{"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/wnt/galatians/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:55:28.562Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WNT","book":"Galatians","bookSlug":"galatians","chapter":1,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":6,"totalVerses":24},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Paul, an Apostle sent not from men nor by any man, but by Jesus Christ and by God the Father, who raised Jesus from among the dead--"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"and all the brethren who are with me: To the Churches of Galatia."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"May grace and peace be granted to you from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"who gave Himself to suffer for our sins in order to rescue us from the present wicked age in accordance with the will of our God and Father."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"To Him be the glory to the Ages of the Ages! Amen."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I marvel that you are so readily leaving Him who called you by the grace of Christ, and are adhering to a different Good News."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For other |Good News| there is none; but there are some persons who are troubling you, and are seeking to distort the Good News concerning Christ."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But if even we or an angel from Heaven should bring you a Good News different from that which we have already brought you, let him be accursed."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"What I have just said I repeat--if any one is preaching to you a Good News other than that which you originally received, let him be accursed."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For is it man's favour or God's that I aspire to? Or am I seeking to please men? If I were still a man-pleaser, I should not be Christ's bondservant."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For I must tell you, brethren, that the Good News which was proclaimed by me is not such as man approves of."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For, in fact, it was not from man that I received or learnt it, but by a revelation from Jesus Christ."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For you have heard of my early career in Judaism--how I furiously persecuted the Church of God, and made havoc of it;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"and how in devotion to Judaism I outstripped many men of my own age among my people, being far more zealous than they on behalf of the traditions of my forefathers."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"But when He who set me apart even from my birth, and called me by His grace,"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"saw fit to reveal His Son within me in order that I might tell among the Gentiles the Good News concerning Him, at once I did not confer with any human being,"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were my seniors in the Apostleship, but I went away into Arabia, and afterwards came back to Damascus."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Then, three years later, I went up to Jerusalem to inquire for  Peter, and I spent a fortnight with him."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"I saw none of the other Apostles, except James, the Lord's brother."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"In making these assertions I am speaking the truth, as in the sight of God."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Afterwards I visited Syria and Cilicia."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"But to the Christian Churches in Judaea I was personally unknown."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"They only heard it said, |He who was once our persecutor is now telling the Good News of the faith of which he formerly made havoc.|"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And they gave glory to God on my account."}],"citation":{"inline":"Galatians 1 (WNT)","markdown":"[Galatians 1](https://primebible.com/wnt/galatians/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WNT. https://primebible.com/wnt/galatians/1 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}