before me. Instead, I went at once to Arabia, and then I returned to Damascus. </span><span class="v48_1_18"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.1.18" class="v48_1_18">18</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Gal.1.18!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> It was three years later that I went to Jerusalem to obtain information from Peter, and I stayed with him for two weeks. </span><span class="v48_1_19"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.1.19" class="v48_1_19">19</span>I did not see any other apostle except James,<a href="#fn" id="link_Gal.1.19!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> the Lord's brother.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v48_1_20"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.1.20" class="v48_1_20">20</span>What I write is true. God knows that I am not lying!</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v48_1_21"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.1.21" class="v48_1_21">21</span>Afterward I went to places in Syria and Cilicia. </span><span class="v48_1_22"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.1.22" class="v48_1_22">22</span>At that time the members of the churches in Judea did not know me personally. </span><span class="v48_1_23"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.1.23" class="v48_1_23">23</span>They knew only what others were saying: “The man who used to persecute us is now preaching the faith that he once tried to destroy!” </span><span class="v48_1_24"><span class="reftext" id="Gal.1.24" class="v48_1_24">24</span>And so they praised God because of me.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.6: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">by the grace of Christ; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">some manuscripts have </char><char style="fq" closed="false">by his grace.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.19: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">any other apostle except James; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">any other apostle; the only other person I saw was James.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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