Galatians 1:9

Galatians 1:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
• New International Version (NIV)As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!
• English Standard Version (ESV)As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.

Context of Galatians 1:9

7But what some people are calling good news is not really good news at all. They are confusing you. They want to distort the Good News about Christ. 8Whoever tells you good news that is different from the Good News we gave you should be condemned to hell, even if he is one of us or an angel from heaven. I’m now telling you again what we’ve told you in the past: If anyone tells you good news that is different from the Good News you received, that person should be condemned to hell. 10Am I saying this now to win the approval of people or God? Am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be Christ’s servant. 11I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the Good News I have spread is not a human message.

Galatians 1:9 word by word

ὡς προειρήκαμεν, καὶ ἄρτι πάλιν λέγω, εἴ τις ὑμᾶς εὐαγγελίζεται παρ᾽ ὃ παρελάβετε, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• we said beforeπρολέγωprolegō · to foretellG4302
• soκαίkai · andG2532
• say Iλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• nowἄρτιarti · nowG737
• againπάλινpalin · againG3825
• Ifεἰei · ifG1487
• anyτιςtis · oneG5100
• preach any other gospelεὐαγγελίζομαιeuaggelizō · to speak good newsG2097
• unto youσύsu · youG4771
• thanπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
• thatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• ye have receivedπαραλαμβάνωparalambanō · to takeG3880
• let him beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• accursedἀνάθεμαanathema · devotedG331

Cross-references for Galatians 1:9

• 2 Corinthians 1:17You don’t think that I made these plans lightly, do you? Do you think that when I make plans, I make them in a sinful way? Why would I say that something is true when it isn’t?
• 2 Corinthians 13:1This is the third time that I’ll be visiting you. Every accusation must be verified by two or three witnesses.
• Philippians 3:1Now then, brothers and sisters, be joyful in the Lord. It’s no trouble for me to write the same things to you, and it’s for your safety.
• Philippians 4:4Always be joyful in the Lord! I’ll say it again: Be joyful!
• Deuteronomy 4:2Never add anything to what I command you, or take anything away from it. Then you will be able to obey the commands of the Lord your God that I give you.
• Deuteronomy 12:32Be sure to do everything I command you. Never add anything to it or take anything away from it.
• Deuteronomy 13:1One of your people, claiming to be a prophet or to have prophetic dreams, may predict a miraculous sign or an amazing thing.
• Proverbs 30:6Do not add to his words, or he will reprimand you, and you will be found to be a liar.
• Revelation 22:18I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy in this book: If anyone adds anything to this, God will strike him with the plagues that are written in this book.

Commentaries on Galatians 1:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Let him be accursed - Perhaps this is not designed as an imprecation, but a simple direction; for the word here may be understood as implying that such a person should, have no countenance in his bad work, but let him, as Theodoret expresses it, , be separated from the communion of the Church. This, however, would also imply that unless the person repented, the Divine judgments would soon follow.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9As we said before - That is, in the previous verse. It is equivalent to saying, “as I have just said;” see 2 Corinthians 7:3. It cannot be supposed that he had said this when he was with them, as it cannot be believed that he then anticipated that his doctrines would be perverted, and that another gospel would be preached to them. The sentiment of Galatians 1:8 is here repeated on account of its importance. It is common in the Scriptures, as indeed it is…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-9Verses 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 guilt in forsaking the gospel way of justification; yet he reproves with tenderness, and represents them as drawn into it by the arts of some that troubled them. In reproving others, we should be faithful, and yet endeavour to restore them in the spirit of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9a gospel contrary to the one you received: the gospel (the good news about Jesus) the Galatians had received was exactly what Paul had preached to them (1:8; compare 2 Thessalonians 2:15).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. said before--when we were visiting you (so "before" means, 2Co 13:2). Compare Ga 5:2, 3, 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 Ga 1:8, "preach," or "should preach." This implies that he had already observed (namely…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Galatians 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings