to show his Son in my life. He wanted me to preach about Jesus among the Gentiles. When God appointed me, I decided right away not to ask anyone for advice.

既然乐意将他儿子启示在我心里，叫我把他传在外邦人中，我就没有与属血气的人商量，

把他儿子启示在我心里，让我在外邦人中传扬他，我就没有跟有血有肉的人商量，

把他儿子启示在我心里，让我在外邦人中传扬他，我就没有跟有血有肉的人商量，

上帝既然乐意把祂的儿子启示给我，叫我向外族人传扬祂的福音，我就没有跟任何人商量，

既然乐意把自己的儿子启示给我，使我可以在外族人中传扬他，我就没有和任何人（“人”原文作“肉和血”）商量，

将他的儿子启示在我里面，好使我在外邦人中传扬他。我没有立刻与人商量，

既然樂意將他兒子啟示在我心裏，叫我把他傳在外邦人中，我就沒有與屬血氣的人商量，

把他兒子啟示在我心裏，讓我在外邦人中傳揚他，我就沒有跟有血有肉的人商量，

把他兒子啟示在我心裏，讓我在外邦人中傳揚他，我就沒有跟有血有肉的人商量，

上帝既然樂意把祂的兒子啟示給我，叫我向外族人傳揚祂的福音，我就沒有跟任何人商量，

既然樂意把自己的兒子啟示給我，使我可以在外族人中傳揚他，我就沒有和任何人（“人”原文作“肉和血”）商量，

既已樂意將他的兒子啓示於我，好讓我把他傳為福音在外國人中間，立刻地、我沒有跟血肉之人商量，

將他的兒子啟示在我裡面，好使我在外邦人中傳揚他。我沒有立刻與人商量，

樂以其子啟示我衷、使宣之於異邦、我即不謀於有血氣者、

悅以其子示我、使傳福音於異邦、我遂不謀於世人、

既悅以其子顯示於我、使我傳之於異邦人中、我遂不與世人世人原文作血肉謀、

按其所悅樂之時、惠然以其聖子啟示吾心、令我傳道於外邦。吾即當機立斷、不屑謀之於血氣肉情、

to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being.

was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone;

to reveal his Son to me so that I would proclaim the Good News about Jesus to the Gentiles. When this happened, I did not rush out to consult with any human being.

to reveal his Son in me, so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone.

to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,

to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,

to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles; straightway I conferred not with flesh and blood:

to reveal His Son in me, so that I could preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone.

To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:

to reveal his Son in me so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not go to ask advice from any human being,

to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I didn’t immediately confer with flesh and blood,

Jesus replied,“ Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah! No mere human showed this to you. My Father in heaven showed it to you.

The mystery was not made known to people of other times. But now the Holy Spirit has made this mystery known to God’s holy apostles and prophets.Here is the mystery. Because of the good news, God’s promises are for Gentiles as well as for Jews. Both groups are parts of one body. They share in the promise. It belongs to them because they belong to Christ Jesus.I now serve the good news because God gave me his grace. His power is at work in me.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.God told me to make clear to everyone how the mystery came about. In times past it was kept hidden in the mind of God, who created all things.He wanted the rulers and authorities in the heavenly world to come to know his great wisdom. The church would make it known to them.

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.’“ So then, King Agrippa, I obeyed the vision that appeared from heaven.First I preached to people in Damascus. Then I preached in Jerusalem and in all Judea. And then I preached to the Gentiles. I told them to turn away from their sins to God. The way they live must show that they have turned away from their sins.

Then he said to all of them,“ Whoever wants to follow me must say no to themselves. They must pick up their cross every day and follow me.Whoever wants to save their life will lose it. But whoever loses their life for me will save it.What good is it if someone gains the whole world but loses or gives up their very self?

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 pray to the God of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is the glorious Father. I keep asking him to give you the wisdom and understanding that come from the Holy Spirit. I want you to know God better.I pray that you may understand more clearly. Then you will know the hope God has chosen you to receive. You will know that what God will give his holy people is rich and glorious.

God said,“ Let light shine out of darkness.”( Genesis 1:3) He made his light shine in our hearts. His light gives us the light to know God’s glory. His glory is shown in the face of Christ.

