Galatians 2:1 — Galatians 2:18

1 Then ¹after a period of fourteen years I ^awent up again to Jerusalem with ^bBarnabas, taking ^cTitus with me also.

2 And I went up according to ^1arevelation, and I laid before them the gospel which I proclaim among the ^bGentiles, but privately to those who were of ^crepute, ^dlest perhaps I should be ^erunning, or had run, in vain.

3 But ¹not even Titus, who was with me, though he is a Greek, was compelled to be ^2acircumcised;

4 And this, because of the ^1afalse brothers, brought in ^bsecretly, who stole in to spy out our ^2cfreedom which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into ^3dslavery.

5 To them we yielded with the subjection demanded not even for an hour, that the ^1atruth of the gospel might remain with you.

6 But from those who were ^areputed to be something — whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does ^bnot accept man’s person; for to me those who were of repute added nothing.

7 But on the contrary, seeing that I had been ^aentrusted with the gospel to the ^buncircumcision, even as ^cPeter with the gospel to the circumcision,

8 (For He who operated in Peter for the ^aapostleship to the circumcision operated also in me for the ^bGentiles),

9 And perceiving the ^agrace given to me, ^1bJames and ^cCephas and ^dJohn, who were ^ereputed to be ^fpillars, gave to me and to ^gBarnabas the right ^hhand of ⁱfellowship that we should go to the Gentiles, and they, to the circumcision.

10 Only they requested that we remember the ^apoor, which very thing I ^bwas also eager to do.

11 But when ^aCephas came to ^bAntioch, I opposed him to his face because he stood condemned.

12 For before some came ¹from ^aJames, he ²continually ^bate with the Gentiles; but when they came, he began to shrink back and separate himself, ³fearing those of the ^ccircumcision.

13 And the ¹rest of the Jews also joined him in this ²hypocrisy, so that even ^3aBarnabas was carried away in their hypocrisy.

14 But when I saw that they were not ¹walking in a ^astraightforward way in relation to the ^btruth of the gospel, I said to ^cCephas ^dbefore them all, If you, being a Jew, ^2elive like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to ^3flive like the Jews?

15 We are ^aJews by nature and not ^bsinners from among the Gentiles;

16 And knowing that a man is not justified out of works of ^alaw, but through ^1bfaith in Jesus Christ, we also have believed into Christ Jesus that we might be justified out of faith in Christ and not out of the works of law, because out of the works of law ^cno ²flesh will be justified.

17 But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also have been found ^asinners, is then Christ a ¹minister of sin? ^2bAbsolutely not!

18 For if I ¹build again the things which I have ²destroyed, I prove myself to be a transgressor.

Galatians 1:1 — Galatians 1:24

1 ^1aPaul, an ^bapostle ^2c(not from men nor through man but ^dthrough Jesus Christ and God the Father, who ^3eraised Him from the dead),

2 And all the ^1abrothers who are with me, to the ^2bchurches of ^cGalatia:

3 ^1aGrace to you and ^2bpeace from God ^cour Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,

4 Who ^agave Himself for our ^bsins that He might ¹rescue us out of the present evil ^2cage according to the ^dwill of our God and Father,

5 To whom be the ^aglory forever and ever. Amen.

6 I marvel that you are so quickly ¹removing from Him who has ^acalled you ²in the ^3bgrace of Christ to a ^4cdifferent gospel,

7 Which is ¹not another gospel, only there are ²some who ^atrouble you and desire to ³pervert the gospel of Christ.

8 But if even we or an ^aangel out of heaven should announce to you a gospel beyond that which we have announced to you, let him be ^baccursed.

9 As we have said before, now also I say again, If anyone announces to you a gospel beyond that which you have received, let him be accursed.

10 For am I now ¹trying to win the assent of men or of God? Or am I seeking to ^aplease men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a ^bslave of Christ.

11 For I make known to you, ^abrothers, concerning the ^bgospel announced by me, that it is ^cnot according to man.

12 For ¹neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but I ^areceived it through a ^2brevelation by Jesus Christ.

13 For you have heard of my manner of life ^aformerly in ¹Judaism, that I ^bpersecuted the ^cchurch of God excessively and ^dravaged it.

14 And I ^aadvanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries in my race, being more abundantly a ^bzealot for the ^1ctraditions of my ^dfathers.

15 But when it ^apleased God, who ¹set me apart ²from my mother’s ^bwomb and ^3ccalled me through His ^4dgrace,

16 To ^1areveal His ^2bSon ³in me that I might announce ⁴Him as the gospel among the ^5cGentiles, immediately I did ⁶not confer with ^7dflesh and blood,

17 ^aNeither did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away to ^1bArabia and again returned to ^cDamascus.

18 Then after three years I went up to ^aJerusalem to ¹visit ^bCephas, and I remained with him fifteen days.

19 But I saw none of the other apostles ¹except ^aJames, the brother of the Lord.

20 Now concerning the things which I am writing to you, behold, before God, I am ^anot lying.

21 Then I went into the regions of ^1aSyria and ^bCilicia.

22 Yet I was still ¹unknown by face to the ^achurches of Judea, which are ^bin Christ.

23 But they ¹only heard this: He who was formerly ^apersecuting us is now announcing as the gospel the ^2bfaith which formerly he ^cravaged.

24 And they ^aglorified God because of me.