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Galatians Chapter 1:

6: I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
7: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
8: But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
9: As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
10: For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
11: But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
12: For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

LucyJo, did you know that a major opinion of observant Jews is that they are saved just by being Jewish? It doesn't matter how good or bad they are. They think they are saved by being Jewish. So Paul's adversaries were teaching that to be saved one had to become Jewish by being circumcised. This is really no different than the Catholic teaching that baptism removes the guilt of original sin and gives one a perfected status with God, mistakenly called "forgiveness".

So then that is the false gospel that Paul was talking about. With the true gospel we have a pardon by the death of Messiah, and not a declaration of innocence.