Galatians 1:7

Galatians 1:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
• New International Version (NIV)which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ.
• English Standard Version (ESV)not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.
• New King James Version (NKJV)which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.

Context of Galatians 1:7

5to Him be the glory forever and ever! Amen. 6I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from the One who called you by the grace of Messiah, to a different “good news”— not that there is another, but only some who are confusing you and want to distort the Good News of Messiah. 8But even if we (or an angel from heaven) should announce any “good news” to you other than what we have proclaimed to you, let that person be cursed! 9As we have said before, so I now repeat: if anyone proclaims to you “good news” other than what you received, let that person be under a curse!

Galatians 1:7 word by word

ὃ οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλο, εἰ μή τινές εἰσιν οἱ ταράσσοντες ὑμᾶς καὶ θέλοντες μεταστρέψαι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ Χριστοῦ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• notοὐou · noG3756
• anotherἄλλοςallos · anotherG243
• ·εἰei · if: notG1487
• butμήmē · notG3361
• someτιςtis · oneG5100
• thatὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• troubleταράσσωtarassō · to troubleG5015
• youσύsu · youG4771
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• wouldθέλωthelō ethelō · to will/desireG2309
• pervertμεταστρέφωmetastrephō · to changeG3344
• the gospelεὐαγγέλιονeuaggelion · gospelG2098
• of ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547

Cross-references for Galatians 1:7

• Galatians 2:4Now this issue came up because of false brothers secretly brought in (who slipped in to spy out our freedom in Messiah, in order to bring us into bondage).
• Galatians 4:17Others zealously court you—not in a good way, but they wish to shut you out so that you will court them.
• Galatians 5:10I am confident in the Lord that you will not think otherwise. But the one who is confusing you will pay the penalty, whoever he is.
• Galatians 6:12Those wanting to look good outwardly are trying to force you to be circumcised—only so they will not be persecuted for the cross of Messiah.
• Acts 15:1Now some men coming down from Judea were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
• Acts 20:30Even from among yourselves will arise men speaking perversions, to draw the disciples away after themselves.
• Romans 16:17Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to keep your eye on those who are causing divisions and stumbling blocks, contrary to the teaching that you learned. Turn away from them.
• 2 Corinthians 11:13For such men are false emissaries, deceitful workers masquerading as Messiah’s emissaries.
• Jeremiah 23:26How long will this continue? Is there anything in the heart of such prophets prophesying lies? These prophets have deception in their heart.
• Matthew 24:24For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and show great signs and wonders so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen.
• Acts 13:10and said, “O you, full of all deceit and trickery, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness—will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?
• 2 Corinthians 2:17For we are not like many, peddling the word of God. Rather, in Messiah we speak in the sight of God with sincerity, as persons sent from God.
• 2 Corinthians 4:2Instead, we renounced the hidden shameful ways—not walking in deception or distorting the word of God, but commending ourselves before God to everyone’s conscience by the open proclamation of the truth.
• 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Ruach clearly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, following deceitful spirits and teachings of demons
• 2 Timothy 2:18men who have missed the mark concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection has already taken place. They are overturning the faith of some.
• 2 Timothy 3:8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these people oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and worthless concerning the faith.

Commentaries on Galatians 1:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Which is not another - It is called a gospel, but it differs most essentially from the authentic narratives published by the evangelists. It is not gospel, i.e. good tidings, for it loads you again with the burdens from which the genuine Gospel has disencumbered you. Instead of giving you peace, it troubles you; instead of being a useful supplement to the Gospel of Christ, it perverts that Gospel. You have gained nothing but loss and damage by the change.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Which is not another - There is also a great variety of views in regard to the meaning of this expression. Tyndale translates it: “which is nothing else but there be some that trouble you.” Locke, “which is not owing to anything else but only this, that ye are troubled with a certain sort of people who would overturn the gospel of Christ.” But Rosenmuller, Koppe, Bloomfield, and others, give a different view; and according to them the sense is, “which…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. 7The "different gospel" (1:6) was a distortion and not the true message of salvation. The only way to be saved is through faith in Christ. Adding any extra requirements changes the message and it is no longer the good news. some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ: The Judaizers (a group insisting on Jewish customs) knew they were altering the good news about Jesus to match their beliefs.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. another--A distinct Greek word from that in Ga 1:6. Though I called it a gospel (Ga 1:6), it is not really so. There is really but one Gospel, and no other gospel. but--Translate, "Only that there are some that trouble you," &c. (Ga 5:10, 12). All I meant by the "different gospel" was nothing but a perversion by "some" of the one Gospel of Christ. would pervert--Greek, "wish to pervert"; they could not really pervert the Gospel, though they could…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