| Bible in Basic English (BBE) |
New International Version (NIV) |
|
1 Paul, an Apostle (not from men, and not through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who made him come back from the dead),
|
1 Paul, an apostle--sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead--
|
|
2 And all the brothers who are with me, to the churches of Galatia:
|
2 and all the brothers with me, To the churches in Galatia:
|
|
3 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,
|
3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
|
|
4 Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might make us free from this present evil world, after the purpose of our God and Father:
|
4 who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
|
|
5 To whom be the glory for ever and ever. So be it.
|
5 to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
|
|
6 I am surprised that you are being so quickly turned away from him whose word came to you in the grace of Christ, to good news of a different sort;
|
6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel--
|
|
7 Which is not another sort: only there are some who give you trouble, desiring to make changes in the good news of Christ.
|
7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ.
|
|
8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, were to be a preacher to you of good news other than that which we have given you, let there be a curse on him.
|
8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned!
|
|
9 As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man is a preacher to you of any good news other than that which has been given to you, let there be a curse on him.
|
9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!
|
|
10 Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
|
10 Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
|
|
11 Because I say to you, my brothers, that the good news of which I was the preacher is not man's.
|
11 I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached is not something that man made up.
|
|
12 For I did not get it from man, and I was not given teaching in it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.
|
12 I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
|
|
13 For news has come to you of my way of life in the past in the Jews' religion, how I was cruel without measure to the church of God, and did great damage to it:
|
13 For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
|
|
14 And I went farther in the Jews' religion than a number of my generation among my countrymen, having a more burning interest in the beliefs handed down from my fathers.
|
14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many Jews of my own age and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
|
|
15 But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace,
|
15 But when God, who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace, was pleased
|
|
16 To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood,
|
16 to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not consult any man,
|
|
17 And I went not up to Jerusalem to those who were Apostles before me; but I went away into Arabia, and again I came back to Damascus.
|
17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went immediately into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.
|
|
18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Cephas, and was there with him fifteen days.
|
18 Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Peter and stayed with him fifteen days.
|
|
19 But of the other Apostles I saw only James, the Lord's brother.
|
19 I saw none of the other apostles--only James, the Lord's brother.
|
|
20 Now God is witness that the things which I am writing to you are true.
|
20 I assure you before God that what I am writing you is no lie.
|
|
21 Then I came to the parts of Syria and Cilicia.
|
21 Later I went to Syria and Cilicia.
|
|
22 And the churches of Judaea which were in Christ still had no knowledge of my face or person:
|
22 I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
|
|
23 Only it came to their ears that he who at one time was cruel to us is now preaching the faith which before had been attacked by him;
|
23 They only heard the report: "The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy."
|
|
24 And they gave glory to God in me.
|
24 And they praised God because of me.
|
| The Bible in Basic English is in the public domain. (The Bible in Basic English Version Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
