FROM Paul, an ambassador — not of men or by man, but by Jesus the Anointed, and God the Father [the Self-existent] who raised Him from the dead —

and all the brothers who are with me: To the churches of Galatia.

Grace be multiplied to you and peace from God the Father [the Self-existent] and our Sovereign Master, Jesus the Anointed,

who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

to whom be glory forever and ever. (So be it.)

I am so suprised that you are so quickly turning away — from the One who called you by the grace of Jesus the Anointed — to a different gospel. 

Not that there is, actually, another gospel,  some people are only troubling you, wanting to pervert the gospel of Jesus , the Anointed.

But, should any of us or a celestial-messenger, preach to you a gospel other than what we have preached to you, let a curse be on him! 

I repeat: If anyone preaches to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let a curse be on him!

Am I now trying to win the favor of people or of God [the Self-existent]? Or, am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I should not be a servant of Jesus the Anointed.

I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel preached by me is not based on human reasoning —

I did not receive it from a human source and I was not taught it — it came by a revelation from Jesus the Anointed.

You, surely, have heard about my former way of life in Judaism: I persecuted God’s [the Self-existent’s] church to an extreme degree and tried to destroy it. 

I advanced in Judaism beyond my contemporaries, because I was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors. 

But when God [the Self-existent], who, from my birth, set me apart and called me by His grace, was pleased 

to reveal His Son in me, so that I could preach Him among foreign nationals, I did not immediately consult with anyone. 

I did not go up to the habitation of prosperity - Jerusalem - to those who had become ambassadors before me, either; instead, I went to Arabia and returned to Damascus.

It was after three years that I went to the habitation of prosperity - Jerusalem - to get to know Cephas and I stayed with him fifteen days. 

I did not see the other ambassadors except James, the Self-existent’s [the Son’s] brother. 

All these that I write to you, I’m not lying. God [the Self-existent] is my witness.

Afterward, I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia. 

I did not have personal contact with the people under Jesus the Anointed - believers ­­- in the region of Judah;

they simply kept hearing: “The person who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith he once tried to destroy.” 

 For this, they praised God [the Self-existent] on my behalf.