Brothers and sisters, I want you to know that I planned many times to visit you. But until now I have been kept from coming. My work has produced results among the other Gentiles. In the same way, I want to see results among you.I have a duty both to Greeks and to non- Greeks. I have a duty both to wise people and to foolish people.

He said to another man,“ Follow me.” But the man replied,“ Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”Jesus said to him,“ Let dead people bury their own dead. You go and tell others about God’s kingdom.”Still another person said,“ I will follow you, Lord. But first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.”Jesus replied,“ Suppose someone starts to plow and then looks back. That person is not fit for service in God’s kingdom.”

I am talking to you who are not Jews. I am the apostle to the Gentiles. So I take pride in the work I do for God and others.

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.

Our fight is not against human beings. It is against the rulers, the authorities and the powers of this dark world. It is against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly world.

“ Watch and pray. Then you won’t fall into sin when you are tempted. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

Levi didn’t show special favor to anyone. He did not spare his father and mother. He didn’t excuse his relatives or his children. But he watched over your word. He guarded your covenant.

It is written that“ no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human mind has known.”( Isaiah 64:4) God has prepared these things for those who love him.God has shown these things to us through his Spirit. The Spirit understands all things. He understands even the deep things of God.Who can know the thoughts of another person? Only a person’s own spirit can know them. In the same way, only the Spirit of God knows God’s thoughts.What we have received is not the spirit of the world. We have received the Spirit who is from God. The Spirit helps us understand what God has freely given us.That is what we speak about. We don’t use words taught to us by people. We use words taught to us by the Holy Spirit. We use the words taught by the Spirit to explain spiritual truths.

I, Paul, am a prisoner because of Christ Jesus. I am in prison because of my work among you who are Gentiles.

to serve Christ Jesus among the Gentiles. I have the duty of a priest to preach God’s good news. Then the Gentiles will become an offering that pleases God. The Holy Spirit will make the offering holy.Because I belong to Christ Jesus, I can take pride in my work for God.I will speak about what Christ has done through me. I won’t try to speak about anything else. He has been leading the Gentiles to obey God. He has been doing this by what I have said and done.He has given me power to do signs and wonders. I can do these things by the power of the Spirit of God. From Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum I have finished preaching. In those places, I preached the good news about Christ.

“ Then the Lord said to me,‘ Go. I will send you far away to people who are not Jews.’ ”

Some people in Jerusalem were thought to be important. But it makes no difference to me what they were. God does not treat people differently. Those people added nothing to my message.In fact, it was just the opposite. They recognized the task I had been trusted with. It was the task of preaching the good news to the Gentiles. My task was like Peter’s task. He had been trusted with the task of preaching to the Jews.God was working in Peter as an apostle to the Jews. God was also working in me as an apostle to the Gentiles.James, Peter and John are respected as pillars in the church. They recognized the special grace given to me. So they shook my hand and the hand of Barnabas. They wanted to show they accepted us. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles. They would go to the Jews.

They try to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles. These Jews don’t want the Gentiles to be saved. In this way, these Jews always increase their sins to the limit. God’s anger has come on them at last.

Those children have bodies made out of flesh and blood. So Jesus became human like them in order to die for them. By doing this, he could break the power of the devil. The devil is the one who rules over the kingdom of death.

I serve the church. God appointed me to bring the complete word of God to you.That word contains the mystery that has been hidden for many ages. But now it has been made known to the Lord’s people.God has chosen to make known to them the glorious riches of that mystery. He has made it known among the Gentiles. And here is what it is. Christ is in you. He is your hope of glory.

Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem. This time I went with Barnabas. I took Titus along also.

Brothers and sisters, here is what I’m telling you. Bodies made of flesh and blood can’t share in the kingdom of God. And what dies can’t share in what never dies.

I was appointed to announce the good news. I was appointed to be an apostle and a teacher.

I was appointed to be a messenger and an apostle to preach the good news. I am telling the truth. I’m not lying. God appointed me to be a true and faithful teacher of the Gentiles.

So from now on we don’t look at anyone the way the world does. At one time we looked at Christ in that way. But we don’t anymore.