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46 lines
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Greeting
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# Chapter 1
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1. Paul, an apostle--not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead--
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2. and all the brothers who are with me:
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To the churches of Galatia.
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3. Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,
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4. who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.
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5. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
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No Other Gospel
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6. I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from him who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel--
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7. not that there is another gospel, but there are some who are troubling you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.
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8. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, a curse be on him!
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9. As we have said before, I now say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, a curse be on him!
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10. For am I now trying to persuade people, or God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
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The Origin of Paul's Gospel
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11. For I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel preached by me is not of human origin.
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12. For I did not receive it from a human source and I was not taught it, but it came by a revelation of Jesus Christ.
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13. For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism: I intensely persecuted God's church and tried to destroy it.
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14. I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my people, because I was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.
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15. But when God, who from my mother's womb set me apart and called me by his grace, was pleased
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16. to reveal his Son in me, so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone.
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17. I did not go up to Jerusalem to those who had become apostles before me; instead I went to Arabia and came back to Damascus.
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18. Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem to get to know Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.
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19. But I didn't see any of the other apostles except James, the Lord's brother.
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20. I declare in the sight of God: I am not lying in what I write to you.
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21. Afterward, I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
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22. I remained personally unknown to the Judean churches that are in Christ.
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23. They simply kept hearing, "He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith he once tried to destroy."
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24. And they glorified God because of me.
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