{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/galatians/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T01:57:50.858Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Galatians","bookSlug":"galatians","chapter":1,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":6,"totalVerses":24},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Paul, an apostle (not from men, neither through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead),"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"and all the brothers who are with me, to the assemblies of Galatia:"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Grace to you and peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father—"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different |good news|;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"and there isn't another |good news.| Only there are some who trouble you, and want to pervert the Good News of Christ."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you any |good news| other than that which we preached to you, let him be cursed."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"As we have said before, so I now say again: if any man preaches to you any |good news| other than that which you received, let him be cursed."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn't be a servant of Christ."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"But I make known to you, brothers, concerning the Good News which was preached by me, that it is not according to man."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For you have heard of my way of living in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the assembly of God, and ravaged it."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I advanced in the Jews' religion beyond many of my own age among my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace,"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I didn't immediately confer with flesh and blood,"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia. Then I returned to Damascus."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Peter, and stayed with him fifteen days."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"But of the other apostles I saw no one, except James, the Lord's brother."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Now about the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I'm not lying."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Then I came to the regions of Syria and Cilicia."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"I was still unknown by face to the assemblies of Judea which were in Christ,"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"but they only heard: |He who once persecuted us now preaches the faith that he once tried to destroy.|"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And they glorified God in me."}],"citation":{"inline":"Galatians 1 (WEB)","markdown":"[Galatians 1](https://primebible.com/web/galatians/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/galatians/1 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}