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8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
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But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse!
9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
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As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!
10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
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Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
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I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.
12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
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For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
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I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
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But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased
16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
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to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being.
17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
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I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus.
18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.
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Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days.
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