Galatians 1 (NET)

Galatians 1:1¹From Paul, an apostle (not from men, nor by human agency, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 1:11-121 Cor 1:1Acts 9:15-16Rev 1:5Rom 1:12 Cor 1:1Eph 3:8Acts 22:14-21Titus 1:32 Tim 1:1

Galatians 1:2²and all the brothers with me, to the churches of Galatia.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 16:1Phil 4:21Acts 16:5-6Acts 18:23Phil 2:22Acts 9:31Acts 15:41

Galatians 1:3³Grace and peace to you from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 John 1:3Rom 1:7-151 Cor 1:32 Thess 1:2Phil 1:21 Thess 1:12 Cor 1:2Col 1:2Eph 1:2

Galatians 1:4⁴who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 20:28Rom 4:25Gal 2:201 John 2:15-171 John 5:19-201 Pet 2:242 Cor 4:4Titus 2:141 Tim 2:6Eph 2:2

Galatians 1:5⁵to whom be glory forever and ever! Amen.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 11:36Jude 1:25Heb 13:21Ps 72:191 Chr 29:131 Pet 5:111 Tim 1:172 Pet 3:182 Tim 4:18Eph 1:12

Galatians 1:6⁶I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are following a different gospel—Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 11:4Gal 5:7-8Isa 29:13Ps 106:13Gal 3:1-51 Tim 1:3Gal 4:9-15Jer 2:12-131 Cor 4:15Acts 15:11

Galatians 1:7⁷not that there really is another gospel, but there are some who are disturbing you and wanting to distort the gospel of Christ.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 15:24Rom 16:17-18Gal 5:102 Cor 11:13Acts 15:1-51 John 4:12 Cor 2:172 John 1:102 Tim 4:3-4Gal 5:12

Galatians 1:8⁸But even if we (or an angel from heaven) should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be condemned to hell!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 11:13-14Gal 1:9Rev 22:18-191 Cor 16:22Rom 9:3Matt 25:411 Cor 12:31 Tim 1:19-202 Pet 2:14Acts 23:14

Galatians 1:9⁹As we have said before, and now I say again, if any one is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let him be condemned to hell!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 16:17Deut 4:2Prov 30:6Rev 22:18-19Deut 12:32-13:112 Cor 1:172 Cor 13:1-2Phil 3:1

Galatians 1:10¹⁰Am I now trying to gain the approval of people, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 2:4Acts 5:29Eph 6:6Jas 4:4Matt 22:16Col 3:222 Cor 5:9-11Rom 2:29Acts 4:19-201 John 3:9

Galatians 1:11¹¹Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 1:11 Cor 2:9-10Eph 3:3-81 Cor 11:231 Cor 15:1-3Rom 2:16

Galatians 1:12¹²For I did not receive it or learn it from any human source; instead I received it by a revelation of Jesus Christ.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 2:10Gal 1:16Gal 1:12 Cor 12:11 Cor 11:23

Galatians 1:13¹³For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 15:9Acts 22:3-5Acts 8:3Acts 26:4-51 Tim 1:13Acts 26:9-11Acts 9:21Acts 9:26Acts 8:1Acts 9:1-2

Galatians 1:14¹⁴I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 2:8Acts 26:5Acts 22:3Phil 3:4-6Matt 15:61 Pet 1:8Acts 26:9Jer 9:14Isa 29:13Isa 57:12

Galatians 1:15¹⁵But when the one who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace was pleasedCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 1:5Isa 49:5Isa 49:12 Tim 1:9Eph 1:51 Cor 1:92 Thess 2:13-14Rom 1:1Acts 9:15Acts 13:2

Galatians 1:16¹⁶to reveal his Son in me so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not go to ask advice from any human being,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 16:17Eph 3:5-10Eph 1:17-18Eph 6:12Matt 26:411 Cor 2:9-132 Cor 4:6Acts 22:21Acts 26:17-20Acts 9:15

Galatians 1:17¹⁷nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before me, but right away I departed to Arabia, and then returned to Damascus.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 9:20-252 Cor 11:32-33Gal 1:18

Galatians 1:18¹⁸Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and get information from him, and I stayed with him fifteen days.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 9:22-23Acts 22:17-18Acts 9:26-29

Galatians 1:19¹⁹But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord’s brother.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 13:55Mark 6:3Matt 12:461 Cor 9:5Matt 10:3Acts 12:17Jas 1:1Jude 1:1Luke 6:15Mark 3:18

Galatians 1:20²⁰I assure you that, before God, I am not lying about what I am writing to you!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 9:12 Cor 11:312 Cor 11:10-11

Galatians 1:21²¹Afterward I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 15:41Acts 6:9Acts 9:30Acts 11:25-26Acts 13:1Acts 15:23Acts 18:18Acts 21:3Acts 21:39Acts 22:3

Galatians 1:22²²But I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 2:14Rom 16:71 Cor 1:301 Thess 1:12 Thess 1:1Acts 9:31Phil 1:1

Galatians 1:23²³They were only hearing, “The one who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news of the faith he once tried to destroy.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 15:8-101 Tim 1:13-16Acts 9:13Acts 9:20Acts 9:26Acts 6:7

Galatians 1:24²⁴So they glorified God because of me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 11:18Luke 15:10Luke 15:32Luke 2:14Matt 9:82 Thess 1:102 Thess 1:12Col 1:3-42 Cor 9:13Acts 21:19-20