I, Paul, am writing this letter. I am an apostle. People have not sent me. No human authority has sent me. I have been sent by Jesus Christ and by God the Father. God raised Jesus from the dead.

作使徒的保罗（不是由于人，也不是藉着人，乃是藉着耶稣基督，与叫他从死里复活的父神）

我使徒保罗和所有跟我一起的弟兄，写信给加拉太的众教会。我作使徒不是由于人，也不是藉着人，而是藉着耶稣基督与使他从死人中复活的父上帝。

我使徒保罗和所有跟我一起的弟兄，写信给加拉太的众教会。我作使徒不是由于人，也不是藉着人，而是藉着耶稣基督与使他从死人中复活的父神。

我是保罗，我做使徒并非受人委派，也不是倚靠人，而是由耶稣基督和叫祂从死里复活的父上帝委派的。

作使徒的保罗（不是由于人，也不是藉着人，而是藉着耶稣基督和那使他从死人中复活的父神），

我保罗做使徒，既不是出于人，也不是藉着人，而是藉着耶稣基督和使他从死人中复活的父神；

作使徒的保羅（不是由於人，也不是藉着人，乃是藉着耶穌基督，與叫他從死裏復活的父神）

我使徒保羅和所有跟我一起的弟兄，寫信給加拉太的眾教會。我作使徒不是由於人，也不是藉着人，而是藉着耶穌基督與使他從死人中復活的父上帝。

我使徒保羅和所有跟我一起的弟兄，寫信給加拉太的眾教會。我作使徒不是由於人，也不是藉着人，而是藉着耶穌基督與使他從死人中復活的父神。

我是保羅，我作使徒並非受人委派，也不是倚靠人，而是由耶穌基督和叫祂從死裡復活的父上帝委派的。

作使徒的保羅（不是由於人，也不是藉著人，而是藉著耶穌基督和那使他從死人中復活的父神），

使徒保羅（做使徒不是由於人們，也不是藉着人，乃是藉着耶穌基督、和那叫他從死人中活起來的父上帝）、

我保羅做使徒，既不是出於人，也不是藉著人，而是藉著耶穌基督和使他從死人中復活的父神；

保羅為使徒、非本諸人、亦非由人、乃由耶穌基督、及自死而起之之父上帝也、

使徒保羅、非為人遣、非以人立、實以耶穌基督及甦之之父上帝立者、

我保羅為使徒、非人所遣、亦非人所立、乃耶穌基督及由死復活之之父天主所立者、

宗徒葆樂、非由人所遣、亦非因人而立、乃奉命於耶穌基督、及賜其復活之天主聖父者、

Paul, an apostle— sent not from men nor by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—

Paul, an apostle— not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—

This letter is from Paul, an apostle. I was not appointed by any group of people or any human authority, but by Jesus Christ himself and by God the Father, who raised Jesus from the dead.

Paul, an apostle— not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead—

Paul, an apostle( not sent from men nor through human agency, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead),

Paul, an apostle( not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead),

Paul, an apostle( not from men, neither through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead),

Paul, an apostle— not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead—

Paul, an apostle,( not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)

From Paul, an apostle( not from men, nor by human agency, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead)

Paul, an apostle— not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—

Brothers and sisters, here is what I want you to know. The good news I preached does not come from human beings.No one gave it to me. No one taught it to me. Instead, I received it from Jesus Christ. He showed it to me.

But the Lord said to Ananias,“ Go! I have chosen this man to work for me. He will announce my name to the Gentiles and to their kings. He will also announce my name to the people of Israel.I will show him how much he must suffer for me.”

I, Paul, am writing this letter. I serve Christ Jesus. I have been appointed to be an apostle. God set me apart to tell others his good news.

Now, at just the right time, he has made his promise clear. He did this through the preaching that he trusted me with. God our Savior has commanded all these things.

I, Paul, am writing this letter. I am an apostle of Christ Jesus just as God planned. Timothy our brother joins me in writing. We are sending this letter to you, the members of God’s church in Corinth. It is also for all God’s holy people everywhere in Achaia.

May grace and peace come to you from Jesus Christ. He is the faithful witness, so what he has shown can be trusted. He was the first to rise from the dead. He rules over the kings of the earth. Glory and power belong to Jesus Christ who loves us! He has set us free from our sins by pouring out his blood for us.

I, Paul, am writing this letter. I have been chosen to be an apostle of Christ Jesus just as God planned. Our brother Sosthenes joins me in writing.

“ Then he said,‘ The God of our people has chosen you. He wanted to tell you his plans for you. You have seen the Blameless One. You have heard words from his mouth.Now you will tell everyone about what you have seen and heard.So what are you waiting for? Get up and call on his name. Be baptized. Have your sins washed away.’“ I returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple. Then it seemed to me that I was dreaming.I saw the Lord speaking to me.‘ Quick!’ he said.‘ Leave Jerusalem at once. The people here will not accept what you tell them about me.’“‘ Lord,’ I replied,‘ these people know what I used to do. I went from one synagogue to another and put believers in prison. I also beat them.Stephen was a man who told other people about you. I stood there when he was killed. I had agreed that he should die. I even guarded the coats of those who were killing him.’“ Then the Lord said to me,‘ Go. I will send you far away to people who are not Jews.’ ”

Say with your mouth,“ Jesus is Lord.” Believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead. Then you will be saved.

