1 Paul, anaSee 2 Cor. 1:1 apostle—bver. 11, 12 not from men nor through man, butcActs 9:6; 20:24; 22:10, 15, 21; 26:16; [1 Tim. 1:1; Titus 1:3] through Jesus Christ and God the Father,dSee Acts 2:24 who raised him from the dead— 2 and allePhil. 4:21 the brothers who are with me, TofActs 16:6; 1 Cor. 16:1 the churches of Galatia:
3 gRom. 1:7; 1 Cor. 1:3 Grace to you and peaceh1 Tim. 1:2 from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 iSee Matt. 20:28; Rom. 4:25; 1 Cor. 15:3 who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the presentj[Eph. 2:2; 1 John 5:19]; See John 15:19 evil age, according to the will ofkPhil. 4:20; 1 Thess. 1:3; 3:11, 13 our God and Father, 5 to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
6 I am astonished that you arel[ch. 4:13; Acts 16:6; 18:23] so quickly desertingmch. 5:8 him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning ton2 Cor. 11:4; [1 Tim. 1:3] a different gospel— 7 o[Acts 4:12; 1 Cor. 3:11] not that there is another one, butpch. 5:10; Acts 15:24; See 2 Cor. 11:13 there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we orq2 Cor. 11:14 an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you,rSee Rom. 9:3 let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received,r[See ver. 8 above] let him be accursed.
10 For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I tryings1 Thess. 2:4; [Rom. 2:29; 1 Cor. 10:33; Eph. 6:6; Col. 3:22] to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be at[Rom. 1:1] servant of Christ.
11 Foru1 Cor. 15:1 I would have you know, brothers, thatvSee Rom. 2:16 the gospel that was preached by me is not man's gospel. 12 wver. 1; 1 Cor. 11:23; 15:3; [Acts 22:14] For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received itxver. 16; See 1 Cor. 2:10; 2 Cor. 12:1 through a revelation of Jesus Christ. 13 For you have heard ofy[Acts 26:4] my former life in Judaism, howzSee Acts 8:3 I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it. 14 And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremelyaPhil. 3:6; See Acts 21:20 zealous was I forb[Jer. 9:14; 2 Tim. 1:3]; See Matt. 15:2 the traditions of my fathers. 15 But when hecActs 13:2; Rom. 1:1 who had set me apartdIsa. 49:1, 5; Jer. 1:5; Luke 1:15 before I was born, and whoever. 6 called me by his grace, 16 was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in orderfch. 2:9; See Acts 9:15 that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone; 17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.
18 Theng[Acts 9:22, 23] after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and remained with him fifteen days. 19 But I saw none of the other apostles except JameshSee Matt. 12:46; Acts 12:17 the Lord's brother. 20 (In what I am writing to you,iSee Rom. 1:9; 9:1 before God, I do not lie!) 21 j[Acts 9:30; 11:25, 26; 13:1] Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. 22 And I was still unknown in person tok1 Thess. 2:14 the churches of Judea that are in Christ. 23 They only were hearing it said, “He who used to persecute us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy. ” 24 And they glorified God because of me.