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| | Gal 1:1 | Paul, an apostle--sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead--
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| | Gal 1:2 | and all the brothers with me, To the churches in Galatia:
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| | Gal 1:3 | Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
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| | Gal 1:4 | who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
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| | Gal 1:5 | to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
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| | Gal 1:6 | I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel--
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| | Gal 1:7 | which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ.
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| | Gal 1:8 | But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned!
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| | Gal 1:9 | As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!
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| | Gal 1:10 | Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
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| | Gal 1:11 | I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached is not something that man made up.
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| | Gal 1:12 | I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
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| | Gal 1:13 | For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
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| | Gal 1:14 | I was advancing in Judaism beyond many Jews of my own age and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
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| | Gal 1:15 | But when God, who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace, was pleased
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| | Gal 1:16 | to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not consult any man,
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| | Gal 1:17 | nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went immediately into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.
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| | Gal 1:18 | Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Peter and stayed with him fifteen days.
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| | Gal 1:19 | I saw none of the other apostles--only James, the Lord's brother.
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| | Gal 1:20 | I assure you before God that what I am writing you is no lie.
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| | Gal 1:21 | Later I went to Syria and Cilicia.
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| | Gal 1:22 | I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
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| | Gal 1:23 | They only heard the report: "The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy."
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| | Gal 1:24 | And they praised God because of me.
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