Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Galatians 1:8
But if we — I and all the apostles. Or an angel from heaven — If it were possible. Preach another gospel, let him be accursed — Cut off from Christ and God.
But if we — I and all the apostles. Or an angel from heaven — If it were possible. Preach another gospel, let him be accursed — Cut off from Christ and God.
GALATIANS 1:8 euvaggeli,zhtai @u`mi/n# {C} Since u`mi/n is absent from several important witnesses (a* Ggr* Y itg Tertullian Cyprian Eusebius Ambrosiaster Marius Victorinus Lucifer Cyril), and since...
Verse 8. _BUT THOUGH WE, OR AN ANGEL_] That Gospel which I have already preached to you is the only true Gospel; were I to preach _any other_, I should incur the curse of God. If your false teachers...
BUT THOUGH WE - That is, we the apostles. Probably, he refers particularly to himself, as the plural is often used by Paul when speaking of himself. He alludes here, possibly, to a charge which was br...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE TESTIMONY OF PAUL CONCERNING HIS APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY AND THE GOSPEL CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The Introduction. (Galatians 1:1)_ 2. The Rebuke. (Galatians 1:6) 3. Paul's Gospe...
Most of Paul's letters open with thanks to God for the Christianity of the readers. Nothing of that kind is possible here! Quickly not soon after their conversion; that were no wonder; but with indece...
THE TRUMPET CALL OF THE GOSPEL (Galatians 1:1-5)...
I am amazed that you have so quickly deserted him who called you by the grace of Christ, and that you have so soon gone over to a different gospel, a gospel which in point of fact is not another gospe...
THOUGH. even if (Greek. _ean_. App-118. b). HEAVEN. See Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10, PREACH, &c.. preach. gospel (Greek. _evangelizo_. App-121.) BESIDE (Greek. _para_. App-104.), or than, that. HAVE...
You have listened to these false teachers. But the Gospel is one and unchangeable, admitting of no addition or modification. Even though I, Paul, and those who, as Timothy, Titus and Silas, are like m...
ἈΛΛᾺ ΚΑῚ ἘᾺΝ ἩΜΕΙ͂Σ. I and those with me (Galatians 1:2) in spite of any such false statements as the Galatians may have heard (Galatians 1:10 note). They know the gospel that he preached on his first...
SUBJECT OF THE EPISTLE STATED 6–9. _Surprise at the rapidity with which they were yielding to the false teachers_. (Galatians 1:6) I wonder that you are so quickly (yielding to the temptation and) go...
ΕΎΑΓΓΕΛΊΖΗΤΑΙ _aor. conj. med. (dep.) от_ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΊΖΟΜΑΙ (G2097) провозглашать благую весть, проповедовать евангелие (TDNT; EDNT; TLNT; Bruce). _Aor._ может указывать на единократное действие проповед...
DISCOURSE: 2050 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH ALONE Galatians 1:8. _Though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other Gospel unto you than that which we have preached un...
THOUGH WE, OR AN ANGEL FROM HEAVEN,— Some have imagined, that the Apostle uses this expression as a prophetical prevention against crediting the pretences of _Cerinthus_ and _Mahomet,_ who both preten...
Occasion of the Epistle. Galatians 1:6-10 a) Their removal unto a different gospel. Galatians 1:6-7 TEXT 1:6, 7 (6) I marvel that ye are so quickly removing from him that called you in the grace of...
_VERSE 8. BUT THOUGH WE, OR AN ANGEL FROM HEAVEN, PREACH ANY OTHER GOSPEL UNTO YOU THAN THAT WHICH WE HAVE PREACHED UNTO YOU, LET HIM BE ACCURSED._...
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. BUT - however weighty they seem 'who trouble you.' [ kai (G2...
ACCURSED] the strongest possible form of condemnation: cp. Acts 23:14; Romans 9:3; 1 Corinthians 12:3; 1 Corinthians 16:22....
