Galatians 1:6-2:10

English Standard Version

No Other Gospel

⁶ I am astonished that you are ^(A)so quickly deserting ^(B)him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to ^(C)a different gospel— ^7 (D)not that there is another one, but ^(E)there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. ⁸ But even if we or ^(F)an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, ^(G)let him be accursed. ⁹ As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, ^(H)let him be accursed.

¹⁰ For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying ^(I)to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a ^(J)servant^[a] of Christ.

Paul Called by God

¹¹ For ^(K)I would have you know, brothers, that ^(L)the gospel that was preached by me is not man's gospel.^{[b] 12 (M)}For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it ^(N)through a revelation of Jesus Christ. ¹³ For you have heard of ^(O)my former life in Judaism, how ^(P)I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it. ¹⁴ And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely ^(Q)zealous was I for ^(R)the traditions of my fathers. ¹⁵ But when he ^(S)who had set me apart ^(T)before I was born,^[c] and who ^(U)called me by his grace, ¹⁶ was pleased to reveal his Son to^[d] me, in order ^(V)that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone;^{[e] 17} nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.

¹⁸ Then ^(W)after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and remained with him fifteen days. ¹⁹ But I saw none of the other apostles except James ^(X)the Lord's brother. ²⁰ (In what I am writing to you, ^(Y)before God, I do not lie!) ^21 (Z)Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. ²² And I was still unknown in person to ^(AA)the churches of Judea that are in Christ. ²³ They only were hearing it said, “He who used to persecute us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.” ²⁴ And they glorified God because of me.

Paul Accepted by the Apostles

2 Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. ² I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those ^(AB)who seemed influential) the gospel that ^(AC)I proclaim among the Gentiles, ^(AD)in order to make sure I was not running or had not ^(AE)run in vain. ³ But even Titus, who was with me, ^(AF)was not forced to be circumcised, though he was a Greek. ^4 (AG)Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who ^(AH)slipped in to spy out ^(AI)our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, ^(AJ)so that they might bring us into slavery— ⁵ to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that ^(AK)the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you. ⁶ And from those ^(AL)who seemed to be influential (what they were makes no difference to me; ^(AM)God shows no partiality)—those, I say, who seemed influential ^(AN)added nothing to me. ⁷ On the contrary, when they saw that I had been ^(AO)entrusted with ^(AP)the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised ⁸ (for he who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles), ⁹ and when James and Cephas and John, ^(AQ)who seemed to be ^(AR)pillars, perceived the ^(AS)grace that was given to me, they ^(AT)gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. ¹⁰ Only, they asked us to remember the poor, ^(AU)the very thing I was eager to do.