| Berean Study Bible | King James Bible |
| 1Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead— | 1Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) |
| 2and all the brothers with me, To the churches of Galatia: | 2And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia: |
| 3Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, | 3Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, |
| 4who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, | 4Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: |
| 5to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. | 5To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. |
| 6I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— | 6I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: |
| 7which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ. | 7Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. |
| 8But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse! | 8But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto 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 under a curse! | 9As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. |
| 10Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ. | 10For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. |
| 11For I certify to you, brothers, that the gospel I preached was not devised by man. | 11But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. |
| 12I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ. | 12For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. |
| 13For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. | 13For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: |
| 14I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers. | 14And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. |
| 15But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased | 15But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, |
| 16to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood, | 16To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: |
| 17nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus. | 17Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus. |
| 18Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days. | 18Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days. |
| 19But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother. | 19But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother. |
| 20I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie. | 20Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not. |
| 21Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia. | 21Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia; |
| 22I was personally unknown, however, to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. | 22And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ: |
| 23They only heard the account: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.” | 23But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. |
| 24And they glorified God because of me. | 24And they glorified God in me. |
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