What does Galatians 1:9 say about receiving another gospel?
Galatians 1:9 says that as Paul had said before, so he says again: if any man preaches any other gospel unto you than what you have received, let him be accursed. The context explains this means being separated from God forever, a strong warning against perverting the apostolic gospel.
Les teaches that the false gospel in Galatians was not something completely different, because then it would be recognized immediately as false. Rather, some were troubling the Galatians and perverting the gospel, twisting it out of shape. Paul said they were being moved from the pure gospel he proclaimed and were listening to people who used the same things he preached but added to, took from, or twisted it, making it another gospel. In verse 8 Paul pronounced accursed even an angel from heaven who preached another gospel, and verse 9 repeats the warning: if any man preaches any other gospel than what the Galatians received from the apostle, let him be accursed. Les explains that accursed means separated from God forever, strong language beyond human comprehension.
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.
More Questions
What does it mean to preach another gospel than the one you received?
The "other gospel" Paul warns about is any gospel other than the one the Galatians received from the lips of this apostle, and anyone preaching it is to be accursed.
What gospel had the Galatians received according to Galatians 1:9?
The gospel the Galatians had received and were to be judged by was the gospel delivered from the lips of the apostle Paul.
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.