SEV Biblia, Chapter 1:6
¶ Estoy maravillado de que tan pronto os hayis traspasado del que os llam en la gracia de Cristo, a otro evangelio;
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Galatians 1:6
Verse 6. I marvel that ye are so soon removed] It was a matter of wonder to the apostle that a people, so soundly converted to God, should have so soon made shipwreck of their faith. But mutability itself has not a more apt subject to work upon than the human heart; the alternate workings of different passions are continually either changing the character, or giving it a different colouring. Reason, not passion, the word of God, not the sayings of men, should alone be consulted in the concerns of our salvation. From him that called you] The apostle seems here to mean himself. HE called them into the grace of Christ; and they not only abandoned that grace, but their hearts became greatly estranged from him; so that, though at first they would have plucked out their eyes for him, they at last counted him their enemy, chap. iv. 14-16.
Another gospel] It is certain that in the very earliest ages of the Christian Church there were several spurious gospels in circulation, and it was the multitude of these false or inaccurate relations that induced St. Luke to write his own. See Luke i. 1. We have the names of more than seventy of these spurious narratives still on record, and in ancient writers many fragments of them remain; these have been collected and published by Fabricius, in his account of the apocryphal books of the New Testament, 3 vols. 8vo. In some of these gospels, the necessity of circumcision, and subjection to the Mosaic law in unity with the Gospel, were strongly inculcated. And to one of these the apostle seems to refer.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 6. I marvel that ye are so soon removed , etc..] The apostle now enters on the subject matter of this epistle, and opens the occasion and design of it, which were to reprove the Galatians for their instability in the Gospel; and, if possible, to reclaim them, who were removed, or removing from the simplicity of it; and which was very surprising to the apostle, who had entertained a good opinion of them, looked upon them as persons called by the grace of God, well established in the doctrines of the Gospel, and in no danger of being carried away with the error of the wicked the person from whom he says they were removed is, from him that called you into the grace of Christ ; by whom is meant, not the apostle himself, who had been an instrument in the calling of them to the knowledge of Christ, and the participation of his grace, and from whose Gospel, or the Gospel as preached by him, in its clearness and purity, they were now departing; but either Christ, and so the Syriac and Arabic versions read the words, from Christ who called you by own grace; or rather God the Father, and some copies read, into, or by the grace of God: to whom calling is most commonly ascribed in the sacred writings: and which is to be understood, not of a ministerial call, or a call to preach the Gospel of Christ; though there might be some in these churches who were called both internally and externally to that sacred office; nor a mere outward call by the ministry: for though doubtless there might be some among them who were only so called, yet as much as they were under profession of Christ, and nothing appearing to the contrary, they were all in a judgment of charity looked upon as effectually called by the grace of God; which calling is here meant: for they were called into the grace of Christ; some read it, in, or by the grace of Christ: referring it either to the moving cause of calling, which is not the works and merits of men, but the free grace and favour of God in Christ; or to the efficient cause of it, which is not the power and will of man, but the efficacious grace of Christ, through the powerful operations of his Spirit: but the words are well rendered, into the grace of Christ; that is, to the enjoyment of the fulness of grace which is in Christ; of all the blessings of grace he has in his hands; such as justification, peace, pardon, atonement, wisdom, strength, joy, comfort, and every supply of grace; and particularly fellowship with him, into which the saints are called, and than which nothing is more desirable: but the difficulty is, how such persons can be said to be removed from God, who has thus called them to partake of grace in Christ. They are not, nor can they be removed from the everlasting and unchangeable love of God to them in Christ, of which their calling is a fruit, effect, and evidence; nor from their covenant interest in him, which is immovable and inviolable; nor from a state of justification, in which they openly are, who in the effectual calling have passed from death to life, and so shall never enter into condemnation; nor from the family and household of God, in which they are; no, nor from the grace of calling with which they are called by God, and which has eternal salvation inseparably connected with it; but this must be understood doctrinally of their removal from the Gospel of Christ, though not of a total and final one. It is observed by some, that the word used is in the present tense, and shows that they were not gone off from the Gospel, but were upon going, so that the apostle had some hopes, yea, confidence of their being