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Galatians 1

Introduction

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Paul,  aan apostle ( bnot sent from men nor through the agency of man, but  cthrough Jesus Christ and God the Father, who  draised Him from the dead),

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and all  athe brethren who are with me,

To  bthe churches of Galatia:

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 aGrace to you and peace from  1God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,

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who  agave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from  bthis present evil  1age, according to the will of  cour God and Father,

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 ato whom be the glory forevermore. Amen.

Perversion of the Gospel

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I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting  aHim who called you  1by the grace of Christ, for a  bdifferent gospel;

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which is really not another; only there are some who are  adisturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.

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But even if we, or  aan angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel  1contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be  2 baccursed!

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As we  ahave said before, so I say again now,  bif any man is preaching to you a gospel  1contrary to what you received, he is to be  2 caccursed!

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For am I now  aseeking the favor 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  bbond-servant of Christ.

Paul Defends His Ministry

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For  aI would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is  bnot according to man.

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For  aI neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a  brevelation of Jesus Christ.

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For you have heard of  amy former manner of life in Judaism, how I  bused to persecute  cthe church of God beyond measure and  dtried to destroy it;

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and I  awas advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my  1countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my  bancestral traditions.

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But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother's womb and  acalled me through His grace, was pleased

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to reveal His Son in me so that I might  apreach Him among the Gentiles,  bI did not immediately consult with  1 cflesh and blood,

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 anor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to  bDamascus.

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Then  athree years later I went up  bto Jerusalem to  1become acquainted with  cCephas, and stayed with him fifteen days.

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But I did not see any other of the apostles except  1 aJames, the Lord's brother.

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(Now in what I am writing to you,  1I assure you  abefore God that I am not lying.)

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Then  aI went into the regions of  bSyria and  cCilicia.

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I was still unknown by  1sight to  athe churches of Judea which were  bin Christ;

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but only, they kept hearing, "He who once persecuted us is now preaching  athe faith which he once  btried to destroy."

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And they  awere glorifying God  1because of me.



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