“As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.”
As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned! — the doubled anathema ('ho anapothetos esto') leaves no room for accommodation; the Judaizers' teaching, whatever its merits, stands under divine judgment because it displaces the sufficiency of Christ.
Church Fathers on Galatians 1:9
“But though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach unto you any Gospel other than that which we preached unto you, let him be anathema.” See the Apostle's wisdom; to obviate the objection that he was prompted by vainglory to applaud his own doctrine, he includes himself also in his anathema; and as they betook themselves to authority, that of James and John, he mentions angels also saying, “Tell me not of James and John; if one of the most exalted angels of heaven…
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