George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Galatians 5:13
An occasion to the flesh; i.e. that you abuse not, by a vicious life, that Christian liberty which Christ hath purchased for you, but be united in the spirit of charity. (Witham)
An occasion to the flesh; i.e. that you abuse not, by a vicious life, that Christian liberty which Christ hath purchased for you, but be united in the spirit of charity. (Witham)
Verse 13. _YE HAVE BEEN CALLED UNTO LIBERTY_] A total freedom from all the burthensome rites and ceremonies of the Mosaic law. _Only_ use _not that liberty for an occasion to the flesh_. By _flesh,_...
FOR, BRETHREN, YE HAVE BEEN CALLED UNTO LIBERTY - Freedom from Jewish rites and ceremonies; see the notes at Galatians 3:28; Galatians 4:9, note, Galatians 4:21, note. The meaning here is, that
III. THE WALK OF THE JUSTIFIED BELIEVER, AS NOT UNDER THE LAW, BUT UNDER GRACE CHAPTER 5 _ 1. Stand fast! Be not entangled! (Galatians 5:1)_ 2. Exhortations and the law of love. (Galatians 5:7) 3....
First safeguard. They are free indeed, and as Christians are done with Law; but love will save them from indulging lower impulses. Love (as Jesus taught, Mark 12:31 and parallels) includes everything...
GALATIANS 5:13 TO GALATIANS 6:10. Practical appendix to the epistle; in the form of guarding the doctrine of free grace against antinomian abuse....
As for you, brothers, it was for freedom that you were called, only you must not use this freedom as a bridgehead through which the worst side of human nature can invade you, but in love you must serv...
AN OLD STORY AND A NEW MEANING (Galatians 4:21-31 ; Galatians 5:1) 5:1 Tell me this--you who want to be subject to the law, you listen to it being read to you, don't you? Well, then, it stands writte...
UNTO. upon. Greek. _epi_. App-104. Liberty is the foundation. FOR. Greek. _eis_. App-104. OCCASION. Greek. _aphorme_. See Romans 7:8. SERVE. he, _douleuo_. App-190....
Liberty must not be abused 13. St Paul seems to be recurring to what he had said in Galatians 5:7, the intermediate verses being a sort of parenthesis in which he wanders from the main line of though...
ὙΜΕΙ͂Σ ΓᾺΡ. St Paul takes up the ὑμᾶς of Galatians 5:12 and defends his wish that the false teachers would so act that their real character would be seen. For you (emphatic) were not meant to do as th...
13–15. _I say, you were called for freedom. But do not forget that true freedom implies service to others_ (Galatians 5:13) I speak so strongly about those that are confounding you, for _you_ were cal...
13–6:10. PRACTICAL. LIBERTY IS NOT LICENSE BUT SERVICE; NOT THE FLESH BUT THE SPIRIT MUST BE THE AIM OF THE BELIEVER...
ΈΚΛΉΘΗΤΕ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΚΑΛΈΩ (G2564) звать. Богосл. _pass._ указывает, что зовет Бог. ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΊΑ (G1657) свобода. Здесь дополнение опущенного гл. (ΈΧΕΤΕ). ΆΦΟΡΜΉ (G874) соответствующим образом...
ONLY USE NOT LIBERTY— From the mention of _liberty,_ to which St. Paul tells them they are called under the gospel, he takes occasion to caution them respecting the use of it, and so exhorts them to a...
B. LIMITATIONS AND POWER OF FREEDOM Galatians 5:13-26 1. No fleshly License Galatians 5:13-15 TEXT 5:13-15 (13) For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion...
_VERSE 13. FOR, BRETHREN, YE HAVE BEEN CALLED UNTO LIBERTY; ONLY USE NOT LIBERTY FOR AN OCCASION TO THE FLESH, BUT BY LOVE SERVE ONE ANOTHER._ Satan likes to turn this liberty which Christ has gotten...
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. Natural transition to the hortatory part. FOR - I wish their exci...
1 This paragraph is the summary and conclusion of the doctrinal argument. Tersely, he puts the case. Which shall it be _ Christ _ or _ circumcision_!' No half hearted allegiance here, no serving of tw...
5:13 to (e-6) _ Epi_ . the condition into which they are called; what characterizes their calling as a condition of its existence. see Notes, Romans 4:18 ; Romans 5:14 . serve (f-23) _ Douleuo_ , ser...
