Galatians 1:2-21
English Standard Version
3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
4who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
5to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
6I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel —
7not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.
8But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.
9As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.
11For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man 's gospel.
12For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
13For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it.
14And 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.
15But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace,
16was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone;
17nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.
