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Paul, an apostle — sent not from men nor by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead —

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Greetings from Paul

This letter is from Paul, an apostle. I was not appointed by any group of people or any human authority, but by Jesus Christ himself and by God the Father, who raised Jesus from the dead.

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and all the brothers and sistersa with me,
To the churches in Galatia:

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All the brothers and sistersa here join me in sending this letter to the churches of Galatia.

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Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,

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May God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christb give you grace and peace.

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who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

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Jesus gave his life for our sins, just as God our Father planned, in order to rescue us from this evil world in which we live.

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to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.

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No Other Gospel

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel —

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There Is Only One Good News

I am shocked that you are turning away so soon from God, who called you to himself through the loving mercy of Christ.c You are following a different way that pretends to be the Good News

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which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ.

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but is not the Good News at all. You are being fooled by those who deliberately twist the truth concerning Christ.

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But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse!

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Let God’s curse fall on anyone, including us or even an angel from heaven, who preaches a different kind of Good News than the one we preached to you.

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As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!

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I say again what we have said before: If anyone preaches any other Good News than the one you welcomed, let that person be cursed.

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Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

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Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant.

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Paul Called by God

I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.

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Paul’s Message Comes from Christ

Dear brothers and sisters, I want you to understand that the gospel message I preach is not based on mere human reasoning.

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I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.

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I received my message from no human source, and no one taught me. Instead, I received it by direct revelation from Jesus Christ.d

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For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.

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You know what I was like when I followed the Jewish religion — how I violently persecuted God’s church. I did my best to destroy it.

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I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

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I was far ahead of my fellow Jews in my zeal for the traditions of my ancestors.

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But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased

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But even before I was born, God chose me and called me by his marvelous grace. Then it pleased him

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to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being.

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to reveal his Son to mee so that I would proclaim the Good News about Jesus to the Gentiles.
When this happened, I did not rush out to consult with any human being.f

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I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus.

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Nor did I go up to Jerusalem to consult with those who were apostles before I was. Instead, I went away into Arabia, and later I returned to the city of Damascus.

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Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephasb and stayed with him fifteen days.

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Then three years later I went to Jerusalem to get to know Peter,g and I stayed with him for fifteen days.

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I saw none of the other apostles — only James, the Lord’s brother.

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The only other apostle I met at that time was James, the Lord’s brother.

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I assure you before God that what I am writing you is no lie.

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I declare before God that what I am writing to you is not a lie.