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Galatians 1:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I am shocked that you have so quickly turned from God, who chose you because of his wonderful kindness. You have believed another message,

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But they soon forgot what you had done and rejected your advice.

The Lord has said: “These people praise me with their words, but they never really think about me. They worship me by repeating rules made up by humans.

He was surprised that the people did not have any faith. Jesus taught in all the neighbouring villages.

“How strange!” the man replied. “He healed my eyes, and yet you don't know where he comes from.

But our Lord Jesus was kind to us, and we are saved by faith in him, just as the Gentiles are.

what makes people acceptable to him. So they refuse to trust God, and they try to be acceptable by obeying the Law.

Christ has also introduced us to God's undeserved kindness on which we take our stand. So we are happy, as we look forward to sharing in the glory of God.

We know that God is always at work for the good of everyone who loves him. They are the ones God has chosen for his purpose,

God then accepted the people he had already decided to choose, and he has shared his glory with them.

Ten thousand people may teach you about Christ, but I am your only father. You became my children when I told you about Christ Jesus,

We told you about Jesus, and you received the Holy Spirit and accepted our message. But you let some people tell you about another Jesus. Now you are ready to receive another spirit and accept a different message.

A lot of people try to get rich from preaching God's message. But we are God's sincere messengers, and by the power of Christ we speak our message with God as our witness.

My friends, I want you to know that no one made up the message I preach.

But even before I was born, God had chosen me. He was kind and had decided

when there is really only one true message. But some people are causing you trouble and want to make you turn away from the good news about Christ.

But when I saw that they were not really obeying the truth that is in the good news, I corrected Peter in front of everyone and said: Peter, you are a Jew, but you live like a Gentile. So how can you force Gentiles to live like Jews?

But I went there because God had told me to go, and I explained the good news that I had been preaching to the Gentiles. Then I met privately with the ones who seemed to be the most important leaders. I wanted to make sure that my work in the past and my future work would not be for nothing.

But we wanted you to have the true message. That's why we didn't give in to them, not even for a second.

They realized that God had sent me with the good news for Gentiles, and that he had sent Peter with the same message for Jews.

All that the Law says can be summed up in the command to love others as much as you love yourself.

And if you try to please God by obeying the Law, you have cut yourself off from Christ and his wonderful kindness.

God used our preaching as his way of inviting you to share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Christ Jesus our Lord was very kind to me. He has greatly blessed my life with faith and love just like his own.

When I was leaving for Macedonia, I asked you to stay on in Ephesus and warn certain people there to stop spreading their false teachings.

God saved us and chose us to be his holy people. We did nothing to deserve this, but God planned it because he is so kind. Even before time began God planned for Christ Jesus to show kindness to us.

Timothy, my child, Christ Jesus is kind, and you must let him make you strong.

Always live as God's holy people should, because God is the one who chose you, and he is holy.

We have everything we need to live a life that pleases God. It was all given to us by God's own power, when we learnt that he had invited us to share in his wonderful goodness.

I pray that the Lord Jesus will be kind to all of you.




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