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Galatians 1:14
and profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
and profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
Verse 14. _AND PROFITED IN THE JEWS' RELIGION_] The apostle does not mean that he became more exemplary in the _love_ and _practice_ of the _pure law_ of God than any of his countrymen, but that he wa...
AND PROFITED - Made advances and attainments. Paul made advances not only in the knowledge of the Jewish religion, but he also surpassed others in his zeal in defending its interests. He had had bette...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE TESTIMONY OF PAUL CONCERNING HIS APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY AND THE GOSPEL CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The Introduction. (Galatians 1:1)_ 2. The Rebuke. (Galatians 1:6) 3. Paul's Gospe...
GALATIANS 1:11 begins a historical narrative proving Paul's independence of any human authority in his apostolic work. He learned by a revelation from heaven, not in any sense from flesh and blood: _c...
THE TRUMPET CALL OF THE GOSPEL (Galatians 1:1-5)...
As for the gospel that has been preached by me, I want you to know, brothers, that it rests on no human foundation. for, neither did I receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me t...
PROFITED. Greek. _prokopto_. See Romans 13:12. ABOVE. Greek. _huper_. App-104. EQUALS. of my own age. Greek. _sunelikiotes_. Only here. NATION. Literally race. BEING. Greek. _huparcho_. See Luke 9...
St Paul was always in earnest. In the acquisition of Rabbinic lore he outstripped most of those of his own age, not merely his fellow-disciples at Tarsus, and in the school of Gamaliel at Jerusalem (A...
ΚΑῚ ΠΡΟΈΚΟΠΤΟΝ. Always intransitive in the N.T. as sometimes in classical Greek. Cf. προκοπή Philippians 1:12; Philippians 1:25 and ἐνκόπτω, ch. Galatians 5:7. So on a papyrus of the 2nd cent. A.D. a...
13, 14. _The Gospel was no product of my previous life_ (Galatians 1:13) For you heard (when I first came among you) of my mode of life once in the religion of the Jews, that I used to persecute exces...
10–2:21. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE OF HIMSELF 10–12. _My one object is to please God, and to serve Christ, who revealed to me the Gospel_ (Galatians 1:10) I say “now,” for my words show clearly that I care n...
ΠΡΟΈΚΟΠΤΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΠΡΟΚΌΠΤΩ (G4298) прорубаться (как через лес), прокладывать путь, идти вперед, продвигаться, делать успехи (RWP; Longenecker; TDNT; TLNT). Привычный _impf._ "я постоянно...
AND PROFITED—MY EQUALS IN, &C.— _And made proficiency—my cotemporaries of,_ &c....
Proof of its divine origin. Galatians 1:13-24 a) His early life was adverse to the gospel. Galatians 1:13-14 TEXT 1:13, 14 (13) For ye have heard of my manner of life in time past in the Jews-' reli...
_VERSE 14. BEING MORE EXCEEDINGLY ZEALOUS OF THE TRADITIONS OF MY FATHERS._...
And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. PROFITED, [ proekopton (G4298)] - 'I, was becoming a pro...
1:14 doctrines (f-17) Or 'traditions.'...
ST. PAUL MAINTAINS THE VALIDITY OF HIS APOSTLESHIP AND THE TRUTH OF HIS GOSPEL 1-5. The Apostle sends greetings from himself and the brethren with him to the Churches of Galatia, reminding them at th...
PROFITED] RV 'I advanced': cp. Acts 22:3. Saul was more devoted than most of his compeers to the customs and traditions of his people and his sect (the Pharisees)....
CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE GALATIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ ABOUT PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIANS THE WRITER Paul wrote this letter. His name used to be Saul. He was called Saul until Acts 13:9, when he was...
Paul had been a very loyal *Jew. He loved the *Jewish law. He was extremely eager about it. He studied it so that he knew it properly. The laws are in the first 5 books of the *Old Testament (Genesis,...
PROFITED. — Made progress. The kind of progress would correspond to the width of the term “Judaism,” with which it is connected, and would imply, not merely proficiency in theological knowledge, but a...
Proof that the doctrine of the Apostle is derived from God and not from man, in that it could not be accounted for by his antecedents and education, all of which told _against,_ rather than _for,_ a C...
CHAPTER 4 PAUL'S GOSPEL REVEALED BY CHRIST. Galatians 1:11 HERE the Epistle begins in its main purport. What has gone before is so much exordium. The sharp, stern sentences of Galatians 1:6 are like...
συνηλικιώτας. Saul had been educated at Jerusalem, and this word points to his contemporaries in the schools of the Pharisees. γένει. This term sometimes denotes _family_, but here _race and nation_,...
REPUDIATION OF CORRUPT MOTIVES. EVIDENCE FROM PAUL'S PERSONAL HISTORY THAT HIS CONVERSION WAS DUE TO GOD, AND THAT HE WAS TAUGHT THE GOSPEL BY GOD INDEPENDENTLY OF THE TWELVE AND OF JERUSALEM....
THE TRUE GOSPEL A REVELATION Galatians 1:11 When men belittle the Apostle's teaching as being purely Pauline, we should recall these strong statements, which attribute his knowledge of the gospel to...
In the beginning of most of his epistles Paul definitely declares his apostleship. In this instance, in a parenthesis, he defends that declaration more emphatically than in any other introduction. The...
And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the (k) traditions of my fathers. (k) He calls them the traditions of his fathers, becaus...