THE NATURE OF CHRISTIAN LIBERTY 1-12. The futility of seeking justification by attempting to comply with the demands of the Mosaic Law; the inconsistency of works and faith as methods of salvation. P...
A caution against an easy and common misunderstanding of Christian freedom: cp. Romans 6:15....
CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE GALATIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 5 CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE V1 We have freedom because Christ has made us free. Be certain that you remain free. You must not allow yourselv...
The Christians in Galatia were free. They did not have to obey all the *Jewish laws. But that was not an excuse for bad behaviour. Christians still have their own desires. We are not perfect yet, so w...
(13-15) The Judaisers would deserve such a fate; for they are undoing the whole object with which you were called. You were called, not to legal bondage, but to _freedom._ This caution only is needed:...
FOR. — This connecting particle supplies the reason for the Apostle’s severe treatment of the Judaisers. AN OCCASION TO THE FLESH. — Do not, under the name “liberty,” give way to sensual excesses. Thi...
CHAPTER 22 THE PERILS OF LIBERTY. Galatians 5:13 OUR analysis has drawn a strong line across the middle of this chapter. At Galatians 5:13 the Apostle turns his mind in the ethical direction. He has...
FREEDOM IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF CHRISTIAN LIFE, TO BE USED NOT FOR SELF-INDULGENCE, BUT FOR WILLING SERVICE TO THE LAW OF LOVE....
ἐπʼ ἐλευθερίᾳ. Our versions render this _unto_ (_for_ R.V.) _freedom_, as though it were the design of the Gospel to lead to freedom. But the Greek text affirms rather that God's call was based upon f...
PRODUCE THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT Galatians 5:13 That Christ has freed us from the Law as a means of salvation does not free us from moral restraint, but brings us under the constraint of a higher law,...
The whole law of liberty is stated in the sentences, "For freedom did Christ set us free," "stand fast therefore," and "be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage." He then refers first to circumcis...
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; (12) only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. (12) The third part of this epistle, showing that the right u...
(6) For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. (7) Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? (8) This...
Galatians 1:1-24. We saw the second of Corinthians characterized by the most rapid transitions of feeling, by a deep and fervent sense of God's consolations, by a revulsion so much the more powerful i...
13._Ye have been called to liberty_. He now proceeds to show in what way liberty must be used. In the course of expounding the First Epistle to the Corinthians, we have pointed out that liberty is one...
It is in this liberty, the liberty of Christ, alluding to the free woman and Jerusalem above, that they were to stand fast, and not put themselves again under the yoke of the law. If they took that gr...
FOR BRETHREN, YE HAVE BEEN CALLED UNTO LIBERTY,.... He calls them "brethren", to testify his affection to them, and to put them in mind of their relation to one another, which required mutual love, a...
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only _use_ not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. Ver. 13. _Only use not your liberty_] _In maxima libertate, minima...
_Ye have been called_ By the gospel; _into liberty_ From the bondage of the Mosaic ceremonies, as well as of sin and misery: _only use not liberty for an occasion of the flesh_ So as to nourish or gra...
LIBERTY; freedom for Jewish ceremonies, and from the condemning power of the law. FOR AN OCCASION TO THE FLESH; as a pretext for the indulgence of fleshly lusts. The apostle is careful to distinguish...
The service of love as opposed to the service of the flesh:...
FOR, BRETHREN, YE HAVE BEEN CALLED UNTO LIBERTY; ONLY USE NOT LIBERTY FOR AN OCCASION TO THE FLESH, BUT BY LOVE SERVE ONE ANOTHER....
LIBERTY TO BE PRACTICED (vs.1-6) Chapter 4 dealt with the perfect freedom introduced by God Himself through Christ, freedom given to all who have been redeemed by His precious blood, freedom from the...
I COULD WISH THAT THOSE WHO TROUBLE YOU WOULD EVEN CUT THEMSELVES OFF! Judiazing teachers should be cut off. Romans 16:17 - "Mark them" 2 Timothy 3:5 - "turn away" Titus 1:10-11 - "mouths stopped...
13-15 The gospel is a doctrine according to godliness, 1 Timothy 6:3, and is so far from giving the least countenance to sin, that it lays us under the strongest obligation to avoid and subdue it. Th...
YE HAVE BEEN CALLED UNTO LIBERTY; a liberty from the covenant of the law, and the curse of the law, as GALATIANS 3:13; from servile fear, as LUKE 1:74; and from sin, ROMANS 6:7. Only use not liberty f...