restored, ( Galatians 5:10). And besides, though such as are truly called by grace cannot be finally and totally deceived by false prophets and false teachers, yet they may be greatly unhinged by them, and may fall from some degree of steadfastness in the doctrine of faith, which was the case of these Galatians: but what increased the apostle's surprise, and aggravated their sin and weakness, was, that they were so soon removed from the simplicity of the Gospel; he having been with them but a few years before, and preached the Gospel to them, which the means of their conversion, and of planting churches among them; at least he had lately paid them a visit, when he afresh strengthened them in the faith of the Gospel, ( Acts 18:23). Or this may regard that easiness of mind which appeared in them, who upon the first attack of them by the false teachers, were weakly and cowardly giving up their faith, and at once giving into the notions of these men, as soon as they were proposed unto them. That which they are said to be removed unto is another Gospel , different from that, and very unlike to what had been preached to them, and they had received; which had nothing of the grace of Christ, of the doctrines and blessings of grace that had, by which they were called; very different from the Gospel of Christ, and his apostles, insomuch that it did not deserve the name of a Gospel; and the apostle calls it so, not that he thought it to be one, but because it was in the opinion of others, and was so styled by the false apostles; wherefore, by way of concession, he so calls it, though he immediately corrects it.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 6-9 - Those who would establish any other way to heaven than what the gospe 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 ye endeavour to restore them in the spirit of meekness. Some would set u the works of the law in the place of Christ's righteousness, and thu they corrupted Christianity. The apostle solemnly denounces, a accursed, every one who attempts to lay so false a foundation. All other gospels than that of the grace of Christ, whether more flatterin to self-righteous pride, or more favourable to worldly lusts, ar devices of Satan. And while we declare that to reject the moral law a a rule of life, tends to dishonour Christ, and destroy true religion we must also declare, that all dependence for justification on goo works, whether real or supposed, is as fatal to those who persist i it. While we are zealous for good works, let us be careful not to pu them in the place of Christ's righteousness, and not to advance an thing which may betray others into so dreadful a delusion.
Greek Textus Receptus
θαυμαζω 2296 5719 οτι 3754 ουτως 3779 ταχεως 5030 μετατιθεσθε 3346 5727 απο 575 του 3588 καλεσαντος 2564 5660 υμας 5209 εν 1722 χαριτι 5485 χριστου 5547 εις 1519 ετερον 2087 ευαγγελιον 2098
Vincent's NT Word Studies
6. I marvel (qaumazw). Often by Greek orators of surprise as something reprehensible. So in New Testament Mark vi. 6; John vii. 21; Luke xi. 38; John iv. 27.
So soon (outwv tacewv). Better, so quickly. Paul does not mean so soon after a particular event, as their conversion, or his last visit, or the entry of the false teachers, - but refers to the rapidity of their apostasy; tacewv being used absolutely as always.
Removed (metatiqesqe). A.V. misses the sense of the middle voice, removing or transferring yourselves, and also the force of the continuous present, are removing or going over, indicating an apostasy not consummated but in progress. The verb is used in Class. of altering a treaty, changing an opinion, desertion from an army. For other applications see Acts vii. 16; Hebrew vii. 12; xi. 5. Comp. LXX, Deut. xxvii. 17; Prov. xxiii. 10; Isa. xxix. 17. Lightfoot renders are turning renegades.
Him that called (tou kalesantov). God. Not neuter and referring to the gospel. Calling, in the writings of the apostles, is habitually represented as God's work. See Rom. viii. 30; ix. 11; 1 Cor. i. 9; Gal. i. 15; 1 Thessalonians ii. 12; 1 Pet. i. 15; ii. 9; 2 Pet. i. 3.
Into the grace (en cariti). Into is wrong. It should be by.
Another gospel (eteron). Rather a different, another sort of gospel. See Matt. vi. 24; Luke xvi. 7; xviii. 10. In illustration of the differences between allov another and eterov different, see 1 Cor. xii. 8-10; xv. 40; 2 Corinthians xi. 4; Rom. viii. 23.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
1:6 {Ye are so quickly removing} (houtws tacews metatiqesqe). The present middle indicative of metatiqemi, to change places, to transfer. "You are transferring yourselves" and doing it "so quickly" either from the time of their conversion or most likely from the time when the Judaizers came and tempted them. So easily some of them are falling victims to these perverters of the gospel. That is a continuous amazement (qaumazw) to Paul and to men today that so many are so silly and so gullible to modern as to ancient charlatans. {Unto a different gospel} (eis heteron euaggelion). See on 2Co 11:4 for distinction between allo and heteron as here. It is not here or there a mere difference in emphasis or spirit as in Php 1:18 so long as Christ is preached. These men as in #2Co 11:4 preach "another Jesus" and a "different gospel" and so have fallen away from grace and have done away with Christ (#Ga 5:4). Hence the vehemence of Paul's words.
