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| 1From: Paul—an apostle not sent from men or by a man, but by Jesus the Messiah, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead— | 1Paul, an apostle--sent not from men nor by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead-- |
| 2and all the brothers who are with me. To: The churches in Galatia. | 2and all the brothers and sisters with me, To the churches in Galatia: |
| 3May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours! | 3Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, |
| 4He gave himself for our sins in order to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father. | 4who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, |
| 5To him be the glory forever and ever! Amen. | 5to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. |
| 6I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of the Messiah and, instead, are following a different gospel, | 6I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel-- |
| 7not that another one really exists. To be sure, there are certain people who are troubling you and want to distort the gospel about the Messiah. | 7which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. |
| 8But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim to you a gospel contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let that person be condemned! | 8But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God's curse! |
| 9What we have told you in the past I am now telling you again: If anyone proclaims to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let that person be condemned! | 9As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God's curse! |
| 10Am I now trying to win the approval of people or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be the Messiah's servant. | 10Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. |
| 11For I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin. | 11I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin. |
| 12For I did not receive it from a man, nor was I taught it, but it was revealed to me by Jesus the Messiah. | 12I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ. |
| 13For you have heard about my earlier life in Judaism—how I kept violently persecuting God's church and was trying to destroy it. | 13For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. |
| 14I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries, because I was far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors. | 14I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers. |
| 15But when God, who set me apart before I was born and who called me by his grace, was pleased | 15But when God, who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me by his grace, was pleased |
| 16to reveal his Son to me so that I might proclaim him among the gentiles, I did not confer with another human being at any time, | 16to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being. |
| 17nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before me. Instead, I went away to Arabia and then came back to Damascus. | 17I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus. |
| 18Then three years later, I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and I stayed with him for fifteen days. | 18Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days. |
| 19But I did not see any other apostle except James, the Lord's brother. | 19I saw none of the other apostles--only James, the Lord's brother. |
| 20(Before God, what I'm writing to you is the truth.) | 20I assure you before God that what I am writing you is no lie. |
| 21Then I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia. | 21Then I went to Syria and Cilicia. |
| 22But the churches of the Messiah that are in Judea did not yet know me personally. | 22I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. |
| 23The only thing they kept hearing was this: "The man who used to persecute us is now proclaiming the faith he once tried to destroy!" | 23They only heard the report: "The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy." |
| 24So they kept glorifying God for what had happened to me. | 24And they praised God because of me. |
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