Galatians 1:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Galatians 1:6-9

Galatians 1:6-9. I marvel that ye are so soon After my leaving you; removed from him that called you into the grace Or rather, by, or through the grace; of Christ His gracious gospel, and his gracious power. God is generally said to call men into the grace of Christ, but the phraseology seems here to point out Paul, and not God, as the person spoken of. For as he wrote this chapter to prove himself an apostle, his success in calling the Galatians to the Christian faith was fitly... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Galatians 1:1-10

1:1-2:21 PAUL’S GOSPEL IS THE ONLY GOSPELRebuke to the Galatians (1:1-10)At the outset Paul reminds the Galatians that his call to be an apostle did not come from any human source or through any human agency. It came direct from God. The gospel that God called him to preach is the good news that by the grace of God and through the death of Christ, people can be saved from their sins (1:1-5).Paul is amazed and angered to hear that many of the Galatians are turning away from this, the only true... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Galatians 1:9

before . i.e. at his second visit (Acts 18:23 ). so = and. If . Greek. ei. App-118 .2. a. any man . = any one. App-123 . preach , &c. Same expression as Galatians 1:8 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Galatians 1:9

As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man preacheth unto you any gospel other than that which ye received, let him be anathema.In this verse Paul applied the curse concretely to the false teachers operating among the Galatians at that very moment. This verse is not a curse upon some hypothetical violator, but upon the guilty perverters preaching error at that very moment. This progression from the general to the specific dramatically emphasized the fatal danger of surrendering to... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Galatians 1:9

Galatians 1:9. Let him be accursed.— Though we may look upon the repetition of the anathema here to be for the adding of force to what he says; yet we may observe, that by joining himself with an angel in the foregoing verse, he does as good as tell them, that he is not guilty of what deserves that anathema: skilfully insinuating to the Galatians, that they might as well suspect an angel should preach to them a doctrine different from his, that is to say, a false gospel, as that he himself... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Galatians 1:9

9. said before—when we were visiting you (so "before" means, :-). Compare Galatians 5:2; Galatians 5:3; Galatians 5:21. Translate, "If any man preacheth unto you any gospel BESIDE that which," c. Observe the indicative, not the subjunctive or conditional mood, is used, "preacheth," literally, "furnisheth you with any gospel." The fact is assumed, not merely supposed as a contingency, as in Galatians 1:8, "preach," or "should preach." This implies that he had already observed (namely, during... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 1:1-10

I. INTRODUCTION 1:1-10The Apostle Paul began this epistle in an uncharacteristic way for him. After a customary salutation, he rebuked the Galatian Christians. Usually he began his epistles by commending his readers. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 1:6-10

B. Denunciation 1:6-10In these opening words Paul rebuked his readers for turning away from the gospel that he had preached to them and for turning toward a different "gospel." He accused them of being religious turncoats. He did so to impress them with the great folly of their action. The fiery opening of this epistle presents it "like a lion turned loose in the arena of Christianity." [Note: Longenecker, p. lvii.] "The general proposition or causa of the letter is to persuade the Galatians to... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 1:9

Paul even repeated his warning for emphasis. The prior warning in Galatians 1:9 probably refers to what Paul had told them when he was with them in person rather than to what he had just said in Galatians 1:8. [Note: Cf. Morris, p. 45.] "We" implies Paul and his fellow missionaries, not just Paul alone."The vehemence with which Paul denounces those who teach another gospel (literally, he says, ’Let them be damned’) has bothered some commentators, as well as other readers of the letter. But this... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:1-24

St. Paul maintains the Validity of his Apostleship and the Truth of his Gospel1-5. The Apostle sends greetings from himself and the brethren with him to the Churches of Galatia, reminding them at the same time that his apostolic authority was not of human but of divine origin.Paraphrase. ’(1) I, Paul,—no self-constituted or humanly appointed missionary, but an Apostle divinely called by Christ and by God, who raised Him from the dead—(2) send greetings to the Churches of Galatia, in which all... read more

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