Bible White Noise

¹Paul, a supreme commissioned envoy—not from mortal men nor through any mortal man, but through Jesus the Anointed King and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead with resurrection power— Paul, a divinely appointed messenger—not sent by human authority or through human means, but commissioned directly by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who powerfully raised Him from death— ²and all the brothers united with me in divine fellowship, to the called-out assemblies of Galatia: and all the brothers who stand with me in faith, to the churches of Galatia: ³Divine favor and sovereign peace be yours from God the Father and our Lord Jesus the Anointed King, May God's grace and perfect peace be with you from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁴who gave Himself as a sacrifice for our sins, so that He might powerfully deliver us from this present evil age, according to the sovereign will of our God and Father: who sacrificed Himself for our sins to rescue us with mighty power from this present evil world, just as our God and Father planned: ⁵to whom belongs the glory for all the ages of ages. Amen. to Him belongs all glory forever and ever. So be it! ⁶I am astounded that you are so swiftly transferring your allegiance away from the One who sovereignly summoned you into the divine favor of the Anointed One, turning toward a different proclamation of victory I'm amazed that you're so quickly abandoning the God who powerfully called you into Christ's amazing grace, and turning to a different message ⁷which is not another of the same kind, except there are certain ones who are throwing you into confusion and are determined to completely distort the victorious proclamation of the Anointed One This isn't really another gospel at all, but there are some people who are confusing you and want to twist Christ's powerful message ⁸But even if we ourselves or a messenger from heaven should proclaim as victorious news to you anything contrary to what we proclaimed as victorious news to you, let him be utterly condemned But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a different gospel than what we preached to you, let that person be completely cursed ⁹As we have declared before, so now I speak again with authority: if anyone proclaims victorious news to you contrary to what you received, let him be utterly condemned As we said before, I'm saying it again with full authority: if anyone preaches a different gospel than what you received, let that person be completely cursed ¹⁰For am I now seeking to win over men or God? Or am I seeking to be pleasing to men? If I were still pleasing men, I would not be a bond-servant of the Anointed One Am I now trying to win approval from people or from God? Am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I wouldn't be Christ's servant ¹¹But I make powerfully known to you, brothers, that the triumphant gospel which was proclaimed through me is not according to human origin Brothers, I want you to understand with complete certainty that the victorious good news I proclaimed comes from divine, not human, authority ¹²For neither did I receive it from mortal man, nor was I instructed, but through divine unveiling of Jesus Christ I didn't get this message from any human teacher or instruction, but through Jesus Christ revealing it directly to me ¹³For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I was persecuting the assembly of God with extraordinary intensity and was devastating it You've heard about how I used to live as a Jew, how I attacked God's church with extreme violence and tried to destroy it completely ¹⁴And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many contemporaries in my race, being extraordinarily zealous for my ancestral traditions I was excelling in the Jewish religion far beyond others my age in my nation, being extremely passionate about the traditions passed down from my ancestors ¹⁵But when it pleased God, who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me through His grace But when God was pleased to act - the same God who chose me before I was even born and called me by His powerful grace ¹⁶to unveil His Son in sovereign power within me, that I might proclaim Him as supreme authority among all nations; immediately I did not submit to counsel with flesh and blood to reveal His Son with full authority inside me, so I could announce His supreme power to all peoples; right away I didn't ask for human advice ¹⁷neither did I ascend to Jerusalem to those who were commissioned apostles before me; but I departed into Arabia, and again returned with authority to Damascus I didn't go up to Jerusalem to meet with those who were apostles before me; instead I went to Arabia, and then came back to Damascus with new authority ¹⁸Then after three years I ascended to Jerusalem to investigate Peter thoroughly, and I remained with him fifteen days Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to get to know Peter personally, and I stayed with him for fifteen days ¹⁹But another of the commissioned apostles I did not see, except James the brother of the Lord But I didn't see any other apostles, except for James, the Lord's brother ²⁰Now the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I do not lie Now what I'm writing to you - look, I swear before God that I'm not lying ²¹Then I advanced powerfully into the sovereign territories of Syria and Cilicia Then I moved forward with authority into the regions of Syria and Cilicia ²²Yet I remained powerfully unknown by face to the sovereign assemblies of Judea which were established in the Anointed One But I was still unknown by sight to the churches of Judea that were founded in Christ ²³Only they kept hearing with authority that 'The one who once hunted us down now proclaims as sovereign herald the faith which he once sought to utterly destroy' They only heard reports saying, 'The man who used to persecute us is now powerfully preaching the very faith he once tried to destroy' ²⁴And they were magnifying with sovereign praise the God in me And they praised God with great honor because of what He had done in me