Greeting
1 Paul, an See 2 Cor. 1:1apostle—ver. 11, 12not from men nor through man, but Acts 9:6;20:24;22:10,15,21;26:16;[1 Tim. 1:1;Titus 1:3] through Jesus Christ and God the Father, See Acts 2:24who raised him from the dead— 2 and all Phil. 4:21the brothers1:2 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated "brothers") may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verse 11 who are with me,
To Acts 16:6;1 Cor. 16:1the churches of Galatia:
3 Rom. 1:7;1 Cor. 1:3Grace to you and peace 1 Tim. 1:2from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 See Matt. 20:28;Rom. 4:25;1 Cor. 15:3who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present [Eph. 2:2;1 John 5:19]; See John 15:19evil age, according to the will of Phil. 4:20;1 Thess. 1:3;3:11,13our God and Father, 5 to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
No Other Gospel
6 I am astonished that you are [ch. 4:13;Acts 16:6;18:23] so quickly deserting ch. 5:8him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to 2 Cor. 11:4;[1 Tim. 1:3]a different gospel— 7 [Acts 4:12;1 Cor. 3:11] not that there is another one, but ch. 5:10;Acts 15:24;See 2 Cor. 11:13there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or 2 Cor. 11:14an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, See Rom. 9:3let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, [See ver. 8above]let him be accursed.
10 For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying 1 Thess. 2:4;[Rom. 2:29;1 Cor. 10:33;Eph. 6:6;Col. 3:22] to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a [Rom. 1:1]servant1:10 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface of Christ.
Paul Called by God
11 For 1 Cor. 15:1I would have you know, brothers, that See Rom. 2:16the gospel that was preached by me is not man’s gospel.1:11 Greek not according to man12 ver. 1;1 Cor. 11:23;15:3;[Acts 22:14] For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it ver. 16;See 1 Cor. 2:10;2 Cor. 12:1through a revelation of Jesus Christ. 13 For you have heard of [Acts 26:4] my former life in Judaism, how See Acts 8:3I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it. 14 And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely Phil. 3:6;See Acts 21:20zealous was I for [Jer. 9:14;2 Tim. 1:3]; See Matt. 15:2the traditions of my fathers. 15 But when he Acts 13:2;Rom. 1:1who had set me apart Isa. 49:1,5;Jer. 1:5;Luke 1:15before I was born,1:15 Greek set me apart from my mother’s womb and who ver. 6called me by his grace, 16 was pleased to reveal his Son to1:16 Greek in me, in order ch. 2:9;See Acts 9:15that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone;1:16 Greek with flesh and blood17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.
18 Then [Acts 9:22,23]after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and remained with him fifteen days. 19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James See Matt. 12:46;Acts 12:17the Lord’s brother. 20 (In what I am writing to you, See Rom. 1:9;9:1before God, I do not lie!) 21 [Acts 9:30;11:25,26;13:1]Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. 22 And I was still unknown in person to 1 Thess. 2:14the churches of Judea that are in Christ. 23 They only were hearing it said, "He who used to persecute us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy." 24 And they glorified God because of me.