Paul’s Greeting to the Galatians 1 FBV This letter comes from Paul, an apostle not appointed by any human organization or human authority. Quite the contrary: I was appointed by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Jesus from the dead. BSB BSB: Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead—
2 FBV All the brothers and sisters here with me join in sending this letter to the churches in Galatia. BSB BSB: and all the brothers with me, To the churches of Galatia:
3 FBV May the grace and peace of God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ be with you! BSB BSB: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
4 FBV Jesus gave himself for our sins to set us free from this current world of evil, following the will of our God and Father. BSB BSB: who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
5 FBV To him be glory forever and ever! Amen. BSB BSB: to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
No Other Gospel 7 FBV that isn't good news at all! Some people there are confusing you, wanting to pervert the good news of Christ. BSB BSB: which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ.
9 FBV I repeat what we've told you before: if anyone promotes any other kind of good news than what you've already accepted, let them be condemned! BSB BSB: As 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!
Paul Preaches the Gospel 10 FBV Whose approval do you think I want—that of people, or of God? Do you think I'm trying to please people? If I wanted to please people I wouldn't be a servant of Christ! BSB BSB: Am 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.
11 FBV Let me make it clear, my friends, regarding the good news I'm declaring—it did not come from any human being. BSB BSB: For I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached was not devised by man.
12 FBV I didn't receive it from anyone, and nobody taught it to me—it was Jesus Christ who revealed it to me. BSB BSB: I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
14 FBV I surpassed my contemporaries in the practice of the Jewish religion because I was so fervently devoted to the traditions of my ancestors. BSB BSB: I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
15 FBV But when God (who had set me apart from birth) called me through his grace, and was pleased BSB BSB: But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
16 FBV to reveal his Son to me so that I could announce the good news to the nations, I didn't discuss this with anyone. BSB BSB: to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,
17 FBV I didn't go to Jerusalem to talk to those who preceded me as apostles; instead I left for Arabia, and then later returned to Damascus. BSB BSB: nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.
20 FBV (Let me assure you before God that I'm not lying about what I'm writing to you!) BSB BSB: I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.
21 FBV Then I went to Syria and Cilicia. BSB BSB: Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
22 FBV Even so, my face wasn't known to those in the churches of Judea. BSB BSB: I was personally unknown, however, to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
23 FBV They had only heard people say, “The man who used to persecute us is now spreading the faith he once tried to destroy!” BSB BSB: They only heard the account: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”
24 FBV —and they praised God because of me. BSB BSB: And they glorified God because of me.
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