English Bible Presentation Sharing - Galatians Book, chapter 1, verse 14 in Hcsb Version

Galatians 1 : 1 (HCSB)

Paul, an apostle-- not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead--

Galatians 1 : 2 (HCSB)

and all the brothers who are with me: To the churches of Galatia.

Galatians 1 : 3 (HCSB)

Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,

Galatians 1 : 4 (HCSB)

who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

Galatians 1 : 5 (HCSB)

to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Galatians 1 : 6 (HCSB)

I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from Him who called you by the grace of Christ, *and are turning to a different gospel--

Galatians 1 : 7 (HCSB)

not that there is another *gospel , but there are some who are troubling you and want to change the gospel of Christ.

Galatians 1 : 8 (HCSB)

But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel other than what we have preached to you, a curse be on him!

Galatians 1 : 9 (HCSB)

As we have said before, I now say again: if anyone preaches to you a gospel contrary to what you received, a curse be on him!

Galatians 1 : 10 (HCSB)

For am I now trying to win the favor of people, or God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ.

Galatians 1 : 11 (HCSB)

Now I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel preached by me is not based on a human point of view.

Galatians 1 : 12 (HCSB)

For I did not receive it from a human source and I was not taught it, but it came by a revelation from Jesus Christ.

Galatians 1 : 13 (HCSB)

For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism: I persecuted God's church to an extreme degree and tried to destroy it;

Galatians 1 : 14 (HCSB)

and I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my people, because I was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

Galatians 1 : 15 (HCSB)

But when God, who from my mother's womb set me apart and called me by His grace, was pleased

Galatians 1 : 16 (HCSB)

to reveal His Son in me, so that I could preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone.

Galatians 1 : 17 (HCSB)

I did not go up to Jerusalem to those who had become apostles before me; instead I went to Arabia and came back to Damascus.

Galatians 1 : 18 (HCSB)

Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem to get to know Cephas, and I stayed with him 15 days.

Galatians 1 : 19 (HCSB)

But I didn't see any of the other apostles except James, the Lord's brother.

Galatians 1 : 20 (HCSB)

Now in what I write to you, I'm not lying. God is my witness.

Galatians 1 : 21 (HCSB)

Afterwards, I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

Galatians 1 : 22 (HCSB)

I remained personally unknown to the Judean churches in Christ;

Galatians 1 : 23 (HCSB)

they simply kept hearing: "He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith he once tried to destroy."

Galatians 1 : 24 (HCSB)

And they glorified God because of me.