ST. PAUL MAINTAINS THE VALIDITY OF HIS APOSTLESHIP AND THE TRUTH OF HIS GOSPEL 1-5. The Apostle sends greetings from himself and the brethren with him to the Churches of Galatia, reminding them at th...
Paul wrote very strongly in these verses. In verse 1, he had proved that he was a genuine *apostle. So his authority came from God. Therefore, what he had taught the Christians in Galatia was the true...
CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE GALATIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ ABOUT PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIANS THE WRITER Paul wrote this letter. His name used to be Saul. He was called Saul until Acts 13:9, when he was...
THOUGH. — The Greek is, strictly, _even though,_ marking an extreme and improbable supposition. WE. — It seems, perhaps, too much to say, in the face of 2 Thessalonians 2:2 (“by letter as from us”), t...
(6-10) The Apostle is surprised at their rapid defection. The doctrine to which they had at first given in their adhesion was a doctrine of salvation by grace: they now imagined that they were only he...
CHAPTER 3 THE ANATHEMA. Galatians 1:6 AFTER the Salutation in Paul's Epistles comes the Thanksgiving. ευχαριστω or ευλογητος -these are the words we expect first to meet. Even in writing to Corinth,...
ἡμεῖς. Paul here associates with himself the colleagues Barnabas, Silas, Timothy, who had combined with him to preach the Gospel. He desires to impress on his disciples that the controversy is not bet...
THE APOSTLE EXPRESSES SURPRISE AT THE SUDDEN DEFECTION OF HIS CONVERTS FROM THE ONLY TRUE GOSPEL, AND PRONOUNCES ANATHEMAS ON ALL PERVERTERS OF THE TRUTH. Paul is evidently startled at the tidings of...
DANGER FROM A PERVERTED GOSPEL Galatians 1:1 Note how strenuously Paul insists upon the genuineness of his call as an Apostle. It had come directly from the lips of Christ. _Neither by man, but by Je...
In the beginning of most of his epistles Paul definitely declares his apostleship. In this instance, in a parenthesis, he defends that declaration more emphatically than in any other introduction. The...
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be (g) accursed. (g) See (Romans 9:3)....
(6) В¶ I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: (7) Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the g...
Galatians 1:1-24. We saw the second of Corinthians characterized by the most rapid transitions of feeling, by a deep and fervent sense of God's consolations, by a revulsion so much the more powerful i...
_NO OTHER GOSPEL_ ‘I marvel that ye are so soon removed from Him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would perv...
8._But though we_. As he proceeds in defending the authority of his doctrine, his confidence swells. First of all, he declares that the doctrine which he had preached is the only gospel, and that the...
The epistle to the Galatians sets before us the great source of the afflictions and conflicts of the apostle in the regions where he had preached the glad tidings; that which was at the same time the...
BUT THOUGH WE, OR AN ANGEL FROM HEAVEN,.... The apostle, in order to assert the more strongly the truth, purity, and perfection of the Gospel, as preached by him; and to deter persons from preaching a...
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. Ver. 8. _Or an angel_] Not an evil angel (as Ambrose understan...
_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. G...
BUT THOUGH WE OR AN ANGEL FROM HEAVEN PREACH ANY OTHER GOSPEL UNTO YOU THAN THAT WHICH WE HAVE PREACHED UNTO YOU, LET HIM BE ACCURSED....
PAUL'S REASON FOR WRITING THE EPISTLE. Galatians 1:6...
INTRODUCTION: PAUL'S CREDENTIALS (vs.1-5) Paul writes as an apostle, a sent-one entrusted by God to carry an authoritative message to which Christians must fully bow. "Not from men" (v.1). No human i...
"Accursed" or "Anathema" refer to being cut off from the fellowship, excommunication, and public punishment....
6-9 Those who would establish any other way to heaven than what the gospel of Christ reveals, will find themselves wretchedly mistaken. The apostle presses upon the Galatians a due sense of their gui...
