Galatians 1 · Verse 9

Galatians 1:9

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.

Galatians 1:9, King James Version

Galatians 1:9 in other translations

BSB	As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be under a curse!
WEB	As we have said before, so I now say again: if any man preaches to you any “good news” other than that which you received, let him be cursed.
ASV	As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man preacheth unto you any gospel other than that which ye received, let him be anathema.
YLT	as we have said before, and now say again, If any one to you may proclaim good news different from what ye did receive--anathema let him be!
DARBY	As we have said before, now also again I say, If any one announce to you as glad tidings anything besides what ye have received, let him be accursed.
BBE	As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man is a preacher to you of any good news other than that which has been given to you, let there be a curse on him.
Webster	As we said before, so I say now again, If any man preacheth any other gospel to you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

What does Galatians 1:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

9. said before--when we were visiting you (so "before" means, 2Co 13:2). Compare Ga 5:2, 3, 21. Translate, "If any man preacheth unto you any gospel BESIDE that which," &c. Observe the indicative, not the subjunctive or conditional mood, is used, "preacheth," literally, "furnisheth you with any gospel." The fact is assumed, not merely supposed as a contingency, as in Ga 1:8, "preach," or "should preach." This implies that he had already observed (namely, during his last visit) the machinations of the Judaizing teachers: but his surprise (Ga 1:6) now at the Galatians being misled by them, implies that they had not apparently been so then. As in Ga 1:8 he had said, "which we preached," so here, with an augmentation of the force, "which ye received"; acknowledging that they had truly accepted it. accursed--The opposite appears in Ga 6:16.

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Barnes' Notes

Verse 9. As we said before. That is, in the previous verse. It is equivalent to saying, "As I have just said." See 2Cor 7:3. It cannot be supposed that he had said this when he was with them, as it cannot be believed that he then anticipated that his doctrines would be perverted, and that another gospel would be preached to them. The sentiment of Gal 1:8 is here repeated on account of its importance. It is common in the Scriptures, as indeed it is everywhere else, to repeat a declaration in order to deepen the impression of its importance and its truth. Paul would not be misunderstood on this point. He would leave no doubt as to his meaning. He would not have it supposed that he had uttered the sentiment in Gal 1:8 8 hastily; and he therefore repeats it with emphasis.

Than that ye have received. In the previous verse it is, "that which we have preached." By this change in the phraseology he designs, probably, to remind them that they had once solemnly professed to embrace that system. It had not only been preached to them, it had been embraced by them. The teachers of the new system, therefore, were really in opposition to the once avowed sentiments of the Galatians; to what they knew to be true. They were not only to be held accursed, therefore, because Paul so declared, but because they preached what the Galatians themselves knew to be false, or what was contrary to that which they had themselves professed to be true.

(b) "other gospel" De 4:2, Rev 22:18

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 9 Let him be accursed - Perhaps this is not designed as an imprecation, but a simple direction; for the word here may be understood as implying that such a person should, have no countenance in his bad work, but let him, as Theodoret expresses it, Αλλοτριος εστω του κοινου σωματος της εκκλησιας, be separated from the communion of the Church. This, however, would also imply that unless the person repented, the Divine judgments would soon follow.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Galatians 1:6-9

Those who would establish any other way to heaven than what the gospel of Christ reveals, will find themselves wretchedly mistaken. The apostle presses upon the Galatians a due sense of their guilt in forsaking the gospel way of justification; yet he reproves with tenderness, and represents them as drawn into it by the arts of some that troubled them. In reproving others, we should be faithful, and yet endeavour to…

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Galatians 1:9 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ὡςhōsAsG5613

προειρήκαμεν,proeirēkamenwe have said before,G4280

καὶkaievenG2532

ἄρτιartinowG737

πάλινpalinagainG3825

λέγω,legōI say,G3004

εἴeiifG1487

τιςtisanyoneG5100

ὑμᾶςhumas[to] youG4771

εὐαγγελίζεταιeuangelizetaiis evangelisingG2097

παρ᾽par᾽contrary toG3844

ὃhowhatG3739

παρελάβετε,parelabeteyou received,G3880

ἀνάθεμαanathemaaccursedG331

ἔστω.estōhe should be.G1510

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Galatians 1:9

Romans 16:17
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
Proverbs 30:6
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
Deuteronomy 4:2
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
Revelation 22:18-19
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
Deuteronomy 12:32-13:11
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. …
2 Corinthians 13:1-2
This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:
Philippians 3:1
Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.
2 Corinthians 1:17
When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

so.
2Co 1:17; 13:1,2; Php 3:1; 4:4
than.
De 4:2; 12:32; 13:1-11; Pr 30:6; Re 22:18,19

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Context

Galatians 1:8
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
Galatians 1:9
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.
Galatians 1:10
For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

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Galatians 1:9 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Como antes hemos dicho, también ahora decimos otra vez: Si alguno os anunciare otro evangelio del que habéis recibido, sea anatema.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Comme nous l’avons déjà dit, maintenant aussi je le dis encore: si quelqu’un vous évangélise outre ce que vous avez reçu, qu’il soit anathème.
German Elberfelder 1871	Wie wir zuvor gesagt haben, so sage ich auch jetzt wiederum: Wenn jemand euch etwas als Evangelium verkündigt außer dem, was ihr empfangen habt: er sei verflucht!
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Sicut prædiximus, et nunc iterum dico: si quis vobis evangelizaverit præter id quod accepistis, anathema sit.