Our Lord Jesus is the great Shepherd of the sheep. The God who gives peace brought him back from the dead. He did it because of the blood of the eternal covenant. Now may God

Now get up. Stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you to serve me. And you must tell other people about me. You must tell others that you have seen me today. You must also tell them that I will show myself to you again.I will save you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to themto open their eyes. I want you to turn them from darkness to light. I want you to turn them from Satan’s power to God. I want their sins to be forgiven. They will be forgiven when they believe in me. They will have their place among God’s people.’

I am by far the least important of all the Lord’s holy people. But he gave me the grace to preach to the Gentiles about the unlimited riches that Christ gives.

True teaching agrees with the good news about the glory of the blessed God. He trusted me with that good news.I am thankful to Christ Jesus our Lord. He has given me strength. I thank him that he considered me faithful. I thank him for appointing me to serve him.I used to speak evil things against Jesus. I tried to hurt his followers. I really pushed them around. But God showed me mercy anyway. I did those things without knowing any better. I wasn’t a believer.Our Lord poured out more and more of his grace on me. Along with it came faith and love from Christ Jesus.

“‘ What should I do, Lord?’ I asked.“‘ Get up,’ the Lord said.‘ Go into Damascus. There you will be told everything you have been given to do.’

Now get up and go into the city. There you will be told what you must do.”

I, Paul, am writing this letter. I am an apostle of Christ Jesus just as God planned. He sent me to tell about the promise of life found in Christ Jesus.

And you will know God’s great power. It can’t be compared with anything else. His power works for us who believe. It is the same mighty strengthGod showed. He showed this when he raised Christ from the dead. God seated him at his right hand in his heavenly kingdom.

“ Here is what I command you to write to the church in Smyrna. Here are the words of Jesus, who is the First and the Last. He is the one who died and came to life again. He says,

By the Holy Spirit, he was appointed to be the mighty Son of God. God did this by raising him from the dead. He is Jesus Christ our Lord.We received grace because of what Jesus did. He made us apostles to the Gentiles. We must invite all of them to obey God by trusting in Jesus. We do this to bring glory to him.

They were written also for us. We believe in the God who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. So God will accept our faith and make us right with himself.Jesus was handed over to die for our sins. He was raised to life in order to make us right with God.

Jesus answered,“ What I’m about to tell you is true. The Son can do nothing by himself. He can do only what he sees his Father doing. What the Father does, the Son also does.

I and the Father are one.”

I am the Living One. I was dead. But now look! I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys to Death and Hell.

Again Jesus said,“ May peace be with you! The Father has sent me. So now I am sending you.”

Then Jesus came to them. He said,“ All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.So you must go and make disciples of all nations. Baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.Teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. And you can be sure that I am always with you, to the very end.”

Because of what Christ has done, you believe in God. It was God who raised him from the dead. And it was God who gave him glory. So your faith and hope are in God.

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit spoke.“ Set apart Barnabas and Saul for me,” he said.“ I have appointed them to do special work.”The prophets and teachers fasted and prayed. They placed their hands on Barnabas and Saul. Then they sent them off.Barnabas and Saul were sent on their way by the Holy Spirit. They went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus.

Christ died and came back to life. He did this to become the Lord of both the dead and the living.

I didn’t go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was. Instead, I went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus.

Are we beginning to praise ourselves again? Some people need letters that speak well of them. Do we need those kinds of letters, either to you or from you?You yourselves are our letter. You are written on our hearts. Everyone knows you and reads you.You make it clear that you are a letter from Christ. You are the result of our work for God. You are a letter written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God. You are a letter written not on tablets made out of stone but on human hearts.

Peter said,“ Brothers and sisters, a long time ago the Holy Spirit spoke through David. He spoke about Judas Iscariot. What the Scripture said would happen had to come true. Judas was the guide for the men who arrested Jesus.But Judas was one of us. He shared with us in our work for God.”Judas bought a field with the payment he received for the evil thing he had done. He fell down headfirst in the field. His body burst open. All his insides spilled out.Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this. So they called that field Akeldama. In their language, Akeldama means the Field of Blood.Peter said,“ Here is what is written in the Book of Psalms. It says,“‘ May his home be deserted. May no one live in it.’( Psalm 69:25) The Psalms also say,“‘ Let someone else take his place as leader.’( Psalm 109:8)So we need to choose someone to take his place. It will have to be a man who was with us the whole time the Lord Jesus was living among us.That time began when John was baptizing. It ended when Jesus was taken up from us. The one we choose must join us in telling people that Jesus rose from the dead.”So they suggested the names of two men. One was Joseph, who was called Barsabbas. He was also called Justus. The other man was Matthias.Then the believers prayed. They said,“ Lord, you know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen.Show us who should take the place of Judas as an apostle. He gave up being an apostle to go where he belongs.”Then they cast lots. Matthias was chosen. So he was added to the 11 apostles.

But God raised him from the dead. He set him free from the suffering of death. It wasn’t possible for death to keep its hold on Jesus.David spoke about him. He said,“‘ I know that the Lord is always with me. Because he is at my right hand, I will always be secure.So my heart is glad and joy is on my tongue. My whole body will be full of hope.You will not leave me in the place of the dead. You will not let your holy one rot away.You always show me the path that leads to life. You will fill me with joy when I am with you.’( Psalm 16:8–11)“ Fellow Israelites, you can be sure that King David died. He was buried. His tomb is still here today.But David was a prophet. He knew that God had made a promise to him. God had promised that he would make someone in David’s family line king after him.David saw what was coming. So he spoke about the Messiah rising from the dead. He said that the Messiah would not be left in the place of the dead. His body wouldn’t rot in the ground.God has raised this same Jesus back to life. We are all witnesses of this.

You killed the one who gives life. But God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this.