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\v 1 Paul, an apostle—not an apostle from men nor by human agency, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead ones—
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\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,
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\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,
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\v 5 to him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
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\v 6 I am amazed that you are turning away so quickly from him who called you by the grace of Christ. I am amazed that you are turning to a different gospel.
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\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.
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\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."
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\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.
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\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.
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\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 when God, who had set me apart from my mother's womb, and who called me through his grace,
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\v 16 was pleased to reveal his Son in me, so that I would proclaim him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood.
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\v 17 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.
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\v 19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord's brother.
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\v 20 In what I write to you, I assure you before God, that I am not lying.
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\v 21 Then I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
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\v 22 I was still not personally known to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
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\v 23 They only heard it being said, "The man who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the faith he once tried to destroy."
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\v 24 So they glorified God because of me.
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