Galatians 1
1PaulΠαῦλοςan apostleἀπόστολος,notοὐκfromἀπ’menἀνθρώπωνnorοὐδὲthroughδι’manἀνθρώπουbutἀλλὰthroughδιὰJesusἸησοῦChristΧριστοῦandκαὶGodθεοῦ[the] Fatherπατρὸςthe [One]τοῦhaving raisedἐγείραντοςHimαὐτὸνout fromἐκ[the] deadνεκρῶν,
2andκαὶtheοἱwithσὺνmeἐμοὶallπάντεςbrothersἀδελφοί,To theταῖςchurchesἐκκλησίαιςτῆςof GalatiaΓαλατίας·
3Graceχάριςto youὑμῖνandκαὶpeaceεἰρήνηfromἀπὸGodθεοῦFatherπατρὸςandκαὶthe Lordκυρίουof usἡμῶνJesusἸησοῦChristΧριστοῦ,
4the [One]τοῦhaving givenδόντοςHimselfἑαυτὸνforὑπὲρtheτῶνsinsἁμαρτιῶνof usἡμῶνso thatὅπωςHe might deliverἐξέληταιusἡμᾶςout ofἐκtheτοῦageαἰῶνοςofτοῦhaving come presentlyἐνεστῶτοςevilπονηροῦaccording toκατὰtheτὸwillθέλημαof theτοῦGodθεοῦandκαὶFatherπατρὸςof usἡμῶν,
5to whom [be]ᾧtheἡgloryδόξαtoεἰςtheτοὺςagesαἰῶναςof theτῶνagesαἰώνων·Amenἀμήν.
6I am astonishedΘαυμάζωthatὅτιsoοὕτωςquicklyταχέωςyou are desertingμετατίθεσθεfromἀπὸthe [One]τοῦhaving calledκαλέσαντοςyouὑμᾶςinἐν[the] graceχάριτιof ChristΧριστοῦtoεἰςa differentἕτερονgospelεὐαγγέλιον,
7whichὃnotοὐκisἔστινanotherἄλλο·ifεἰnotμήsomeτινέςthere areεἰσινwhoοἱare troublingταράσσοντεςyouὑμᾶςandκαὶare desiringθέλοντεςto pervertμεταστρέψαιtheτὸgospelεὐαγγέλιοντοῦof ChristΧριστοῦ.
8Butἀλλὰevenκαὶifἐὰνweἡμεῖςorἢan angelἄγγελοςout ofἐξheavenοὐρανοῦpreach ~ gospelεὐαγγελίζηταιto youὑμῖνcontrary toπαρ’whatὃwe proclaimedεὐηγγελισάμεθαto youὑμῖν,accursedἀνάθεμαlet him beἔστω.
9Asὡςwe have said beforeπροειρήκαμεν,evenκαὶnowἄρτιagainπάλινI sayλέγω,ifεἴanyoneτις[to] youὑμᾶςis preaching a gospelεὐαγγελίζεταιcontrary toπαρ’whatὃyou receivedπαρελάβετε,accursedἀνάθεμαlet him beἔστω.
10PresentlyἌρτιforγὰρof menἀνθρώπουςdo I seek approvalπείθωorἢτὸνGodθεόν;Orἢdo I seekζητῶmenἀνθρώποιςto pleaseἀρέσκειν;For ifεἰyetἔτιmenἀνθρώποιςI were pleasingἤρεσκον,of ChristΧριστοῦa servantδοῦλοςnotοὐκἂνI would beἤμην.
11I make knownΓνωρίζωforγὰρto youὑμῖν,brothersἀδελφοί,theτὸgospelεὐαγγέλιοντὸhaving been preachedεὐαγγελισθὲνbyὑπ’meἐμοῦthatὅτιnotοὐκit isἔστινaccording toκατὰmanἄνθρωπον·
12NeitherοὐδὲforγὰρIἐγὼfromπαρὰmanἀνθρώπουreceivedπαρέλαβονitαὐτό,norοὔτεwas I taught [it]ἐδιδάχθην,butἀλλὰbyδι’a revelationἀποκαλύψεωςof JesusἸησοῦChristΧριστοῦ.
