“Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,”
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ — this is Paul's customary greeting, but notably absent here is any thanksgiving section, a stark omission that signals the gravity of the crisis and Paul's righteous indignation at the churches' defection.
Church Fathers on Galatians 1:3
The exordium is full of a vehement and lofty spirit, and not the exordium only, but also, so to speak, the whole Epistle. For always to address one's disciples with mildness, even when they need severity is not the part of a teacher but it would be the part of a corrupter and enemy. Wherefore our Lord too, though He generally spoke gently to His disciples, here and there uses sterner language, and at one time pronounces a blessing, at another a rebuke. Thus, having said to…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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