Galatians 1
Salutation |
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Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by
man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from
the dead;)
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and all the brethren which are with
me.
Unto the churches of Galatia:
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Grace be to you, and peace, from
God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
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who gave himself for our sins, that he
might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will
of God and our Father:
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to whom be glory for ever and
ever. Amen.
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There Is No Other
Gospel |
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I marvel that ye are so soon removed
from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another
gospel:
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which is not another; but there be some
that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
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But 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.
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As 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.
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For 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.
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Paul's Ministry of the
True Gospel |
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But I certify you, brethren, that the
gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
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For I neither received it of man, neither
was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus
Christ.
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For 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: Acts 8.3 ; 22.4, 5 ; 26.9-11
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and profited in the Jews' religion above
many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of
the traditions of my fathers. Acts 22.3
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But when it pleased God, who separated me
from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
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to reveal his Son in me, Acts 9.3-6 ; 22.6-10 ; 26.13-18 that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I
conferred not with flesh and blood:
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neither went I up to Jerusalem to them
which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned
again unto Damascus.
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Then after three years I went up to
Jerusalem Acts 9.26-30 to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.
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But other of the apostles saw I none,
save James the Lord's brother.
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Now the things which I write unto you,
behold, before God, I lie not.
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Afterward I came into the regions of
Syria and Cili'cia;
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and was unknown by face unto the churches
of Judea which were in Christ:
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but they had heard only, That he which
persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he
destroyed.
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And they glorified God in
me.
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