ACC ~ Galatians 6 v7a

AVOID FURTHER ERRORS. MARIUS VICTORINUS: He adds another principle which is generally stated but is relevant to what he said above to prevent their following anything beside the gospel (that is, adding also a legalistic way of life and works). Do not err, he says, for all those things which are grounded apart from the gospel are error-prone. And he has added the force of necessity to his precept: “God,” he says, “is not mocked.” He does not say, “God knows all,” lest they should hope for some sort of cheap pardon for their error or for something that might be hidden. Rather “God is not mocked,” and Paul clarifies what will happen to those who err and those who hold fast to worldly life. EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS 2.6.

ANTICIPATING EVASIONS. JEROME: Foreseeing in the Spirit that those who ought to furnish sustenance for the necessities of life to their teacher might plead poverty … he adds, “Make no mistake; God is not mocked.” EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS 3.6.7.

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