Noyes Translation
1869 by George Noyes

Galatians Chapter 1

Gal 1:1 Paul, an apostle, not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead,––
Gal 1:2 and all the brethren that are with me, to the churches of Galatia:
Gal 1:3 Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
Gal 1:4 who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from the present evil world, according to the will of God our Father;
Gal 1:5 to whom be the glory for ever and ever! Amen.
Gal 1:6 I marvel that ye are so soon turning from him that called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel;
Gal 1:7 which is not another; only there are certain persons who are troubling you, and seeking to change entirely the gospel of Christ.
Gal 1:8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel to you contrary to that which we preached to you, let him be accursed!
Gal 1:9 As we have said before, so I now say again, If any one preach a gospel to you contrary to that which ye received, let him be accursed!
Gal 1:10 For do I now seek the favor of men, or of God? Or am I endeavoring to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
Gal 1:11 But I assure you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not after man;
Gal 1:12 for I did not receive it from man nor was I taught it by any man, but it was revealed to me by Jesus Christ.
Gal 1:13 For ye have heard of my conduct formerly in Judaism; that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and was destroying it,
Gal 1:14 and made progress in Judaism beyond many of the same age with me in my nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
Gal 1:15 But when it pleased him who set me apart from my very birth, and called me through his grace,
Gal 1:16 to reveal his Son within me, that I might publish the glad tidings of him among the gentiles, immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood,
Gal 1:17 neither did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.
Gal 1:18 Then, after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and stayed with him fifteen days;
Gal 1:19 but no other of the apostles did I see, save James the brother of the Lord.
Gal 1:20 Now as to what I am writing to you, behold, before God, I do not lie.
Gal 1:21 Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
Gal 1:22 and I was unknown by face to the churches of Judaea which were in Christ;
Gal 1:23 but they were only hearing that "He who was once our persecutor is now preaching the faith which he was once destroying";
Gal 1:24 and they glorified God in me.