¹⁴The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

[THE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE GALATIANS.]

I. Paul, an apostle, not from men, neither through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father who raised him from the dead, ²and all the brethren who are with me, to the churches of Galatia: ³Grace to you, and peace, from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ; ⁴who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of the present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father; ⁵to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

⁶I marvel that ye are so soon removing from him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel; ⁷which is not another, except that there are some who trouble you, and wish to pervert the gospel of Christ. ⁸But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach a gospel to you contrary to that which we preached to you, let him be accursed. ⁹As we have said before, so I now say again, if any one preaches a gospel to you contrary to that which ye received, let him be accursed. ¹⁰For do I now seek the favor of men or of God? Or am I seeking to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I should not be Christ's servant.

¹¹Now I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man; ¹²for I also did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but through the revelation of Jesus Christ. ¹³For ye heard of my conduct formerly in Judaism; that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and was destroying it, ¹⁴and pressed forward in Judaism beyond many companions of the same age in my nation, being more exceedingly a zealot for the traditions of my fathers.

¹⁵But when it pleased God, who set me apart from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace, ¹⁶to reveal his Son in me, that I should make known the glad news of him among the Gentiles; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood; ¹⁷neither went up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but went away^[17] into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.

¹⁸Then, after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and remained with him fifteen days. ¹⁹But no other of the apostles did I see, save James, the brother of the Lord. ²⁰Now as to the things which I write to you, behold before God, I lie not.

²¹Afterward, I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia; ²²and was unknown by face to the churches of Juda which were in Christ; ²³but they were only hearing, that he who was once our persecutor now preaches the faith which once he was destroying; ²⁴and they glorified God in me.

II. Then, after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking also Titus with me. ²And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles; but privately, to those of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run in vain. ³But not even Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised; ⁴and that because of the false brethren stealthily brought in, who crept in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage; ⁵to whom not even for an hour did we yield by the [required] submission, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. ⁶But from those reputed to be something,—whatever they were^[6], it matters not to me, God accepts not man's person,—for to me those of reputation communicated nothing in addition. ⁷But, on the contrary, seeing that I have been entrusted with the gospel of the uncircumcision, as Peter was with that of the circumcision; ⁸(for he who wrought for Peter in behalf of the apostleship of the circumcision, wrought also for me in behalf of the Gentiles;) ⁹and having learned the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas right hands of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision; ¹⁰only, that we should remember the poor, which very thing also I was forward to do.