(Galatians) Small Man to the Sacred Families in Land of Pale Skins 1

GREETINGS AND FIRST WORDS

1-2From Small Man (Paul) , and from the spiritual brothers who are with me. To the sacred families who gather in Land of Pale Skins (Galatia) . I was chosen to be a message bearer not from human beings or through human beings, but through Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One and through our Father the Creator, who brought the Chosen One back to life from the world of the dead.

3I greet you with the great kindness and peace that comes from our Father above and from our Honored Chief, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One.

4He is the one who laid down his life for us to set us free from our bad hearts and broken ways. He did this to rescue us from the evil and worthless ways of the world we now live in. This is what our Father the Great Spirit wanted him to do.

5All honor belongs to our Father the Great Spirit to the time beyond the end of all days. Aho! May it be so!

A FALSE TELLING OF THE GOOD STORY

6The Chosen One called you by the gift of his great kindness to walk the road with him. I stand amazed that you would so quickly walk away from him to follow a different good story.

7Not that there is another good story, but there are some who are causing trouble for you by trying to change the meaning and purpose of the Chosen One’s good story.

8Should anyone, whether it be one of us or even a spirit-messenger from the spirit-world above, tell you a different good story from the one we already told you, let that person be cut off from the Chosen One .[#1:8 Lit. anathema , a word meaning “cursed” or “cut off.” See Romans 9:3.]

9I will say it again: if anyone should tell you a different good story from the one you have already welcomed, let that person be cut off from the Chosen One .

10Do these words sound as if I am seeking honor from human beings or from the Great Spirit? Do you think I am trying to please human beings? If that were true, then I would not be a willing servant of the Chosen One.

SMALL MAN TELLS HIS STORY

11My sacred family members, I want you to know that the good story I have been telling you did not come from the mind of human beings.

12It did not come to me from human beings, nor was it taught to me. This good story was revealed to me by Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One.

13-14You have heard the story of how I used to walk as a traditional Tribal Member. I was becoming a leader in my tribal nation and was following our tribal traditions far ahead of anyone else my age. You also heard how with great fury I hunted down and brought harm to Creator’s sacred family.

15But when I was on the way to the village of Silent Weaver (Damascus) , the Great Spirit stopped me in my tracks . He is the one who chose me while I was still in my mother’s womb and called me because of the gift of his great kindness.[#1:15 Acts 22:6]

16It made his heart glad to show me the truth about his Son, so I would tell his good story to all the Outside Nations.

After this happened, I did not look for guidance from flesh-and-blood human beings.

17Neither did I go to Village of Peace (Jerusalem) to learn from the ones who were message bearers before me. Instead, I went away into Land of Wanderers (Arabia) , and after that I went back to Silent Weaver (Damascus) .

18Then after three winters I traveled to Village of Peace (Jerusalem) to learn from Stands on the Rock (Cephas-Peter) and remained with him for fifteen days.

19While I was there, the only other message bearer I saw was He Leads the Way (James) , the brother of Creator Sets Free (Jesus) our Honored Chief.

20I promise you, with the Great Spirit as my witness, that I am telling you the truth about these things. I am not lying!

21After that I went into the territories of Bright Sun (Syria) and Turns Over (Cilicia) .

22The sacred families of the Chosen One in Land of Promise (Judea) had not seen me face to face,

23but they did hear about me. They heard, “The one who was attacking us is now telling the good story he once made war against.”

24And they gave the Great Spirit the honor for what happened to me.

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