I.
Introduction — the will of God to rescue us out of the evil religious age
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1aPaul, an
bapostle 2c(not from men nor through man but
dthrough Jesus Christ and God the Father, who
3eraised Him from the dead),
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And all the
1abrothers who are with me, to the
2bchurches of
cGalatia:
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1aGrace to you and
2bpeace from God
cour Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
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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,
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To whom be the
aglory forever and ever. Amen.
II.
The revelation of the apostle's gospel
1:6—4:31
A.
God's Son versus man's religion
1:6—2:10
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I marvel that you are so quickly
1removing from Him who has
acalled you
2in the
3bgrace of Christ to a
4cdifferent gospel,
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Which is
1not another
gospel, only there are
2some who
atrouble you and desire to
3pervert the gospel of Christ.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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For I make known to you,
abrothers,
concerning the
bgospel announced by me, that it is
cnot according to man.
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For 1neither did I receive
it from man, nor was I taught it, but I
areceived it through a
2brevelation by Jesus Christ.
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For you have heard of my manner of life
aformerly in
1Judaism, that I
bpersecuted the
cchurch of God excessively and
dravaged it.
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And I
aadvanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries in my race, being more abundantly a
bzealot for the
1ctraditions of my
dfathers.
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But when it
apleased God, who
1set me apart
2from my mother's
bwomb and
3ccalled me through His
4dgrace,
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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,
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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.
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Then after three years I went up to
aJerusalem to
1visit bCephas, and I remained with him fifteen days.
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But I saw none of the other apostles
1except aJames, the brother of the Lord.
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Now concerning the things which I am writing to you, behold, before God, I am
anot lying.
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Then I went into the regions of
1aSyria and
bCilicia.
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Yet I was still
1unknown by face to the
achurches of Judea, which are
bin Christ.
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But they
1only heard
this: He who was formerly
apersecuting us is now announcing as the gospel the
2bfaith which formerly he
cravaged.
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And they
aglorified God because of me.
