Galatians 1

¹Paul, an apostle, not of men, neither by man, but by 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 be to you, and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,

⁴Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present wicked world, according to the will of God and our Father:

⁵To whom is glory for ever and ever. Amen.

⁶I wonder that you are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ, unto another gospel.

⁷Which is not another, only there are some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.

⁸But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you besides that which we have preached to you, let him be anathema.

⁹As we said before, so now I say again: If any one preach to you a gospel, besides that which you have received, let him be anathema.

¹⁰For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? If I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

¹¹For I give you to understand, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man.

¹²For neither did I receive it of man, nor did I learn it; but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹³For you have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion: how that, beyond measure, I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it.