1. From Paul, an apostle (not from men, nor by human agency, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead)
2. and all the brothers with me, to the churches of Galatia.
3. Grace and peace to you from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,
4. who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father,
5. to whom be glory forever and ever! Amen.
6. I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are following a different gospel –
7. not that there really is another gospel, but there are some who are disturbing you and wanting to distort the gospel of Christ.
8. But even if we (or an angel from heaven) should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be condemned to hell!
9. As we have said before, and now I say again, if any one is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let him be condemned to hell!
10. Am I now trying to gain 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 a slave of Christ!
11. Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.
12. For I did not receive it or learn it from any human source; instead I received it by a revelation of Jesus Christ.
13. For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.
14. I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.