1 ⁶ I am astonished to find you turning so quickly away from him who called you by grace, Some witnesses read: from Christ who called you by grace; Or: from him who called you by grace of Christ. and following a different gospel. 1 ⁷ Not that it is in fact another gospel, only there are persons who unsettle your minds by trying to distort the gospel of Christ. 1 ⁸ But if anyone, if we ourselves or an angel from heaven, should preach a gospel at variance with the gospel we preached to you, he shall be held outcast. 1 ⁹ I now repeat what I have said before: if anyone preaches a gospel at variance with the gospel which you received, let him be outcast!

1 ¹⁰ Does my language now sound as if I were canvassing for men's support? Whose support do I want but God's alone? Do you think I am currying favour with men? If I still sought men's favour, I should be no servant of Christ.