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1:1  Paul, an apostle . . . (my apostleship doesn’t derive from human sources, nor did it come through a human being; it came through Jesus the Messiah, and God the father who raised him from the dead) . . .
1:2  and the family who are with me; to the churches of Galatia.
1:3  Grace to you and peace from God our father and Jesus the Messiah, our Lord,
1:4  who gave himself for our sins, to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of God our father,
1:5  to whom be glory to the ages of ages. Amen.
1:6  I’m astonished that you are turning away so quickly from the one who called you by grace, and going after another gospel—
1:7  not that it is another gospel, it’s just that there are some people stirring up trouble for you and wanting to pervert the gospel of the Messiah.
1:8  But even if we—or an angel from heaven!—should announce a gospel other than the one we announced to you, let such a person be accursed.
1:9  I said it before and I now say it again: if anyone offers you a gospel other than the one you received, let that person be accursed.
1:10  Well now . . . does that sound as though I’m trying to make up to people—or to God? Or that I’m trying to curry favor with people? If I were still pleasing people, I wouldn’t be a slave of the Messiah.
1:11  You see, brothers and sisters, let me make it clear to you: the gospel announced by me is not a mere human invention.
1:12  I didn’t receive it from human beings, nor was I taught it; it came through an unveiling of Jesus the Messiah.
1:13  You heard, didn’t you, the way I behaved when I was still within “Judaism.” I persecuted the church of God violently, and ravaged it.
1:14  I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my own age and people; I was extremely zealous for my ancestral traditions.
1:15  But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace, was pleased
1:16  to unveil his son in me, so that I might announce the good news about him among the nations—immediately I did not confer with flesh and blood.
1:17  Nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me. No; I went away to Arabia, and afterwards returned to Damascus.
1:18  Then, after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to speak with Cephas. I stayed with him for two weeks.
1:19  I didn’t see any other of the apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.
1:20  (Look, I’m not lying! The things I’m writing to you are written in God’s presence.)
1:21  Then I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
1:22  I remained unknown by sight to the messianic assemblies in Judaea.
1:23  They simply heard that the one who had been persecuting them was now announcing the good news of the faith which he once tried to destroy.
1:24  And they glorified God because of me.