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Galatians 1:10-24

Common English Bible CEB

10 Am I trying to win over human beings or God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I wouldn't be Christ's slave.

11 Brothers and sisters, I want you to know that the gospel I preached isn't human in origin.

12 I didn't receive it or learn it from a human. It came through a revelation from Jesus Christ.

13 You heard about my previous life in Judaism, how severely I harassed God's church and tried to destroy it.

14 I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my peers, because I was much more militant about the traditions of my ancestors.

15 But God had set me apart from birth and called me through his grace. He was pleased

16 to reveal his Son to me, so that I might preach about him to the Gentiles. I didn't immediately consult with any human being.

17 I didn't go up to Jerusalem to see the men who were apostles before me either, but I went away into Arabia and I returned again to Damascus.

18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days.

19 But I didn't see any other of the apostles except James the brother of the Lord.

20 Before God, I'm not lying about the things that I'm writing to you!

21 Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia,

22 but I wasn't known personally by the Christian churches in Judea.

23 They only heard a report about me: "The man who used to harass us now preaches the faith that he once tried to destroy."

24 So they were glorifying God because of me.

New International Version NIV

10 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 I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.

12 I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.

13 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 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 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 so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being.

17 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 get acquainted with Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days.

19 I saw none of the other apostles—only James, the Lord’s brother.

20 I assure you before God that what I am writing you is no lie.

21 Then I went to Syria and Cilicia.

22 I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.

23 They only heard the report: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”

24 And they praised God because of me.