New Testament · Easy read · Galatians
Galatians 1
1Paul, an apostle — not from men nor through man, but through Yeshua Messiah and God the Father who raised Him from the dead —
2and all the brothers who are with me, to the ekklesias of Galatia:
3grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Yeshua Messiah,
4who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
5to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
6I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Messiah, for a different good news;
7which is not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and wanting to distort the good news of Messiah.
8But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should proclaim to you a good news contrary to what we have proclaimed to you, he is to be accursed!
9As we have said before, so I say again now: if anyone is proclaiming to you a good news contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed!
10For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Messiah.
11For I make known to you, brothers, that the good news which was proclaimed by me is not according to man.
12For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Yeshua Messiah.
13For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I used to persecute the ekklesia of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it;
14and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my ancestral traditions.
15But when God, who had set me apart from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, was pleased
16to reveal His Son in me so that I might proclaim Him among the nations, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,
17nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to Damascus.
18Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and stayed with him fifteen days.
19But I did not see any other of the apostles except James, the Lord's brother.
20Now in what I am writing to you, I assure you before God that I am not lying.
21Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
22I was still unknown by sight to the ekklesias of Judea which were in Messiah;
23but only, they kept hearing, "He who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the faith which he once tried to destroy."
24And they were glorifying God because of me.