What were the false teachers in Galatia telling the believers they had to do to be saved?
The false teachers in Galatia claimed salvation was not by faith and faith alone. They said believers had to be circumcised and keep the Law of Moses, or they could not be saved. Their message added works to the gospel.
Les teaches that Paul was frantically responding to false teaching that had come into the congregations he had established in Asia Minor, in the region of Galatia, which is today Turkey. These false teachers were bombarding the Galatian believers with the claim that they could not be saved by faith and faith alone. Instead, they had to circumcise and keep the Law of Moses, or they could not be saved. Les points out that while we do not have circumcision as such today, there are many other things in the same category—works that people try to add to salvation. Such works, he says, do nothing but bring down the anathema of God Himself.
For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
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What did the false teachers in Galatia teach about salvation?
The false teachers in Galatia said the people could not be saved by faith and faith alone, but had to be circumcised and keep the Law of Moses to be saved.
What were the false teachers in Galatia teaching about how to be saved?
The false teachers troubling the Galatians claimed that a person could not be saved by faith and faith alone, but had to be circumcised and keep the Law of Moses in order to be saved.