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Gal 1:9. Ὡς, as) He speaks deliberately. He seems to have paused between the writing of each verse. A similar asseveration is repeated, ch. Gal 5:2-3; Gal 5:21.-προειρήκαμεν, we said before) In the plural: for in Gal 1:8 he wrote we have preached, also in the plural.-λέγω, I say) in the singular. All knew the truth of the Gospel; Paul knew that the minds of the Galatians had been truly impressed with the Gospel; he now therefore says, ye have received, and by this expression there is an epitasis [emphatic addition, or augmentation of force] in the repetition.[3]-ΕἸ) if. This is more positive than εἂν [though it should happen that], Gal 1:8.-ὙΜᾶς ΕὐΑΓΓΕΛΊΖΕΤΑΙ, furnish you with any other Gospel [preach to you]) Here ὑμᾶς is put before the verb ΕὐΑΓΓΕΛΊΖΕΤΑΙ, though in the 8th verse ὙΜῖΝ is put after; this is for the sake of emphasis; moreover we are not to suppose that there is no distinction intended in the different cases [ὙΜῖΝ and ὙΜᾶς]: We have preached the Gospel to you, has the dative of advantage: To furnish any one [Accusative] with a Gospel, is fitted to direct a sneer against the false teachers’ pretensions.
[3] See Append. on Epitasis. In the first use of the words, ver. S, “Though we, etc., preach any other Gospel,” there do not occur the words “than that ye have received.” The addition of these words, Gal 1:9, on the second use or repetition of the former words, constitutes the Epitasis.-ED.