Sveiciens
1 Pāvils – apustulis, kas nav cilvēku vai kāda atsevišķa cilvēka sūtīts, bet caur Jēzu Kristu un Dievu Tēvu, kas viņu augšāmcēla no mirušajiem, – 2 un visi brāļi, kas ir kopā ar mani, Galatijas draudzēm: 3 žēlastība jums un miers no Dieva, mūsu Tēva, un no Kunga Jēzus Kristus, 4 kas nodevis sevi par mūsu grēkiem, lai pēc Dieva, mūsu Tēva, gribas izrautu mūs no šā ļaunā laika. 5 Viņam lai gods mūžu mūžos! Āmen!
Nav cita evaņģēlija
6 Es brīnos, ka jūs tik viegli novēršaties no tā, kas jūs ir aicinājis Kristus žēlastībā, un nododaties citam evaņģēlijam. 7 Bet cita evaņģēlija nav; ir tikai ļaudis, kas musina jūsu prātus un grib sagrozīt Kristus evaņģēliju. 8 Bet, ja mēs vai kāds eņģelis no debesīm sludinātu jums kādu citu evaņģēliju līdzās tam evaņģēlijam, ko esam jums pasludinājuši, tas lai ir nolādēts! 9 Kā jau iepriekš esam sacījuši, tā saku jums vēlreiz: ja kāds jums sludina citu evaņģēliju līdzās tam, ko jūs jau esat saņēmuši, tas lai ir nolādēts! 10 Vai tad es tagad gribu atzinību no cilvēkiem vai arī no Dieva? Vai es meklēju cilvēkiem izpatikt? Ja es vēl aizvien vēlētos izpatikt cilvēkiem, tad es nebūtu Kristus kalps.
Pāvils aicināts par apustuli
11 Es daru jums zināmu, brāļi, ka evaņģēlijs, ko esmu pasludinājis, nav cilvēka izdomāts. 12 Es to arī neesmu saņēmis vai iemācījies no kāda cilvēka, bet caur Jēzus Kristus atklāsmi. 13 Jūs esat dzirdējuši par manu toreizējo dzīvi, kad vēl biju jūdu ticībā, kā es pārlieku vajāju un postīju Dieva draudzi. 14 Jūdu ticības lietās es pārspēju daudzus savus vienaudžus savā tautā, pārmēru dedzīgi turēdams tēvu ieražas. 15 Bet, kad Dievam, kas mani jau no mātes miesām bija izvēlējies un caur savu žēlastību aicinājis, 16 labpatika atklāt man savu Dēlu, lai es viņu sludinātu pagāniem, es tūlīt nemeklēju tam apstiprinājumu no miesas un asinīm. 17 Es negāju arī uz Jeruzālemi pie tiem, kas jau pirms manis bija apustuļi, bet devos uz Arābiju un vēlāk atgriezos Damaskā. 18 Pēc tam, trīs gadus vēlāk, es devos uz Jeruzālemi, lai iepazītos ar Kēfu , un uzkavējos pie viņa kādas piecpadsmit dienas. 19 Nevienu citu apustuli es nesatiku, vienīgi Jēkabu, Kunga brāli. 20 Redzi, Dieva priekšā es jums apliecinu: tas, ko jums rakstu, nav meli! 21 Pēc tam es devos uz Sīrijas un Kilikijas apgabalu, 22 bet Kristus draudzēs Jūdejā mani pēc izskata nepazina. 23 Tie vienīgi bija dzirdējuši šādu ziņu: tas, kas mūs agrāk vajāja, tagad sludina evaņģēlija ticību, ko pats reiz pūlējās iznīcināt, 24 un tie slavēja Dievu par mani.
1 From Paul, whose call to be an apostle did not come from human beings or by human means, but from Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from death. 2 All the believers who are here join me in sending greetings to the churches of Galatia:
3 May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.
4 In order to set us free from this present evil age, Christ gave himself for our sins, in obedience to the will of our God and Father. 5 To God be the glory forever and ever! Amen.
The One Gospel
6 I am surprised at you! In no time at all you are deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ, and are accepting another gospel. 7 Actually, there is no “other gospel,” but I say this because there are some people who are upsetting you and trying to change the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel that is different from the one we preached to you, may he be condemned to hell! 9 We have said it before, and now I say it again: if anyone preaches to you a gospel that is different from the one you accepted, may he be condemned to hell!
10 Does this sound as if I am trying to win human approval? No indeed! What I want is God's approval! Am I trying to be popular with people? If I were still trying to do so, I would not be a servant of Christ.
How Paul Became an Apostle
11 Let me tell you, my friends, that the gospel I preach is not of human origin. 12 I did not receive it from any human being, nor did anyone teach it to me. It was Jesus Christ himself who revealed it to me.
13 You have been told how I used to live when I was devoted to the Jewish religion, how I persecuted without mercy the church of God and did my best to destroy it. 14 I was ahead of most other Jews of my age in my practice of the Jewish religion, and was much more devoted to the traditions of our ancestors.
15 But God in his grace chose me even before I was born, and called me to serve him. And when he decided 16 to reveal his Son to me, so that I might preach the Good News about him to the Gentiles, I did not go to anyone for advice, 17 nor did I go to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before me. Instead, I went at once to Arabia, and then I returned to Damascus. 18 It was three years later that I went to Jerusalem to obtain information from Peter, and I stayed with him for two weeks. 19 I did not see any other apostle except James, the Lord's brother.
20 What I write is true. God knows that I am not lying!
21 Afterward I went to places in Syria and Cilicia. 22 At that time the members of the churches in Judea did not know me personally. 23 They knew only what others were saying: “The man who used to persecute us is now preaching the faith that he once tried to destroy!” 24 And so they praised God because of me.
