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Verse 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 his last visit) the machinations of the Judaizing teachers: but his surprise (Galatians 1:8- :) now at the Galatians being misled by them, implies that they had not apparently been so then. As in Galatians 1:8- : he had said, "which we preached," so here, with an augmentation of the force, "which ye received" acknowledging that they had truly accepted it.

accursed—The opposite appears in Galatians 6:16.

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