“This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.”
That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you. — Paul attributes the Judaizing 'peithomonē' (persuasion, conviction) to false sources, not to 'kalō hymin' (the one who called you), God himself; the persuasion is alien, contradicting the divine call.
Church Fathers on Galatians 5:8
“This persuasion came not of him that calls you.” He who called you, called you not to such fluctuations, he did not lay down a Law, that you should judaize. Then, that no one might object, “Why do you thus magnify and aggravate the matter by your words; one commandment only of the Law have we kept, and yet you make this great outcry?” hear how he terrifies them, not by things present but future in these words: “A little leaven leavens the whole lump.” And thus this slight…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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