ACC ~ Galatians 1 v6b

THE DECEITFULNESS OF THE LAPSE. CHRYSOSTOM: And he did not say “from the gospel” but “from God,” for he used terms that were more horrifying and more likely to astound them. For those who wished to deceive them did not do so all at once but gently estranged them from the faith in fact, leaving the names unchanged. For such are the wiles of the devil, not to make apparent the instruments of his hunt. For if they had said, “Depart from Christ,” the Galatians would have shunned them as deceivers and corrupters. As it was, the deceivers allowed them still to remain in the faith while they were undermining the whole edifice with impunity. The language these tunnelers used was covered with these familiar names as with awnings. HOMILY ON GALATIANS 1.6.

DEPARTING FROM THE ONE WHO CALLS US TO GRACE. THEODORET: He is saying, “You have not departed from this teaching to that but from the one who called you. … The very Father who gave the law is the one who called you to this gospel. … And if you desert this gospel, you will not find another. For the Lord does not preach some things through us and others through the other apostles.” EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS 1.6-7.

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