2 and all the brethren who are with me, to the churches of Galatia:
3 grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,
4 who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
5 to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you by the grace of Christ and turning to a different gospel
7 which is really not another gospel; but there are some who are disturbing you, and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.
8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we preached to you, let him be accursed!
9 As we have said before, so I say again now, if any one is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let him be accursed!
Grace by Divine Revelation
10 Am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
11 For I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man.
12 For I did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
13 For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it;
14 and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers.
15 But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother
16 to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,
17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia; and again I returned to Damascus.
18 Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days.
19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord
20 (Now in what I am writing to you, I assure you before God that I do not lie.)
21 Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
22 I was still unknown by sight to the churches of Judea which were in Christ;
23 they only heard it said, "He who once persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy."
24 And they glorified God because of me.