1 Paul, an apostle, neither from men nor through a man, but through Iesoh {Aram. Yshoa} Christ and Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'} the Father, who raised him up from the dead, 2 and all the brothers with me, to the congregations of Ga·laʹti·a:
3 May you have undeserved kindness and peace from Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'} our Father and the Lord Iesoh {Aram. Yshoa} Christ. 4 He gave himself for our sins so that he might rescue us from the present wicked system of things according to the will of our Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'} and Father, 5 to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
6 I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from the One who called you with Christ’s undeserved kindness to another sort of good news. 7 Not that there is another good news; but there are certain ones who are causing you trouble and wanting to distort the good news about the Christ. 8 However, even if we or an angel out of heaven were to declare to you as good news something beyond the good news we declared to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, I now say again, Whoever is declaring to you as good news something beyond what you accepted, let him be accursed.
10 Is it, in fact, men I am now trying to persuade or Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'}? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I would not be Christ’s slave. 11 For I want you to know, brothers, that the good news I declared to you is not of human origin; 12 for neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it was through a revelation by Iesoh {Aram. Yshoa} Christ.
13 Of course, you heard about my conduct formerly in Juʹda·ism, that I kept intensely persecuting the congregation of Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'} and devastating it; 14 and I was making greater progress in Juʹda·ism than many of my own age in my nation, as I was far more zealous for the traditions of my fathers. 15 But when Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'}, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through his undeserved kindness, thought good 16 to reveal his Son through me so that I might declare the good news about him to the nations, I did not immediately consult with any human; 17 nor did I go up to Yerushalom to those who were apostles before I was, but I went to Arabia, and then I returned to Damascus.
18 Then three years later I went up to Yerushalom to visit Ceʹphas, and I stayed with him for 15 days. 19 But I did not see any of the other apostles, only James the brother of the Lord. 20 Now regarding the things I am writing you, I assure you before Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'} that I am not lying.
21 After that I went into the regions of Syria and Ci·liʹcia. 22 But I was personally unknown to the congregations of Ju·deʹa that were in union with Christ. 23 They only used to hear: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now declaring the good news about the faith that he formerly devastated.” 24 So they began glorifying Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'} because of me.