Galatians 1
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1This letter is from Paul, an apostle. I was not appointed by any group of people or any human authority, but by Jesus Christ himself and by God the Father, who raised Jesus from the dead.1From: Paul—an apostle not sent from men or by a man, but by Jesus the Messiah, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—
2All the brothers and sisters here join me in sending this letter to the churches of Galatia.2and all the brothers who are with me. To: The churches in Galatia.
3May God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.3May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours!
4Jesus gave his life for our sins, just as God our Father planned, in order to rescue us from this evil world in which we live.4He gave himself for our sins in order to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father.
5All glory to God forever and ever! Amen. There Is Only One Good News5To him be the glory forever and ever! Amen.
6I am shocked that you are turning away so soon from God, who called you to himself through the loving mercy of Christ. You are following a different way that pretends to be the Good News6I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of the Messiah and, instead, are following a different gospel,
7but is not the Good News at all. You are being fooled by those who deliberately twist the truth concerning Christ.7not that another one really exists. To be sure, there are certain people who are troubling you and want to distort the gospel about the Messiah.
8Let God’s curse fall on anyone, including us or even an angel from heaven, who preaches a different kind of Good News than the one we preached to you.8But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim to you a gospel contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let that person be condemned!
9I say again what we have said before: If anyone preaches any other Good News than the one you welcomed, let that person be cursed.9What we have told you in the past I am now telling you again: If anyone proclaims to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let that person be condemned!
10Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant. Paul’s Message Comes from Christ10Am I now trying to win the approval of people or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be the Messiah's servant.
11Dear brothers and sisters, I want you to understand that the gospel message I preach is not based on mere human reasoning.11For I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin.
12I received my message from no human source, and no one taught me. Instead, I received it by direct revelation from Jesus Christ.12For I did not receive it from a man, nor was I taught it, but it was revealed to me by Jesus the Messiah.
13You know what I was like when I followed the Jewish religion—how I violently persecuted God’s church. I did my best to destroy it.13For you have heard about my earlier life in Judaism—how I kept violently persecuting God's church and was trying to destroy it.
14I was far ahead of my fellow Jews in my zeal for the traditions of my ancestors.14I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries, because I was far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.
15But even before I was born, God chose me and called me by his marvelous grace. Then it pleased him15But when God, who set me apart before I was born and who called me by his grace, was pleased
16to reveal his Son to me so that I would proclaim the Good News about Jesus to the Gentiles. When this happened, I did not rush out to consult with any human being.16to reveal his Son to me so that I might proclaim him among the gentiles, I did not confer with another human being at any time,
17Nor did I go up to Jerusalem to consult with those who were apostles before I was. Instead, I went away into Arabia, and later I returned to the city of Damascus.17nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before me. Instead, I went away to Arabia and then came back to Damascus.
18Then three years later I went to Jerusalem to get to know Peter, and I stayed with him for fifteen days.18Then three years later, I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and I stayed with him for fifteen days.
19The only other apostle I met at that time was James, the Lord’s brother.19But I did not see any other apostle except James, the Lord's brother.
20I declare before God that what I am writing to you is not a lie.20(Before God, what I'm writing to you is the truth.)
21After that visit I went north into the provinces of Syria and Cilicia.21Then I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
22And still the churches in Christ that are in Judea didn’t know me personally.22But the churches of the Messiah that are in Judea did not yet know me personally.
23All they knew was that people were saying, “The one who used to persecute us is now preaching the very faith he tried to destroy!”23The only thing they kept hearing was this: "The man who used to persecute us is now proclaiming the faith he once tried to destroy!"
24And they praised God because of me.24So they kept glorifying God for what had happened to me.
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