1 Paul, an Apostle (not from men, and not through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who made him come back from the dead),

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

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

4 Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might make us free from this present evil world, after the purpose of our God and Father:

5 To whom be the glory for ever and ever. So be it.

6 I am surprised that you are being so quickly turned away from him whose word came to you in the grace of Christ, to good news of a different sort;

7 Which is not another sort: only there are some who give you trouble, desiring to make changes in the good news of Christ.

8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, were to be a preacher to you of good news other than that which we have given you, let there be a curse on him.

9 As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man is a preacher to you of any good news other than that which has been given to you, let there be a curse on him.

10 Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

11 Because I say to you, my brothers, that the good news of which I was the preacher is not man's.

12 For I did not get it from man, and I was not given teaching in it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.

13 For news has come to you of my way of life in the past in the Jews' religion, how I was cruel without measure to the church of God, and did great damage to it:

14 And I went farther in the Jews' religion than a number of my generation among my countrymen, having a more burning interest in the beliefs handed down from my fathers.

15 But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace,

16 To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood,

17 And I went not up to Jerusalem to those who were Apostles before me; but I went away into Arabia, and again I came back to Damascus.

18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Cephas, and was there with him fifteen days.

19 But of the other Apostles I saw only James, the Lord's brother.

20 Now God is witness that the things which I am writing to you are true.

21 Then I came to the parts of Syria and Cilicia.

22 And the churches of Judaea which were in Christ still had no knowledge of my face or person:

23 Only it came to their ears that he who at one time was cruel to us is now preaching the faith which before had been attacked by him;

24 And they gave glory to God in me.

1 PABLO, apóstol, (no de los hombres ni por hombre, mas por Jesucristo y por Dios el Padre, que lo resucitó de los muertos),

2 Y todos los hermanos que están conmigo, á las iglesias de Galacia:

3 Gracia sea á vosotros, y paz de Dios el Padre, y de nuestro Señor Jesucristo,

4 El cual se dió á sí mismo por nuestros pecados para librarnos de este presente siglo malo, conforme á la voluntad de Dios y Padre nuestro;

5 Al cual sea la gloria por siglos de siglos. Amén.

6 Estoy maravillado de que tan pronto os hayáis traspasado del que os llamó á la gracia de Cristo, á otro evangelio:

7 No que hay otro, sino que hay algunos que os inquietan, y quieren pervertir el evangelio de Cristo.

8 Mas aun si nosotros ó un ángel del cielo os anunciare otro evangelio del que os hemos anunciado, sea anatema.

9 Como antes hemos dicho, también ahora decimos otra vez: Si alguno os anunciare otro evangelio del que habéis recibido, sea anatema.

10 Porque, ¿persuado yo ahora á hombres ó á Dios? ¿ó busco de agradar á hombres? Cierto, que si todavía agradara á los hombres, no sería siervo de Cristo.

11 Mas os hago saber, hermanos, que el evangelio que ha sido anunciado por mí, no es según hombre;

12 Pues ni yo lo recibí, ni lo aprendí de hombre, sino por revelación de Jesucristo.

13 Porque ya habéis oído acerca de mi conducta otro tiempo en el Judaismo, que perseguía sobremanera la iglesia de Dios, y la destruía;

14 Y aprovechaba en el Judaismo sobre muchos de mis iguales en mi nación, siendo muy más celador que todos de las tradiciones de mis padres.

15 Mas cuando plugo á Dios, que me apartó desde el vientre de mi madre, y me llamó por su gracia,

16 Revelar á su Hijo en mí, para que le predicase entre los Gentiles, luego no conferí con carne y sangre;

17 Ni fuí á Jerusalem á los que eran apóstoles antes que yo; sino que me fuí á la Arabia, y volví de nuevo á Damasco.

18 Depués, pasados tres años, fuí á Jerusalem á ver á Pedro, y estuve con él quince días.

19 Mas á ningún otro de los apóstoles vi, sino á Jacobo el hermano del Señor.

20 Y en esto que os escribo, he aquí delante de Dios, no miento.

21 Después fuí á las partes de Siria y de Cilicia;

22 Y no era conocido de vista á las iglesias de Judea, que eran en Cristo;

23 Solamente habían oído decir: Aquel que en otro tiempo nos perseguía, ahora anuncia la fe que en otro tiempo destruía.

24 Y glorificaban á Dios en mí.