Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
Quotes around Verses      |
 Gal 1:1 |
Paul, an apostle (not sent from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead), |
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Gal 1:2 |
and all the brethren who are with me, To the churches of Galatia: |
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Gal 1:3 |
Grace to you and peace from [fn]God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, |
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Gal 1:4 |
who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil [fn]age, according to the will of our God and Father, |
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Gal 1:5 |
to whom be the glory forevermore. Amen. |
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Gal 1:6 |
I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you [fn]by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; |
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Gal 1:7 |
which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. |
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Gal 1:8 |
But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel [fn]contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be [fn]accursed! |
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Gal 1:9 |
As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel [fn]contrary to what you received, he is to be [fn]accursed! |
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Gal 1:10 |
For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ. |
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Gal 1:11 |
For I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. |
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Gal 1:12 |
For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. |
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Gal 1:13 |
For you have heard of my former manner of life in Judaism, how I used to persecute the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it; |
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Gal 1:14 |
and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my [fn]countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my ancestral traditions. |
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Gal 1:15 |
But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, was pleased |
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Gal 1:16 |
to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with [fn]flesh and blood, |
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Gal 1:17 |
nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to Damascus. |
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Gal 1:18 |
Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem to [fn]become acquainted with Cephas, and stayed with him fifteen days. |
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Gal 1:19 |
But I did not see any other of the apostles except [fn]James, the Lord's brother. |
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Gal 1:20 |
(Now in what I am writing to you, [fn]I assure you before God that I am not lying.) |
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Gal 1:21 |
Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. |
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Gal 1:22 |
I was still unknown by [fn]sight to the churches of Judea which were in Christ; |
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Gal 1:23 |
but only, they kept hearing, "He who once persecuted us is now preaching the faith which he once tried to destroy." |
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Gal 1:24 |
And they were glorifying God [fn]because of me. |
NASB Footnotes:
- (1:3) Two early mss read God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ
- (1:4) Or, world
- (1:6) Literally: in
- (1:8) Or, other than, more than
- (1:8) Gr anathema
- (1:9) Or, other than, more than
- (1:9) Gr anathema
- (1:14) Literally: race
- (1:16) I.e. human beings
- (1:18) Or, visit Cephas
- (1:19) Or, Jacob
- (1:20) Literally: behold before God
- (1:22) Literally: face
- (1:24) Literally: in me