For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another....
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III Et si dicant nos "vocatos fuisse in libertatem, solummodo ne praebeamus libertatem, m occasionem carni,"[45] Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II Nay,...
Galatians 5:13 For G1063 you G5210 brethren G80 called G2564 (G5681) to G1909 liberty G1657 only G3440 not...
‘For you, brothers,were called for freedom. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity (a base of operations) for the flesh to express itself, but through love be servants to one another. For the...
FREEDOM IS NOT TO BE MISINTERPRETED AS LICENCE. THEY MUST WALK IN LOVE AND BY THE SPIRIT (GALATIANS 5:13). Paul now goes on to deal with the charge that the Gospel he is presenting gives men licence t...
_Warning' against the Abuse of Freedom, and Exhortation to Brotherly Love._ In the spirit of true Christian wisdom and moderation, the Apostle now warns the readers against the danger of abusing Chri...
Galatians 5:13. FOR YE WERE CALLED UNTO FREEDOM, BRETHREN. The word ‘for' justifies the indignant scorn of the preceding verse. ‘Unto' denotes the object of the Christian calling. ONLY (turn) NOT YOU...
YE WERE CALLED FOR FREEDOM (επ' ελευθερια εκληθητε). The same point as in Galatians 5:1 made plainer by the use of επ' (on the basis of, for the purpose of). See 1 Thessalonians 4:7 for this use of...
Galatians 5:13. _For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another._ Do not turn your liberty into license. The apostle...
Remember, beloved brethren, that the Epistle to the Galatians is one in which Paul, with especial clearness, proves the doctrine of justification by faith alone. So much is this the case, that the fam...
Galatians 5:1. Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ had made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Chris...
Galatians 5:1. _Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage._ «You are not under the law, but under grace. Do not subje...
CONTENTS: Liberty of the believer in Christ, apart from the law. Conflict of flesh and the Spirit. Christian character the result of the Spirit's work not self-effort. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit...
Galatians 5:1. _Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free,_ by the redemption he has procured through the shedding of his own most precious blood. The liberty of your cele...
YOU WERE CALLED TO BE FREE. "The Good News of Christ has called you _out_ from slavery into the freedom which Christ gives!" BUT DO NOT LET. "Your freedom does not mean you are free to sin as you plea...
_For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another._ CHRISTIAN LIBERTY I. The nature of that liberty of which the apost...
CHAPTER 5 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. S. Paul proceeds to urge the Galatians not to submit to the yoke of the Old Law, lest they be deprived of the fruits of Christ's righteousness, since in Him neit...
_Ye have been called unto liberty._ Liberty from the burden of so many useless ceremonies of the law. Christian liberty throughout the Epistle is contrasted with Jewish slavery. It is obvious, therefo...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 5:13. USE NOT LIBERTY FOR AN OCCASION TO THE FLESH.—Do not give the flesh the handle or pretext for its indulgence, which it eagerly seeks for. BY LOVE SERV...
EXPOSITION GALATIANS 5:1 GALATIANS 5:2 BEHOLD, I PAUL SAY UNTO YOU (ἴδε, ἐγὼ Παῦλος λώγω ὑμῖν); _lo_,_ I Paul say unto you. _The adverbial exclamation ἴδε, found in St. Paul's writings on...
Shall we turn now to Galatians chapter five. The whole concept is: how do I establish a righteous standing before God? Can I be righteous by keeping the law? Or am I righteous by my simple faith in Je...
1 Corinthians 13:4; 1 Corinthians 8:9; 1 Corinthians 9:19; 1 John 3:16;...
For [γ α ρ]. Well may I speak thus strongly of those who thus overthrow your whole polity and enslave you, for ye are called for freedom. Unto liberty [ε π ε λ ε υ θ ε ρ ι α]. Better, for freedom. Se...
THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT Galatians 5:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Much is written about the Holy Spirit in the Word of God. The Epistles of Paul are freighted with many marvelous messages relative to the Sp...
Ye have been called to liberty — From sin and misery, as well as from the ceremonial law. Only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh — Take not occasion from hence to gratify corrupt nature. Bu...
Our apostle having finished the former part of the chapter, which contains an exhortation to STAND FAST IN THAT LIBERTY WHICH CHRIST HAD PURCHASED FOR THEM; he now enters upon the second part of it, n...