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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</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/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="/bmc//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="/galatians/">Galatians</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 align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/galatians/1.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/galatians/1.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/galatians/1.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/galatians/1.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/galatians/1.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/galatians/1.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/galatians/1.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Paul’s Greeting to the Galatians<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by 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 with me, <p class="reg"> To the churches of Galatia: <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. <A name="7"></a><p class="hdg">No Other Gospel<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ. <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse! <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be under a curse! <A name="11"></a><p class="hdg">Paul Preaches the Gospel<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For I certify to you, brothers, that the gospel I preached was not devised by man.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ. <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers. <A name="16"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood, <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus. <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> and I stayed with him 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 Lord’s brother. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie. <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>I was personally unknown, however, to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>They only heard the account: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/galatians/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And they glorified God because of me.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> SBL, BYZ, and TR <i>God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Literally <i>not according to man</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> That is, Peter<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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