Ver. 8,9. The apostle, by this vehement expression, doth no more suppose it possible that a heavenly angel should publish to them any other way of salvation than what he had published, than that he hi...
But though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach unto you any gospel other than that which we preached unto you, let him be anathema....
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I But it is my purpose, as I reckon, and not without reason, to live according to the Word, and to understand what is revealed;[110] Tertullian The Prescription A...
Galatians 1:8 But G235 even G2532 if G1437 we G2249 or G2228 angel G32 from G1537 heaven G3772 gospel...
‘But though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you any Gospel other than that which you received, let him be anathema.' Did they not remember that they had received the Gospel with powerful...
HE EXPRESSES HIS ASTONISHMENT AT HOW QUICKLY THEY HAVE TURNED AWAY FROM GOD'S ACTIVE GRACE (GALATIANS 1:6). Paul now expresses his amazement that they have so quickly turned away from this good news o...
_The Apostasy of the Galatians; Anathema on the False Teachers_. In all other Epistles Paul begins in a spirit of Christian courtesy and love, thanksgiving and encouragement, thereby winning the affec...
Galatians 1:8. BUT EVEN THOUGH WE OURSELVES (I and my colleagues, Galatians 1:2), OR AN ANGEL FROM HEAVEN, SHOULD PREACH [UNTO YOU] ANY GOSPEL OTHER THAN THAT (beyond that) WHICH WE PREACHED UNTO YOU,...
IF WE (εαν ημεις). Condition of third class (εαν and aorist middle subjunctive ευαγγελισητα). Suppose I (literary plural) should turn renegade and preach "other than" (παρ' ο), "contrary to that whi...
Galatians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)_ Paul begins this Epistle by stating his commission as an apostl...
CONTENTS: The Gospel Paul preached, a revelation not tradition. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Peter, James. CONCLUSION: The Gospel declared by the apostles was by revelation of Jesus Christ. It is...
Galatians 1:1. _Paul an apostle, not of men, neither by man._ Paul was not a member of the church of the firstborn, suckled with her breasts, and edified by her ministry. Christ had specially appeared...
BUT EVEN. "They tell you that Peter, and even I myself, preach that you can be put right with God through the Law. But even if we ourselves, or an angel from heaven (if such a thing were possible), wo...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 1:6 The Galatians are abandoning the true gospel because of the false teachers. SO QUICKLY. It was a short time between Paul’s first preaching to the Galatians and their pr...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 1:1 Opening. Paul offers a greeting (vv. Galatians 1:1). He then addresses the crisis in the Galatian church (vv....
SAINT PAUL'S EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS CHAPTER 1 CONTENTS The Galatians were Gentiles who emigrated from Gaul into Greece, and so were called Gallo-Greeks. Suidas thinks that these Gauls were Sennon...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 1:6. I MARVEL THAT YE ARE SO SOON REMOVED.—So quickly removed; not so soon after your conversion, or soon after I left you, but so soon after the temptation...
EXPOSITION GALATIANS 1:1 _The_ _introductory greeting. _The style of this greeting, compared with those found in St. Paul's other Epistles, gives indications of his having addressed himself to the co...
Galatia was not a city. It was a territory. It encompassed an area that is now in Turkey. There were several churches founded by Paul in Galatia. And following Paul's evangelistic efforts through the...
1 Corinthians 12:3; 1 Corinthians 16:22; 1 Samuel 26:19; 1 Timothy 1:19;...
We. See on 1 Thessalonians 1:2. Angel from heaven [α γ γ ε λ ο ς ε ξ ο υ ρ α ν ο υ]. The phrase only here. "Angels in heaven or the heavens," Matthew 22:30; Mark 12:25;...
TURNING FROM GRACE Galatians 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Our study of today carries us into some very vital relationships relative to salvation. We are all willing to grant that works hold a vital place...
Observe here, 1. How our apostle supposes an impossibility only for the confirmation of what he had before affirmed. He doth not suppose it possible for any angel in heaven, or apostle upon earth, to...