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Chapter 1 |
| 1 | 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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2 | And all the brethren which are with me,
unto the churches of Galatia: |
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3 | Grace be to you and peace from God the
Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, |
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4 | 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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5 | To whom be glory for ever and ever.
Amen. |
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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: |
| 7 | 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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| 11 | But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is
not after man. |
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12 | For I neither received it of man, neither was I
taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. |
| 13 | 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: |
| 14 | And profited
in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more
exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. |
| 15 | 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, 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. |
| 18 | Then after
three years I went up to Jerusalem 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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21 | Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and
Cilicia; |
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| And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which
were in Christ: |
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23 | 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. |
