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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 Catholic Public Domain Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CPDV</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Catholic Public Domain Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/galatians/1-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Paul’s Greeting to the Galatians<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Paul, an Apostle, not from men and not through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and all the brothers who are with me: to the churches of Galatia.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Grace and peace to you from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>who gave himself on behalf of our sins, so that he might deliver us from this present wicked age, according to the will of God our Father. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>To him is glory forever and ever. Amen.<p> <A name="7"></a><p class="hdg">No Other Gospel<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I wonder that you have been so quickly transferred, from him who called you into the grace of Christ, over to another gospel. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For there is no other, except that there are some persons who disturb you and who want to overturn the Gospel of Christ. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But if anyone, even we ourselves or an Angel from Heaven, were to preach to you a gospel other than the one that we have preached to you, let him be anathema. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Just as we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone has preached a gospel to you, other than that which you have received, let him be anathema.<p> <A name="11"></a><p class="hdg">Paul Preaches the Gospel<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For am I now persuading men, or God? Or, am I seeking to please men? If I still were pleasing men, then I would not be a servant of Christ.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For I would have you understand, brothers, that the Gospel which has been preached by me is not according to man. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And I did not receive it from man, nor did I learn it, except through the revelation of Jesus Christ.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For you have heard of my former behavior within Judaism: that, beyond measure, I persecuted the Church of God and fought against Her. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my equals among my own kind, having proven to be more abundant in zeal toward the traditions of my fathers. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But, when it pleased him who, from my mother’s womb, had set me apart, and who has called me by his grace, <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>to reveal his Son within me, so that I might evangelize him among the Gentiles, I did not next seek the consent of flesh and blood. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Neither did I go to Jerusalem, to those who were Apostles before me. Instead, I went into Arabia, and next I returned to Damascus.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And then, after three years, I went to Jerusalem to see Peter; and I stayed with him for fifteen days. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But I saw none of the other Apostles, except James, the brother of the Lord. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Now what I am writing to you: behold, before God, I am not lying. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Next, I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea, which were in Christ. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For they had only heard that: “He, who formerly persecuted us, now evangelizes the faith which he once fought.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And they glorified God in me.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_corinthians/13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Corinthians 13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../galatians/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Galatians 2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Galatians 2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>