Galatians 1:10

Persuade men. That is, to please them and so win their favor. Compare Matt. 28:14. Certainly what Paul has just said about the Galatians themselves and about how to deal with those who oppose the gospel (Gal. 1:6—9) cannot be construed as an attempt to win the favor of men. Only God would be pleased with so positive an exposure of error. Perhaps this question was an answer to a charge brought against him by false teachers, to the effect that he had won the favor of the Galatians by flattery and subterfuge.

Servant of Christ. As a servant of Christ, Paul must do all he can to save men, not to please them. Should he seek to “please men,” irrespective of his obligation as a preacher of the gospel, he would not be true to his calling as a servant of Christ. It was impossible even to think of making such a compromise. He had, it is true, become “all things to all men” in order to save some (1 Cor. 9:22), but in doing so he never compromised his loyalty to truth. He is anxious above all else to save men, and to this end he will gladly sacrifice even life itself.