What happens to someone who preaches another gospel, even an angel, according to Galatians 1:8?
Galatians 1:8 declares that anyone—whether a human teacher or even an angel from heaven—who preaches a gospel other than the one already preached is to be accursed. The surrounding context explains that such a message perverts the true gospel, adding requirements like Mosaic Law, and misleads people away from grace.
Les explains that Paul is confronting the Galatian churches because someone was coming in and telling them they had to also keep the Mosaic Law. Paul calls that a perversion—not another gospel, but a twisted message that is off-center and will mislead people. In verse 8, Paul says that even if he himself, or an angel from heaven, preached any other gospel than what they had already preached, let him be accursed. Les calls this powerful language and says he shudders to think of the end of someone who takes this gospel and perverts it.
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.
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What does Galatians 1:8 say happens to anyone who preaches another gospel?
Galatians 1:8 pronounces a curse — let him be accursed — on anyone, even an angel from heaven, who preaches any gospel other than the one Paul preached.
What did Paul say about anyone—even an angel—who preaches a different gospel?
Paul says that even if he himself or an angel from heaven preaches another gospel than the one he preached, let him be accursed.
Why did Paul use such strong language in Galatians 1 about another gospel?
Paul wrote such strong language in Galatians 1 — that anyone preaching another gospel should be accursed — precisely because of the seriousness of departing from his gospel.