13You have heard ofἨκούσατεforγὰρτὴνmyἐμὴνway of lifeἀναστροφήνformerποτεinἐντῷJudaismἸουδαϊσμῷ,thatὅτιbeyondκαθ’exceeding measureὑπερβολὴνI was persecutingἐδίωκονtheτὴνchurchἐκκλησίαντοῦof Godθεοῦandκαὶwas destroyingἐπόρθουνitαὐτήν,
14AndκαὶI was advancingπροέκοπτονinἐντῷJudaismἸουδαϊσμῷbeyondὑπὲρmanyπολλοὺςcontemporariesσυνηλικιώταςinἐνtheτῷcountrymenγένειof meμου,more abundantlyπερισσοτέρωςzealousζηλωτὴςbeingὑπάρχωνof theτῶνfathersπατρικῶνof meμουtraditionsπαραδόσεων.
15Whenὅτεhoweverδὲwas pleasedεὐδόκησενὁhaving selectedἀφορίσαςmeμεfromἐκ[the] wombκοιλίαςof motherμητρόςof meμουandκαὶhaving called [me]καλέσαςbyδιὰtheτῆςgraceχάριτοςof Himαὐτοῦ
16to revealἀποκαλύψαιtheτὸνSonυἱὸνof HimαὐτοῦinἐνmeἐμοὶthatἵναI might preachεὐαγγελίζωμαιHimαὐτὸνamongἐνtheτοῖςGentilesἔθνεσιν,immediatelyεὐθέωςnotοὐI consultedπροσανεθέμηνwith fleshσαρκὶandκαὶbloodαἵματι,
17norοὐδὲdid I go upἀνῆλθονtoεἰςJerusalemἹεροσόλυμαtoπρὸςtheτοὺςbeforeπρὸmeἐμοῦapostlesἀποστόλους,butἀλλὰI went awayἀπῆλθονintoεἰςArabiaἈραβίαν,andκαὶagainπάλινreturnedὑπέστρεψαtoεἰςDamascusΔαμασκόν.
18ThenἜπειταafterμετὰyearsἔτηthreeτρίαI went upἀνῆλθονtoεἰςJerusalemἹεροσόλυμαto make acquaintance withἱστορῆσαιCephasΚηφᾶν,andκαὶI remainedἐπέμειναwithπρὸςhimαὐτὸνdaysἡμέραςfifteenδεκαπέντε·
19Otherἕτερονhoweverδὲof theτῶνapostlesἀποστόλωνnoneοὐκI sawεἶδον,ifεἰnotμὴJamesἸάκωβονtheτὸνbrotherἀδελφὸνof theτοῦLordκυρίου.
20In whatἃnowδὲI writeγράφωto youὑμῖν,beholdἰδοὺbeforeἐνώπιοντοῦGodθεοῦὅτιnotοὐI lieψεύδομαι.
21ThenἔπειταI wentἦλθονintoεἰςtheτὰregionsκλίματατῆςof SyriaΣυρίαςandκαὶτῆςCiliciaΚιλικίας.
22I wasἤμηνthenδὲunknownἀγνοούμενοςτῷby faceπροσώπῳto theταῖςchurchesἐκκλησίαιςτῆςof JudeaἸουδαίαςthat [are]ταῖςinἐνChristΧριστῷ,
23Onlyμόνονhoweverδὲhearingἀκούοντεςthey wereἦσανthatὅτιthe [one]Ὁpersecutingδιώκωνusἡμᾶςformerlyποτεnowνῦνis preachingεὐαγγελίζεταιtheτὴνfaithπίστινwhichἥνonceποτεhe was destroyingἐπόρθει,
24Andκαὶthey were glorifyingἐδόξαζονinἐνmeἐμοὶτὸνGodθεόν.