Geneva Bible (1599): Galatians 1

¹ Pavl an Apostle (not of men, neither by man, but by Iesus Christ, and God the Father which hath raised him from the dead)

² And all the brethren which are with me, vnto the Churches of Galatia:

³ Grace be with you, and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Iesus Christ,

⁴ Which gaue himself for our sinnes, that he might deliuer vs from this present euill world according to the will of God euen our Father,

⁵ To whom be glory for euer and euer, Amen.

⁶ I marueile that ye are so soone remoued away vnto another Gospel, from him that had called you in the grace of Christ,

⁷ Which is not another Gospel, saue that there be some which trouble you, and intend to peruert the Gospel of Christ.

⁸ But though that we, or an Angel from heauen preach vnto you otherwise, then that which we haue preached vnto you, let him be accursed.

⁹ As we sayd before, so say I now againe, If any man preach vnto you otherwise, then that ye haue receiued, let him be accursed.

¹⁰ For nowe preach I mans doctrine, or Gods? or go I about to please men? for if I should yet please men, I were not the seruant of Christ.

¹¹ Now I certifie you, brethren, that ye Gospel which was preached of me, was not after man.

¹² For neither receiued I it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the reuelation of Iesus Christ.

¹³ For ye haue heard of my conuersation in time past, in the Iewish religion, how that I persecuted the Church of God extremely, and wasted it,

¹⁴ And profited in the Iewish religion aboue many of my companions of mine owne nation, and was much more zealous of the traditions of my fathers.

¹⁵ But when it pleased God (which had separated me from my mothers wombe, and called me by his grace)

¹⁶ To reueile his Sonne in me, that I should preach him among the Gentiles, immediatly I communicated not with flesh and blood:

¹⁷ Neither came I againe to Hierusalem to them which were Apostles before me, but I went into Arabia, and turned againe vnto Damascus.

¹⁸ Then after three yeeres I came againe to Hierusalem to visite Peter, and abode with him fifteene dayes.

¹⁹ And none other of the Apostles sawe I, saue Iames the Lords brother.

²⁰ Nowe the things which I write vnto you, beholde, I witnes before God, that I lie not.

²¹ After that, I went into the coastes of Syria and Cilicia: for I was vnknowen by face vnto the Churches of Iudea, which were in Christ.

²² But they had heard onely some say, Hee which persecuted vs in time past, nowe preacheth the faith which before he destroyed.

²³ And they glorified God for me.