Galatians 1:10-17

Tree of Life Version

¹⁰ Am I now trying to win people’s approval, or God’s? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Messiah.

How Paul Was Sent Out

¹¹ Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the Good News proclaimed by me is not man-made. ¹² I did not receive it from any human, nor was I taught it, but it came through a revelation of Yeshua the Messiah.

¹³ For you have heard of my earlier behavior in Judaism—how I persecuted God’s community beyond measure and tried to destroy it. ¹⁴ I was even advancing within Judaism beyond many my own age among my people, being a more extreme observer of my fathers’ traditions. ¹⁵ But when God—who set me apart from birth and called me through His grace^[a]—was pleased ¹⁶ to reveal His Son to me so I would proclaim Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with any human. ¹⁷ I did not go up to Jerusalem to those who were emissaries before me, either. Instead I went away to Arabia and returned again to Damascus.