6I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— (أع 16:6; أع 18:23; 2كو 11:4; غل 4:13; غل 5:8; 1تي 1:3)7not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. (أع 4:12; أع 15:24; 1كو 3:11; 2كو 11:13; غل 5:10)8But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. (رو 9:3; 2كو 11:14)9As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed. (غل 1:8)10For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant[2] of Christ. (رو 1:1; رو 2:29; 1كو 10:33; أف 6:6; كو 3:22; 1تس 2:4)
Paul Called by God
11For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man’s gospel.[3] (رو 2:16; 1كو 15:1)12For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. (أع 22:14; 1كو 2:10; 1كو 11:23; 1كو 15:3; 2كو 12:1; غل 1:1; غل 1:16)13For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it. (أع 8:3; أع 26:4)14And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. (إر 9:14; مت 15:2; أع 21:20; في 3:6; 2تي 1:3)15But when he who had set me apart before I was born,[4] and who called me by his grace, (إش 49:1; إش 49:5; إر 1:5; لو 1:15; أع 13:2; رو 1:1; غل 1:6)16was pleased to reveal his Son to[5] me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone;[6] (أع 9:15; غل 2:9)17nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.18Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and remained with him fifteen days. (أع 9:22)19But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord’s brother. (مت 12:46; أع 12:17)20(In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie!) (رو 1:9; رو 9:1)21Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. (أع 9:30; أع 11:25; أع 13:1)22And I was still unknown in person to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. (1تس 2:14)23They only were hearing it said, “He who used to persecute us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”24And they glorified God because of me.