5:8

Such persuasion: This phrase refers to the teaching of the false teachers who were trying to persuade the Galatians to stop obeying the truth of the gospel (in 5:7). Specifically, it refers to the teaching that the Galatians needed to be circumcised.

Some other ways to translate this phrase are:

Those arguments
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That teaching
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Their persuading you
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The teaching of those who are trying to persuade you ?to be circumcised?

does not come from the One who calls you: The phrase the One who calls you refers to God. He is the one who called the Galatians to himself.

Paul stated that the false teaching was the idea of those leading the Galatians astray. It was not from God.

Some other ways to translate this phrase are:

are not from ?God? who called you ?to believe?
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is not from ?God? . He invited you ?to be his followers? .

Be careful that your translation of the clause who calls you does not imply that there is another God who does not call you.

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