No Other Gospel

I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from him who called(A) you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— not that there is another gospel,(B) but there are some(C) who are troubling you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel(D) from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you,(E) a curse be on him![a] As we have said before, I now say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received,(F) a curse be on him!

10 For am I now trying to persuade people,[b] or God?(G) Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:8 Or you, let him be condemned, or you, let him be condemned to hell; Gk anathema
  2. 1:10 Or win the approval of people

The gospel challenged in Galatia

I’m amazed that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ to follow another gospel. It’s not really another gospel, but certain people are confusing you and they want to change the gospel of Christ. However, even if we ourselves or a heavenly angel should ever preach anything different from what we preached to you, they should be under a curse. I’m repeating what we’ve said before: if anyone preaches something different from what you received, they should be under a curse!

Paul’s leadership

10 Am I trying to win over human beings or God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I wouldn’t be Christ’s slave.

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