The Missing Warning

Studylight.org Omits a Galatians 1:6-9 Reference from A. T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament.

by Jonathan Perreault

While doing some research on the gospel, I just noticed that some reputable Bible websites such as Studylight.org and CCEL.org have actually omitted A. T. Robertson's reference to Galatians 1:6-9 from his commentary on Romans 2:16! This is a perfect example of why I don't trust any reprints to be accurate to the original work. And this is likewise why in the FGFS Free Grace Library (see here), I try to feature as many original sources as possible as opposed to reprints. Sometimes the only source for a book is a reprint, but if possible I will link to the actual book on archive.org or on Google Books because those websites have made available the actual scans of the original works.

Here's the original statement by A. T. Robertson on Romans 2:16 from his Word Pictures in the New Testament: "According to my gospel (kata to euaggelion mou). What Paul preaches (1 Cor. 15:1) and which is the true gospel (Gal. 1:6-9)."[1]

Now notice how the reference to Galatians 1:6-9 is omitted from Robertson's statement as it appears on the studylight.org website: "According to my gospel (κατα το ευαγγελιον μου). What Paul preaches (1 Corinthians 15:1) and which is the true gospel"[2]

Thus even in the book of Romans, Robertson looks back to Paul's definition of the gospel in 1 Corinthians 15. That is "What Paul preaches (1 Cor. 15:1) and which is the true gospel (Gal. 1:6-9)"!

ENDNOTES:

[1] Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament, Vol. IV, p. 337, bold added.

[2] Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament, "Commentary on Romans 2".

https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/rwp/romans-2.html (accessed December 12, 2025).