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\v 1 Paul, an apostle—not an apostle from men nor through a man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead ones—
\v 2 and all the brothers with me, to the churches of Galatia:

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\v 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
\v 4 who gave himself for our sins so that he might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
\v 5 to him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
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\v 6 I am amazed that you are turning so quickly to a different gospel. I am amazed that you are turning away from him who called you by the grace of Christ.
\v 7 This is not to say that there is another gospel, but there are some men who cause you trouble and want to change the gospel of Christ.

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\v 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim to you a gospel other than the one we proclaimed to you, let him be cursed.
\v 9 As we have said before, so now I say again, "If someone proclaims to you a gospel other than the one you received, let him be cursed."
\v 10 For am I now seeking the approval of men or God? Am I seeking to please men? If I am still trying to please men, I am not a servant of Christ.

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\v 11 For I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I proclaimed is not man's gospel.
\v 12 I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it. Instead, it was by revelation of Jesus Christ to me.

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\v 13 You have heard about my former life in Judaism, how I was persecuting the church of God beyond measure and that I was trying to destroy it.
\v 14 I advanced in Judaism beyond many of those who were my own age, from out of my own people. That is how extremely zealous I was for the traditions of my fathers.

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\v 15 But God was pleased to choose me from my mother's womb. He called me through his grace
\v 16 to reveal his Son in me, so that I would proclaim him among the Gentiles. I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood
\v 17 and I did not go up to Jerusalem to those who had become apostles before me, instead, I went to Arabia and then returned to Damascus.

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\v 18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to get to know Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.
\v 19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord's brother.
\v 20 Look, before God, I am not lying in what I write to you.

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\v 21 Then I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
\v 22 I was still not known by sight to the churches of Judea that were in Christ,
\v 23 but they only heard the report: "The man who once persecuted us now proclaims the faith he once tried to destroy."
\v 24 And they glorified God because of me.