5to whom be the glory to the ages of the ages. Amen.
No Other Gospel
6I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—
6I marvel that so quickly you are deserting from the One having called you in the grace of Christ to another gospel,
7which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ.
7which is not another, except there are some who are troubling you and are wanting to pervert the gospel of Christ.
8But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse!
8But even if we or an angel out of heaven should preach a gospel to you contrary to what we preached to you, let him be accursed!
9As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be under a curse!
9As we have said before, even now I say again: If anyone preaches a gospel to you contrary to what you received, let him be accursed!
Paul Preaches the Gospel
10Am I now seeking the approval 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 servant of Christ.
10For presently do I appease men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
11For I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached was not devised by man.a
11For I make known to you, brothers, the gospel having been preached by me, that it is not according to man.
12I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
12For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
13For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
13For you heard of my conduct formerly in Judaism, that according to excess I was persecuting the church of God and was ravaging it.
14I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
14And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my kindred, being more abundantly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
15But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
15But when God was well pleased—the One having set me apart from the womb of my mother and having called me by His grace—
16to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,
16to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I conferred not immediately with flesh and blood,
17nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.
17nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia and returned again to Damascus.
18Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas,aand I stayed with him fifteen days.
18Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to make acquaintance with Cephas, and I remained with him fifteen days.
19But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.
19But I did not see any of the other apostles except James, the brother of the Lord.
20I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.
20Now the things I write to you, behold before God that I do not lie.
21Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
21Then I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
22I was personally unknown, however, to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
22But I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
23They only heard the account: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”
23But they were only hearing that “the one formerly persecuting us now preaches the faith that formerly he was ravaging.”