Only One Gospel

I marvel that you are turning away so soon (A)from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, (B)which is not another; but there are some (C)who trouble you and want to (D)pervert[a] the gospel of Christ. But even if (E)we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be [b]accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you (F)than what you have received, let him be accursed.

10 For (G)do I now (H)persuade men, or God? Or (I)do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.

Call to Apostleship(J)

11 (K)But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. 12 For (L)I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came (M)through the revelation of Jesus Christ.

13 For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how (N)I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and (O)tried to destroy it. 14 And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, (P)being more exceedingly zealous (Q)for the traditions of my fathers.

15 But when it pleased God, (R)who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, 16 (S)to reveal His Son in me, that (T)I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with (U)flesh and blood,

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 1:7 distort
  2. Galatians 1:8 Gr. anathema

No Other Gospel

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called(A) you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel(B) which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion(C) and are trying to pervert(D) the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you,(E) let them be under God’s curse!(F) As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted,(G) let them be under God’s curse!

10 Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people?(H) If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Paul Called by God

11 I want you to know, brothers and sisters,(I) that the gospel I preached(J) is not of human origin. 12 I did not receive it from any man,(K) nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation(L) from Jesus Christ.(M)

13 For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism,(N) how intensely I persecuted the church of God(O) and tried to destroy it.(P) 14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous(Q) for the traditions of my fathers.(R) 15 But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb(S) and called me(T) by his grace, was pleased 16 to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles,(U) my immediate response was not to consult any human being.(V)

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