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Galatians 1

Common English Bible CEB

1 From Paul, an apostle who is not sent from human authority or commissioned through human agency, but sent through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead;

2 and from all the brothers and sisters with me. To the churches in Galatia.

3 Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

4 He gave himself for our sins, so he could deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.

5 To God be the glory forever and always! Amen.

6 I'm amazed that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ to follow another gospel.

7 It's not really another gospel, but certain people are confusing you and they want to change the gospel of Christ.

8 However, even if we ourselves or a heavenly angel should ever preach anything different from what we preached to you, they should be under a curse.

9 I'm repeating what we've said before: if anyone preaches something different from what you received, they should be under a curse!

10 Am I trying to win over human beings or God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I wouldn't be Christ's slave.

11 Brothers and sisters, I want you to know that the gospel I preached isn't human in origin.

12 I didn't receive it or learn it from a human. It came through a revelation from Jesus Christ.

13 You heard about my previous life in Judaism, how severely I harassed God's church and tried to destroy it.

14 I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my peers, because I was much more militant about the traditions of my ancestors.

15 But God had set me apart from birth and called me through his grace. He was pleased

16 to reveal his Son to me, so that I might preach about him to the Gentiles. I didn't immediately consult with any human being.

17 I didn't go up to Jerusalem to see the men who were apostles before me either, but I went away into Arabia and I returned again to Damascus.

18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days.

19 But I didn't see any other of the apostles except James the brother of the Lord.

20 Before God, I'm not lying about the things that I'm writing to you!

21 Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia,

22 but I wasn't known personally by the Christian churches in Judea.

23 They only heard a report about me: "The man who used to harass us now preaches the faith that he once tried to destroy."

24 So they were glorifying God because of me.

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 From Paul--an apostle [chosen] not by any group or individual but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who brought him back to life--

2 and all the believers who are with me. To the churches in Galatia.

3 Good will and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ are yours!

4 In order to free us from this present evil world, Christ took the punishment for our sins, because that was what our God and Father wanted.

5 Glory belongs to our God and Father forever! Amen.

6 I'm surprised that you're so quickly deserting Christ, who called you in his kindness, to follow a different kind of good news.

7 But what some people are calling good news is not really good news at all. They are confusing you. They want to distort the Good News about Christ.

8 Whoever tells you good news that is different from the Good News we gave you should be condemned to hell, even if he is one of us or an angel from heaven.

9 I'm now telling you again what we've told you in the past: If anyone tells you good news that is different from the Good News you received, that person should be condemned to hell.

10 Am I saying this now to win the approval of people or God? Am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be Christ's servant.

11 I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the Good News I have spread is not a human message.

12 I didn't receive it from any person. I wasn't taught it, but Jesus Christ revealed it to me.

13 You heard about the way I once lived when I followed the Jewish religion. You heard how I violently persecuted God's church and tried to destroy it.

14 You also heard how I was far ahead of other Jews in my age group in following the Jewish religion. I had become that fanatical for the traditions of my ancestors.

15 But God, who appointed me before I was born and who called me by his kindness, was pleased

16 to show me his Son. He did this so that I would tell people who are not Jewish that his Son is the Good News. When this happened, I didn't talk it over with any other person.

17 I didn't even go to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was. Instead, I went to Arabia and then came back to Damascus.

18 Then, three years later I went to Jerusalem to become personally acquainted with Cephas. I stayed with him for fifteen days.

19 I didn't see any other apostle. I only saw James, the Lord's brother.

20 (God is my witness that what I'm writing is not a lie.)

21 Then I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

22 The churches of Christ in Judea didn't know me personally.

23 The only thing they had heard was this: "The man who persecuted us is now spreading the faith that he once tried to destroy."

24 So they praised God for what had happened to me.