{"reader_html":"<h1 class=\"chapter-heading\">The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians<span class=\"chapter-label\">Chapter 1<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><span class=\"dropcap-wrap\" data-v=\"1\"><span class=\"dropcap\" title=\"Compare verse 1 across translations\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,9,1,1,&quot;Galatians&quot;)\">P<\/span>aul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"2\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,9,1,2,&quot;Galatians&quot;)\">2<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"3\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,9,1,3,&quot;Galatians&quot;)\">3<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"4\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,9,1,4,&quot;Galatians&quot;)\">4<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"5\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,9,1,5,&quot;Galatians&quot;)\">5<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"6\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,9,1,6,&quot;Galatians&quot;)\">6<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"7\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,9,1,7,&quot;Galatians&quot;)\">7<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"8\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,9,1,8,&quot;Galatians&quot;)\">8<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"9\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,9,1,9,&quot;Galatians&quot;)\">9<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"10\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,9,1,10,&quot;Galatians&quot;)\">10<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"11\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,9,1,11,&quot;Galatians&quot;)\">11<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"12\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,9,1,12,&quot;Galatians&quot;)\">12<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"13\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,9,1,13,&quot;Galatians&quot;)\">13<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews&#039; religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"14\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,9,1,14,&quot;Galatians&quot;)\">14<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And profited in the Jews&#039; religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"15\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,9,1,15,&quot;Galatians&quot;)\">15<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother&#039;s womb, and called me by his grace,<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"16\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,9,1,16,&quot;Galatians&quot;)\">16<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"17\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,9,1,17,&quot;Galatians&quot;)\">17<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"18\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,9,1,18,&quot;Galatians&quot;)\">18<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"19\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,9,1,19,&quot;Galatians&quot;)\">19<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord&#039;s brother.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"20\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,9,1,20,&quot;Galatians&quot;)\">20<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"21\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,9,1,21,&quot;Galatians&quot;)\">21<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"22\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,9,1,22,&quot;Galatians&quot;)\">22<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"23\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,9,1,23,&quot;Galatians&quot;)\">23<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"24\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,9,1,24,&quot;Galatians&quot;)\">24<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And they glorified God in me.<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-nav\"><a href=\"\/kjv\/2\/8\/13\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">&lsaquo; Previous<\/a><a href=\"\/kjv\/2\/9\/2\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">Next &rsaquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","page_title":"The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians, Chapter 1 — King James Version","book_title":"The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians","toolbar_title":"The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians — Ch. 1","prev_url":"\/kjv\/2\/8\/13","next_url":"\/kjv\/2\/9\/2","tid":2,"book_id":9,"chapter":1,"num_chapters":6,"trans":"KJV","is_rtl":false,"strongs_data":{},"bsb_glosses":{},"book_name":"Galatians","canonical_url":"https:\/\/accept.gift\/kjv\/2\/9\/1","meta_desc":"Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) And all the brethren which are with me…"}