Galatians 1, side by side

¹Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead—

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 brothers with me, To the churches of Galatia:

²And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:

³Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,

³Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,

⁴who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

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

⁵to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

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

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 ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto 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; but there be some that trouble you, and would 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 though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto 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 said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

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 do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

¹¹For I certify to you, brothers, that the gospel I preached was not devised by man.

¹¹But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after 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 of man, neither was I taught it, but by the 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 ye 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:

¹⁴I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

¹⁴And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of 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 it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and 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, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not 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.

¹⁷Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.

¹⁸Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.

¹⁸Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.

¹⁹But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.

¹⁹But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord’s brother.

²⁰I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.

²⁰Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.

²¹Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

²¹Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;

²²I was personally unknown, however, to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.

²²And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were 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 had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.

²⁴And they glorified God because of me.

²⁴And they glorified God in me.