“I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:”
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel — Paul's shock ('thaumazō') registers both bewilderment at the speed of the defection and theological alarm at its nature: the Galatians are abandoning the gospel of grace for what Paul will call 'no gospel at all,' perhaps circumcision-gospel promoted by Judaizers.
Church Fathers on Galatians 1:6
“I marvel that you are so quickly removing from Him that called you in the grace of Christ, unto a different Gospel.” Like the Jews who persecuted Christ, they imagined their observance of the Law was acceptable to the Father, and he therefore shows that in doing this they displeased not only Christ, but the Father also, for that they fell away thereby not from Christ only, but from the Father also. As the old covenant was given not by the Father only, but also by the Son,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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