Galatians 1:4-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 [a]who gave himself for our sins that he might rescue us from the present evil age in accord with the will of our God and Father,(A) 5 to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.(B)
II. Loyalty to the Gospel[b]
6 (C)I am amazed that you are so quickly forsaking the one who called you[c] by [the] grace [of Christ] for a different gospel
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- 1:4 The greeting in v 3 is expanded by a christological formula that stresses deliverance through the Lord Jesus from a world dominated by Satan; cf. 2 Cor 4:4; Eph 2:2; 6:12.
- 1:6–10 In place of the usual thanksgiving (see note on Rom 1:8), Paul, with little to be thankful for in the Galatian situation, expresses amazement at the way his converts are deserting the gospel of Christ for a perverted message. He reasserts the one gospel he has preached (Gal 1:7–9) and begins to defend himself (Gal 1:10).
- 1:6 The one who called you: God or Christ, though in actuality Paul was the divine instrument to call the Galatians.
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