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I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
Galatians 1:6 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different “good news”;
  • BSB I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—
  • NKJV I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel,
  • NASB I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel,
  • NLT I am shocked that you are turning away so soon from God, who called you to himself through the loving mercy of Christ. You are following a different way that pretends to be the Good News

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Quick answer

Paul is astonished that the Galatians are so quickly abandoning God and the gospel of grace for a different 'good news.' Their desertion is, at root, a turning from God himself.

Overview

Where Paul usually offers thanksgiving, here he expresses alarm, signaling the gravity of the crisis. To exchange the gospel of grace for a law-based message is not a minor adjustment but a defection from 'him who called you.' The speed of their turning highlights how seductive and dangerous a counterfeit gospel can be.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 22

  • 2 Cor 11:4For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
  • Gal 5:7–8Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
  • Isa 29:13Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
  • Ps 106:13They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
  • Gal 3:1–5O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
  • 1 Tim 1:3As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
  • Gal 4:9–15But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
  • Jer 2:12–13Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
  • Rom 10:3For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
  • 1 Cor 4:15For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
  • Gal 5:4Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
  • Acts 15:11But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
  • 1 Tim 1:14And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
  • 2 Tim 2:1Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
  • John 9:30The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.
  • 1 Pet 1:15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
  • 2 Tim 1:9Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
  • Rom 5:2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
  • Mark 6:6And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.
  • Rev 22:21The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
  • 2 Th 2:14Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Pet 1:3According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

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Christ at the center

Christ became a curse for us to redeem us from the law's curse, that we might receive the Spirit and be sons — justified by faith in him, not by works.

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