O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? FOOLISH, [ anoeetoi (G453)] - 'unthinking.' They were, like most Kelts, 'acute' (Themistius); but their inconstancy generated thought... [ Continue Reading ]
This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 'Was it by the works of the law that ye received the Spirit (manifested by miracles, ; ; ; and by spiritual graces, ; Galatians 4:5; ), or by the hearing of faith?' ONLY - `I desire, omittin... [ Continue Reading ]
Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? BEGUN, [ Enarxamenoi (G1728)] - after having taken the initiatory step in the Christian life (Philippians 1:6), which ought to be the pledge of its completion (cf. Deuteronomy 2:24-5; Deuteronomy 2:31). IN THE... [ Continue Reading ]
Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. HAVE YE SUFFERED SO MANY THINGS - namely, persecution from Jews and from fellow-countrymen, incited by the Jews: evidences that ye 'began with the Spirit' (1 Thessalonians 2:13). IN VAIN, [ eikee (G1500)] - needlessly; since ye migh... [ Continue Reading ]
He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? HE THEREFORE (RESUMPTIVE OF GALATIANS 3:2 ) THAT MINISTERETH - `supplieth' [epichooregon], God (2 Corinthians 9:10). He who supplied and supplies to y... [ Continue Reading ]
Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. The answer to is here taken for granted, It was by the hearing of faith: following this up, he says, "Even as Abraham believed," etc. (; .) God supplies unto you the Spirit as the result of faith, not works, just as Abra... [ Continue Reading ]
Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. THEY WHICH ARE OF [FROM: ek (G1537 )] FAITH - as the source and starting-point of their spiritual life (cf. Greek, Romans 3:26). THE SAME - these, and these alone, to the exclusion of all other descendants of A... [ Continue Reading ]
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. AND, [ de (G1161)] - 'Moreover.' SCRIPTURE, FORESEEING. Scripture is identified with the mind that inspired it. The promise to... [ Continue Reading ]
So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. THEY - and they alone. OF FAITH - (note, .) WITH - together with. As "IN" regards Abraham as the spiritual father in whom, so "with" regards him as one with whom all believers shall be blessed (). FAITHFUL - the point in whic... [ Continue Reading ]
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. Confirmation of Galatians 3:9. 'They who depend on [ ex (G1537)] the works of the law' cannot share the ble... [ Continue Reading ]
But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. BUT - furthermore. BY THE LAW - Greek, 'IN the law;' in the sphere of the law, and in virtue of it. The syllogism (Galatians 3:11) is, According to Scripture, The just shall live by [e... [ Continue Reading ]
And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. AND - `But' [ de (G1161)]. DOETH, [ Poieesas (G4160)] - 'he who hath done.' Many depended on the law, although they did not keep it. Without doing, saith Paul, it is of no use to them (Romans 2:13; Romans 2:17; Roman... [ Continue Reading ]
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: He breaks away abruptly from those who would involve us again in the course of the law, by seeking justification in it, to "Christ." The "us" refers primari... [ Continue Reading ]
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Intent of 'Christ becoming a curse for us'-`that unto ( eis (G1519)) the Gentiles the blessing of Abraham (i:e., promised to Abraham-namely, justification... [ Continue Reading ]
Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. I SPEAK AFTER THE MANNER OF MEN - I take an illustration from a human transaction of everyday occurrence. As faith is older than the law, so the law canno... [ Continue Reading ]
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. Parenthetical. NOW, [ de (G1161)]. 'This, however, is not a case merely of a covenant, but of a promise; yea, of promises: nor was it made merely to a man... [ Continue Reading ]
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. AND ( De (G1161)) - 'However.' THIS I SAY - `this is what I mean' by my illustration from 'man... [ Continue Reading ]
For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. THE INHERITANCE - all the blessings inherited by Abraham's spiritual children, according to the promise to him and to his seed, Christ, justification and glorification (Romans 8:17; 1 Corinthia... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. WHEREFORE THEN SERVETH THE LAW? As it is of no avail for justification, is it either useless, or contrary to th... [ Continue Reading ]
Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. 'Now a mediator [in the essential idea: ho (G3588) mesitees (G3316): the article is generic] cannot be of one (but must be of two parties whom he mediates between); but God is one' (not two: His unity admits not an intervening party between... [ Continue Reading ]
Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. "Is the law (which involves a mediator) against the promises of God (which are without a mediator, and rest on God alone and im... [ Continue Reading ]
But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. BUT - So far is righteousness from being of the law, that, etc., Romans 3:20, end. THE SCRIPTURE - which began to be written just after the promise, at the time when t... [ Continue Reading ]
But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. FAITH, [ teen (G3588)] - namely, that just mentioned (Galatians 3:22). KEPT, [ efrouroumetha (G5432)] - 'kept in ward:' the effect of the 'shutting up' (Galatians 3:22; Galatians 4:2;... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 'So that the law hath proved to be [ Gegonen (G1096)] our schoolmaster ('tutor,' 'pedagogue;' among the Greeks, a faithful servant intrusted with a boy from childhood to puberty, to keep him, with... [ Continue Reading ]
But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. 'But now that faith (which makes the man full-grown) is come,' etc. Moses the lawgiver cannot bring us into the heavenly Canaan, though he can bring us to the border. At that point he is superseded by the true Joshua, who leads... [ Continue Reading ]
For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. CHILDREN - no longer children in years [paides], but [ huioi (G5207)], 'sons,' and that, too, not merely sons of Abraham, but of God. Fully developed sons. BY FAITH IN CHRIST, [ Dia (G1223) tees (G3588) pisteoos (G4102)] - 'through t... [ Continue Reading ]
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. BAPTIZED INTO (INTO LIVING INCORPORATION WITH) CHRIST (Romans 6:3; Matthew 28:19: Greek, 'INTO the name'). HAVE PUT ON CHRIST - ye did, in that act of being baptized into Christ, clothe yourselves in Christ [ enedusasthe ... [ Continue Reading ]
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. There is in [ eni (G1762)] this sonship by faith in Christ no class privileged above another, as the Jews under the law were above the Gentiles (Romans 10:12; 1 Co... [ Continue Reading ]
And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. AND HEIRS. So G. But A B C Delta 'Aleph (') f, Vulgate, omit "and." Christ is "Abraham's seed:" ye are "one in Christ" (Galatians 3:28), and one with Christ, as having "put on Christ" (Galatians 3:27); therefor... [ Continue Reading ]