Paul’s Greeting to the Galatians

1Paul an apostle (not from men, nor by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the father who raised him from the dead) and all the brethren, 2who are with me, unto the churches of Galatia: grace be to you, and peace from God the father,

3and from our Lord Jesus Christ: who gave himself for our sins, 4that he might deliver us from the vices of this present age, according to the will of God, even our father: to 5whom be glory for ever and ever, amen. I wonder you have so soon deserted unto another gospel,

No Other Gospel

6from me, who called you by the grace of Christ; this can be 7owing to nothing but your being practised upon by some, who would overturn the gospel of Christ. 8but tho' I, or an angel from heaven should preach any thing to you for gospel, different from the gospel I have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9as I said before, so say I now again, if any one preach any other thing to you for gospel, than what you have received, let him be accursed.

Paul Preaches the Gospel

10for do I now act in obedience to men, or to God? or do I seek to please men? if I had hitherto pleased men, I should not have been the servant of Christ.

11I certify to you, brethren, that the gospel, which has been preached by me, is not the result of human artifice: 12for I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

13you have heard of my former behaviour, whilst I was of the Jewish religion, with what excessive violence I persecuted the church of God, and laid it waste: 14and that I made a greater proficiency in Judaism than many my contemporaries of my own nation, being an extraordinary zealot for the traditions of my forefathers. 15but when it pleased God, who ordained me from my birth, and called me by his especial favour, to reveal his son to me, 16that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not thereupon apply my self to any man; 17neither went I up to Jerusalem, to those who were apostles before me: but I went immediately to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.

18After three years, I went up to Jerusalem, to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days: 19but other of the apostles saw I none, except James the Lord's brother. 20what I write to you, I call God to witness is all true: 21afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia; 22but was personally unknown to the churches of Christ in Judea, 23who had only heard, that I, who formerly persecuted them, did now preach the gospel of faith, which I once endeavoured to suppress: 24and they glorified God upon my account.