their foolishness by showing the dire implications of having fallen into such error. Still, he does see satanic influence in this. There are evil forces at work behind the Judaizers, and their pernicious teaching is an attempt by the dark powers to subvert the gospel. The Galatians, by allowing themselves to be swayed, have fallen into “the devil’s trap” (1 Tim 3:7). The reason the Galatians’ actions are so foolish is that Paul’s teaching of the gospel was so unmistakably evident: “Before your very
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