- 1. ¶ PAUL, an apostle, not sent by men nor appointed by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead,
- 2. And all the brethren who are with me, to the churches of Galatia:
- 3. Grace be to you and peace from God the Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
- 4. Who gave himself for our sins that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God our Father;
- 5. To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
- 6. ¶ I am surprised how soon you have turned to another gospel, away from Christ who has called you by his grace,
- 7. A gospel which does not even exist; howbeit, there are men who have stirred you up and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.
- 8. But though we or an angel from heaven preach any other gospel to you than that which we have preached to you, let him be accursed.
- 9. As I have said before, so say I now again, If any man preaches any other gospel to you than that you have received, let him be accursed.
- 10. ¶ Do I now persuade men or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I tried to please men, I should not be a servant of Christ.
- 11. But I want you to know, my brethren, that the gospel which I preached was not from men.
- 12. For I did not receive it nor learn it from man, but through the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- 13. You have heard of the manner of my life in time past in the Jews’ religion, how beyond measure I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it;
- 14. And how that I was far more advanced in the Jews’ religion than many of my age among the people of my race; for above all, I was especially zealous for the doctrines of my forefathers.
- 15. But when it pleased God, who had chosen me from my birth and called me by his grace,
- 16. To reveal his Son to me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately disclose it to any human being;
- 17. Neither did I go up to Jerusalem to them who had been apostles before me; but instead I went to Arabia and returned again to Damascus.
- 18. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Kepa, and stayed with him fifteen days.
- 19. But I did not see any one of the other apostles except James the brother of our Lord.
- 20. Now the things which I write to you, behold, I confess before God, I do not lie.
- 21. After that I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
- 22. And I was unknown by face to the churches of Christ in Judea.
- 23. For they had heard only this much: that he who had persecuted us before now preached the faith which previously he tried to destroy.
- 24. And they praised God because of me.
Ничего нет для сопоставления.
