Paul’s Letter to the Galatians - Chapter 1 - Paul affirms the “Good News” of Jesus Christ

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Paul’s Letter to the Galatians opens with Paul’s greeting to the Galatian assemblies, affirming grace and peace through God the Father and Jesus Christ, who gave himself for sins to deliver believers from the present evil age. Paul then expresses concern that the community is quickly turning from the grace of Christ to a different “good news.” He warns against perverting the message and defends the purity of his teaching as received by revelation rather than taught by people.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryReligion & Spirituality

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Pages42

Reading Time1 h 46 min

Paul affirms the “Good News” of Jesus Christ

Greetings

Paul expresses his concern

Paul defends the purity of his teaching

Paul's teaching was not influenced by people

Paul’s Letter to the Galatians English Bible Paul’s Letter to the Galatians Jim Padgett's illustrations are property of ©Sweet Publishing ([https://sweetpublishing.com](https://sweetpublishing.com)) and are used under license Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.es](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.es) The images on pages 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 21, 27, 28, 30, 31, and 38 were edited by Chris DeJong. English Paul’s Letter to the Galatians ~ Chapter 1 ~ Paul affirms the “Good News” of Jesus Christ Greetings Paul, an apostle—not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead— and all the brothers who are with me, to the assemblies of Galatia: Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father—to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. Paul expresses his concern I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different “good news”, but there isn’t another“good news.” Only there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the Good News of Christ. But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you any “good news”other than that which we preached to you, let him be cursed. As we have said before, so I now say again: if any man preaches to you any“good news” other than that which you received, let him be cursed. For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ. Paul defends the purity of his teaching But I make known to you, brothers, concerning the Good News which was preached by me, that it is not according to man. For I didn’t receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my way of living in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the assembly of God and ravaged it. I advanced in the Jews’ religion beyond many of my own age among my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers. Paul's teaching was not influenced by people But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace, to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I didn’t immediately confer with flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia. Then I returned to Damascus.

FAQs

What opening message does Paul send to the Galatians?

Paul greets the assemblies in Galatia with grace and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, emphasizing that Christ gave himself for sins.

Why is Paul concerned about the Galatians’ change?

Paul marvels that they are quickly deserting the grace of Christ for a different “good news,” which others are using to trouble and pervert the message.

How does Paul justify that his teaching is authentic?

Paul says the good news he preached did not come from man, but came through revelation of Jesus Christ.

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