What did Paul say in Galatians 1 about those who preach a perverted gospel?
In Galatians chapter 1, Paul warned that the Galatians were falling for a perverted gospel. He declared that anyone who preaches that kind of gospel should be accursed, because salvation is by faith plus nothing, not by the works of the Law.
Les explains that Paul was confronting the false teaching that was leading these people astray. He reminded them in chapter 1 that they were falling for a perverted Gospel and said, "let anyone who preaches that kind of a Gospel be accursed." Paul was still dealing on that same premise in the same letter. The problem came from Judaizers out of Jerusalem who followed Paul's primarily Gentile congregations and torpedoed his message by teaching that Gentiles had to be circumcised and keep the Law of Moses, saying you cannot be saved by faith alone. Les stresses that Scripture says salvation is faith plus nothing, and Paul goes on to say that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God.