Galatians 1:4

⁴who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,b

Galatians 1 opens with Paul’s explosive defense of his apostolic authority and the gospel of grace. Shocked that the Galatians are deserting the true gospel for a distorted one, Paul pronounces a curse on anyone—even an angel—who preaches a different message. He recounts his own con