12 Dis how I figga. Soun jalike you guys talk lidis: One guy tell dis, “Me, I stay tight wit Paul!” Anodda guy tell, “Me, I stay tight wit Apollos!” An anodda guy tell, “Me, I stay tight wit Peter!” An dis odda guy tell, “Me, I stay tight wit Christ!”
“But you guys, no let da peopo call you guys ‘Teacha.’ You guys get ony one Teacha, da Spesho Guy God Wen Sen, az why. An you guys stay braddah braddah.
Den he bring Simon to Jesus. Jesus look at um an tell, “You Simon, an yoa faddah John, aah? but not da Baptiza guy. From now peopo goin call you ‘Cefas.’ ” (Dat mean “Peter,” o “Da Rock,” in dea language.)
Eh my braddahs an sistahs! Let me tell you guys someting. Peopo wit blood an bones, az not enuff fo dem come God kids an get him fo dea king! Peopo wit one body dat goin come rotten, dey no can handle da good kine stuff dat no goin come rotten eva.
Anodda ting, oua braddah Apollos, I wen give him plenny good kine words fo him go by you guys wit da odda braddahs. But right now, he no like go. Bumbye wen can, he goin go.
My braddahs an sistahs, I wen talk bout me an Apollos, jalike I draw one picha fo help you guys learn dis one ting from us guys: Ony do wat da Bible tell you fo do. If you guys learn dat, den you guys no goin talk big cuz you stay tight wit one a us guys an you make jalike da odda guy notting.
You no tink we get da right fo take oua Christian wife wit us wen we go some odda place, o wat? Da odda guys God sen all ova da place, dey do dat, you know, even da Boss braddah guys an Peter.
But I tell you guys dis: “Da guy dat plant litto bit seed, he goin get one small crop. Da guy dat plant plenny seed wit one good heart, he goin get mo plenny crop, an he goin stay good inside.”
James, Peter, an John, dey da importan leadas fo da church peopo. Wen dey figga dat God do plenny good stuff fo me, dey shake hands wit me an Barnabas fo show dat all us guys stick togedda. An we all tell da same ting: dey goin go by da Jews, an we goin go by da peopo dass not Jew guys.
Dis wat I mean. God make da deal wit Abraham long time befo time bout Christ. Den, four hundred thirty year afta dat, God give Moses da Rules. But da Rules no mo da powa fo make wat God wen promise come no good.