Galatians 1
1 Paul, an apostle, —not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father who raised him from among the dead,
PAUL, a legate, not from men, nor by man, but by Jesus the Messiah, and God his Father, who raised him from the dead;
2 And all the brethren with me; —unto the assemblies of Galatia:
and all the brethren who are with me; unto the churches which are in Galatia.
3 Favour unto you and peace, from God our Father, and Lord Jesus Christ, —
Grace be with you, and peace, from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus the Messiah;
4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, — (aiōn g165)
who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this evil world, agreeably to the pleasure of God our Father: (aiōn g165)
to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
6 I marvel that, thus quickly, ye are moving away from him that called you in the favour of Christ, unto a different glad-message, —
I admire, how soon ye have turned from the Messiah, who called you by his grace, unto another gospel;
7 Which is not, another, only there are, some, that are troubling you, and wishing to change the glad-message of the Christ.
which doth not exist, except as there are some who would disquiet you, and are disposed to pervert the gospel of the Messiah.
8 But, even if, we, or, a messenger out of heaven, announce a glad-message [unto you] aside from that which we announced unto you, accursed, let him be!
But if we, or an angel from heaven, should announce to you differently from what we have announced to you, let him be accursed.
9 As we have said before, even now, again, I say: If anyone is announcing unto you a glad-message aside from that which ye accepted, accursed, let him be!
As I have just said, and now I again say it, that if any one announce to you differently from what ye received, let him be accursed.
10 For am I, even now, persuading, men, or God? Or am I seeking to please, men? If I had been still pleasing, men, Christ’s servant, had I not been!
For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I had till now pleased men, I should not have been a servant of the Messiah.
11 For I make known unto you, brethren, as to the glad-message which was announced by me, that it is not after man;
But I make known to you, my brethren, that the gospel announced by me, was not from man.
12 For neither, from man, did I accept it, nor was taught [it], —but through a revealing of Jesus Christ.
For I did not receive it and learn it from man, but I had it by revelation from Jesus the Messiah.
13 For ye have heard, as to my own manner of life, at one time, in Judaism, how that, exceedingly, was I persecuting the assembly of God, and laying it waste,
For ye have heard of my former course of life in Judaism, that I persecuted the church of God exceedingly, and destroyed it:
14 And was making advancement, in Judaism, above many contemporaries in my nation, being, surpassingly zealous, of my paternal instructions.
and that I went much farther in Judaism than many of my contemporaries who were of my nation, and was peculiarly zealous for the doctrine of my fathers.
15 But, when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me through his favour, was well-pleased
But when it pleased him, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
16 to reveal his Son in me, that I might announce the glad-message regarding him among the nations, straightway, I conferred not with flesh and blood,
to reveal his Son by me, that I should proclaim him among the Gentiles; forthwith, I did not open it to flesh and blood;
17 Neither went I up unto Jerusalem unto them who, before me, were apostles, —but I went away into Arabia, and again returned unto Damascus.
nor did I go to Jerusalem, to them who were legates before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus:
18 Then, after three years, went I up unto Jerusalem, to become acquainted with Cephas, and tarried with him fifteen days;
and after three years, I went to Jerusalem to see Cephas; and I remained with him fifteen days.
19 But, other of the apostles, saw I none, save James the brother of the Lord: —
But others of the legates I saw not, except James, our Lord's brother.
20 Now, as touching the things which I am writing to you, lo! before God, I am not guilty of falsehood: —
In the things which I am writing to you, behold, before God! I lie not.
21 After that, I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia,
And after that, I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
22 And was still unknown, by face, unto the assemblies of Judaea which were in Christ, —
And the churches in Judaea which were in the Messiah; did not know me personally:
23 Only they were hearing—He that was persecuting us formerly, now, is announcing the glad-message of the faith which he formerly laid waste;
but this only had they heard, that he who before persecuted us, now preacheth that faith which in time preceding he subverted:
24 And they were glorifying, God, in me.
and they glorified God in me.
