I, Paul, as God’s chosen apostle, am sending this letter to the churches in Galatia and asking God’s blessings on you.

1 I, Paul, write this letter to you. I remind you that I am an apostle. That is not because a group of people appointed me, nor because a human being sent me to be an apostle. Instead, Jesus Christ and God our heavenly Father, who caused Jesus to become alive again after he died, have appointed and sent me to be an apostle. 2 All the fellow believers who are here with me approve of this message that I am writing. I am sending this letter to the congregations that are in Galatia province. 3 I pray that God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ will kindly help you and enable you to have inner peace. 4 Christ offered himself as a sacrifice in order that he might remove the guilt for our sins. He did that in order that he might enable us to not do the evil things that people who do not know him do. He did this because God, who is our Father, wanted it. 5 I pray that people will praise God forever. ◄May it be so!/Amen!►