¹Paul, an apostle  ²(not from men nor through man but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who  ³raised Him from the dead),

And all the  ¹brothers who are with me, to the  ²churches of Galatia:

 ¹Grace to you and  ²peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,

Who gave Himself for our sins that He might  ¹rescue us out of the present evil  ²age according to the will of our God and Father,

To whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

I marvel that you are so quickly  ¹removing from Him who has called you  ²in the  ³grace of Christ to a  ⁴different gospel,

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

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

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.

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

For I make known to you, brothers, concerning the gospel announced by me, that it is not according to man.

For  ¹neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a  ²revelation by Jesus Christ.

For you have heard of my manner of life formerly in  ¹Judaism, that I persecuted the church of God excessively and ravaged it.

And I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries in my race, being more abundantly a zealot for the  ¹traditions of my fathers.

But when it pleased God, who  ¹set me apart  ²from my mother's womb and  ³called me through His  ⁴grace,

To  ¹reveal His  ²Son  ³in me that I might announce  ⁴Him as the gospel among the  ⁵Gentiles, immediately I did  ⁶not confer with  ⁷flesh and blood,

Neither did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away to  ¹Arabia and again returned to Damascus.

Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to  ¹visit Cephas, and I remained with him fifteen days.

But I saw none of the other apostles  ¹except James, the brother of the Lord.

Now concerning the things which I am writing to you, behold, before God, I am not lying.

Then I went into the regions of  ¹Syria and Cilicia.

Yet I was still  ¹unknown by face to the churches of Judea, which are in Christ.

But they  ¹only heard this: He who was formerly persecuting us is now announcing as the gospel the  ²faith which formerly he ravaged.

And they glorified God because of me.

Then  ¹after a period of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus with me also.

And I went up according to  ¹revelation, and I laid before them the gospel which I proclaim among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were of repute, lest perhaps I should be running, or had run, in vain.

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

And this, because of the  ¹false brothers, brought in secretly, who stole in to spy out our  ²freedom which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into  ³slavery.

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

But from those who were reputed to be something — whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not accept man's person; for to me those who were of repute added nothing.

But on the contrary, seeing that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcision, even as Peter with the gospel to the circumcision,

(For He who operated in Peter for the apostleship to the circumcision operated also in me for the Gentiles),

And perceiving the grace given to me,  ¹James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and to Barnabas the right hand of fellowship that we should go to the Gentiles, and they, to the circumcision.

Only they requested that we remember the poor, which very thing I was also eager to do.

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he stood condemned.

For before some came  ¹from James, he  ²continually ate with the Gentiles; but when they came, he began to shrink back and separate himself,  ³fearing those of the circumcision.

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

But when I saw that they were not  ¹walking in a straightforward way in relation to the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew,  ²live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to  ³live like the Jews?

We are Jews by nature and not sinners from among the Gentiles;

And knowing that a man is not justified out of works of law, but through  ¹faith 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 no  ²flesh will be justified.

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

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

For I  ¹through law have  ²died to law that I might  ³live to God.

I am  ¹crucified with Christ; and it is  ²no longer I who live, but it is  ³Christ who lives in me; and the  ⁴life which I now live in the flesh I live in  ⁵faith, the faith  ⁶of the  ⁷Son of God, who  ⁸loved me and gave Himself up for me.

I do not nullify the  ¹grace of God; for if  ²righteousness is through law, then Christ has died  ³for nothing.

O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly portrayed  ¹crucified?

This only I wish to learn from you, Did you  ¹receive the  ²Spirit out of the  ³works of law or out of the  ³hearing of faith?

Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being  ¹perfected by the  ²flesh?

Have you  ¹suffered so many things in vain, if indeed it was in vain?

He therefore who  ¹bountifully supplies to you the  ²Spirit and  ³does works of power among you, does He do it out of the  ⁴works of law or out of the hearing of faith?

Even as  ¹“Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”

Know then that they who are of  ¹faith, these are  ²sons of Abraham.

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles out of faith, announced the  ¹gospel beforehand to Abraham: “In you shall all the nations be blessed.”

So then they who are of  ¹faith are  ²blessed with  ³believing Abraham.

For as many as are of the works of law are under a  ¹curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all the things written in the book of the law to do them.”

And that  ¹by law no one is justified before God is evident because, “The righteous one shall have life and live  ²by faith”;

But the law is not of faith, yet, “He who does them shall live  ¹because of them.”

Christ has redeemed us out of the curse of the law, having  ¹become a curse on our behalf; because it is written, “Cursed is everyone hanging on a  ²tree”;

In order that the  ¹blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might  ²receive the promise of the  ³Spirit through faith.

Brothers, I speak according to man, though it is a man's covenant, yet when it has been ratified, no one nullifies it or makes additions to it.

But to Abraham were the promises spoken and to his seed. He does not say, “And to the seeds,” as concerning many, but as concerning one: “And to your seed,” who is  ¹Christ.

And I say this: A  ¹covenant previously ratified by God, the  ²law, having come  ³four hundred and thirty years after, does not annul so as to make the promise of none effect.

For if the  ¹inheritance is of law, it is no longer of promise; but to Abraham God has graciously given it through promise.

Why then the law? It was  ¹added because of the transgressions until the seed should come to whom the promise was made, it being  ²ordained through angels in the hand of a  ³mediator.

But a  ¹mediator is not a mediator for one, but God is one.

Is then the law against the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given which was able to  ¹give life,  ²righteousness would have indeed been of law.

But the Scripture has  ¹shut up  ²all under sin in order that the promise out of  ³faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

But before  ¹faith came we were  ²guarded under law, being  ³shut up  ⁴unto the faith which was to be revealed.

So then the law has become our  ¹child-conductor unto Christ that we might be justified out of faith.

But since faith has come, we are  ¹no longer under a child-conductor.

For you are all  ¹sons of God through  ²faith in Christ Jesus.

For as many of you as were baptized  ¹into Christ have put on Christ.

There  ¹cannot be  ²Jew nor Greek, there cannot be  ³slave nor free man, there cannot be  ⁴male and female; for you are all  ⁵one in Christ Jesus.

And if you are of Christ, then you are  ¹Abraham's seed, heirs according to  ²promise.