“Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.”
Which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. — the phrase 'is not another gospel' (ouk estin allo) declares that the alternative teaching lacks the essential character of good news; it is a distortion, a perversion (metastrephō) that obscures Christ.
Church Fathers on Galatians 1:7
“Which is not another Gospel.” And justly, for there is not another. Nevertheless the Marcionites are misled by this phrase, as diseased persons are injured even by healthy food, for they have seized upon it, and exclaim, “So Paul himself has declared there is no other Gospel.” For they do not allow all the Evangelists, but one only, and him mutilated and confused according to their pleasure. Their explanation of the words, “according to my Gospel and the preaching of Jesus…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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