The Koine Bible

Paul, an apostle, not from humans nor through a human, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead,

and all the brothers who are with me, to the churches of Galatia;

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

who gave himself for our sins in order to deliver us from the present evil age according to the will of God and our Father,

To whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from the one who called you by the grace of the Messiah to a different gospel,

which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of the Messiah.

But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we preached to you, let them be accursed.

As we have said before, now again I say, if anyone proclaims to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let them be accursed.

For am I now trying to please people or God? Or am I seeking to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

For I make known to you, brothers, the gospel preached by me is not according to man.

For I did not receive it from a human nor was I taught it, but through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

For you heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I excessively persecuted the church of God and ravaged it,

And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, being more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

But when he was pleased, who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me through his grace

to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,

Nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and again I returned to Damascus.

Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.

But I did not see any other of the apostles except James, the brother of the Lord.

What I am writing to you, behold, before God, I am not lying.

Then I came to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

But I was unknown in person to the churches of Judea that are in Christ,

Only they were hearing that the one who once persecuted us now proclaims the faith that he once destroyed,

And they glorified God because of me.