He here alludes to his being a Pharisee, as he himself mentions more openly in Acts xxiii. 6. _A Pharisee, and son of Pharisees. This sect always distinguished itself by its zeal for ancient tradition...
(13) For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: (14) And profited in the Jews' religion above many...
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...
The epistle to the Galatians sets before us the great source of the afflictions and conflicts of the apostle in the regions where he had preached the glad tidings; that which was at the same time the...
AND PROFITED IN THE JEWS' RELIGION,.... Or "in Judaism"; and the more he did so, or was versed in, and wedded to their principles, the more violent a persecutor he was. He was under a very considerabl...
And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. Ver. 14. _Above many mine equals_] Porphyry said it was gre...
_For ye have heard of my conversation in time past_ As if he said, To convince you that I received the knowledge of the gospel by immediate revelation from Christ, I appeal to my behaviour, both befor...
PROFITED; made progress. EQUALS; in age, standing, and privileges....
INTRODUCTION: PAUL'S CREDENTIALS (vs.1-5) Paul writes as an apostle, a sent-one entrusted by God to carry an authoritative message to which Christians must fully bow. "Not from men" (v.1). No human i...
"Conversation" means lifestyle or manner of life. All were familiar with the dramatic change in Paul. YOU KNOW PAUL: 1.Persecuted (wasted) the church 2.Personal profit from activity 3.Far above ma...
EQUALS: _ Gr._ equals in years...
10-14 In preaching the gospel, the apostle sought to bring persons to the obedience, not of men, but of God. But Paul would not attempt to alter the doctrine of Christ, either to gain their favour, o...
The word here used, and translated PROFITED, may be interpreted either of his own personal proficiency, and going on in the Jewish religion, or of his propagating of it, and making that to go on, whic...
and I advanced in the Jews' religion beyond many of mine own age among my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers. [Paul's first proposition is that though it might...
Tertullian On Modesty so truly did he turn away from his early opinions: nor did he sin by becoming an emulator not of ancestral but of Christian traditions,[12]...
Galatians 1:14 And G2532 advanced G4298 (G5707) in G1722 Judaism G2454 beyond G5228 many G4183 contemporaries G4915
‘For you have heard of the way I lived in the past in the Jewish religion, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure, and made havoc of it. And I advanced in the Jews' religion beyond many of...
PAUL DECLARES HIS CREDENTIALS AND STATES HIS CASE (GALATIANS 1:11 - GALATIANS 2:21). Paul will now make clear to them what his credentials are. If they ask, why should they listen to him, he will now...
Galatians 1:14. AND MADE PROGRESS (OR, ADVANCED) IN JUDAISM BEYOND MANY OF MINE OWN AN IN MY RACE (OR, NATION), BEING MORE EXCEEDINGLY ZEALOUS FOR THE TRADITIONS OF MY FATHERS. Paul far surpassed in z...
_Excursus on the Conversion of St. Paul._ Here we have from Paul's own pen a brief account of his conversion, which coincided with his call to the apostleship. It is more fully related three times in...
_Apostolical Call and Authority of Paul._ Paul now enters upon his apology. He defends first his independent apostolical dignity (Galatians 1:11 to Galatians 2:11). and proves that he was called direc...
I ADVANCED (προεκοπτον). Imperfect active again of προκοπτω, old verb, to cut forward (as in a forest), to blaze a way, to go ahead. In N.T. only here, Romans 13:12; 2 Timothy 2:16; 2 Timothy 3:9;...
RELIGION In verses 13 and 14 (Galatians 1:13), the Greek word for "the Jews' religion" is "Ioudaismos", (meaning "Judaism"). In (Acts 26:5); (James 1:26); ...
Galatians 1:11. But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel that was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but the revelation of Jesus Christ. Fo...
Galatians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)_ Paul begins this Epistle by stating his commission as an apostl...
CONTENTS: The Gospel Paul preached, a revelation not tradition. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Peter, James. CONCLUSION: The Gospel declared by the apostles was by revelation of Jesus Christ. It is...
Galatians 1:1. _Paul an apostle, not of men, neither by man._ Paul was not a member of the church of the firstborn, suckled with her breasts, and edified by her ministry. Christ had specially appeared...
I WAS AHEAD. Paul had been an unusually brilliant and eager student of The Law, and probably had been a _missionary of Judaism._ Compare Acts 22:3-5. TRADITIONS. Those unique beliefs which made him a...
_And profited in the Jews’ religion above many._ PAUL’S PROSPECTS IN THE JEWISH RELIGION He might, no doubt, have been the head of the Pharisaic faction in the last expiring struggles of his nation;...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 1:13 Paul distances himself from his FORMER LIFE IN JUDAISM, but he does not reject his identity as an Israelite (see Romans 11:1). Rat
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 1:10 Indirect Appeal: Paul’s Ministry and the Gospel. Paul received the gospel directly from Jesus Christ (see Acts 9:1;...
SAINT PAUL'S EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS CHAPTER 1 CONTENTS The Galatians were Gentiles who emigrated from Gaul into Greece, and so were called Gallo-Greeks. Suidas thinks that these Gauls were Sennon...
_In mine own nation being more exceedingly zealous._ A more eager lover and follower; or better still, a more jealous lover of it, on behalf of the national institution, handed down to me from my ance...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 1:14. EXCEEDINGLY ZEALOUS OF THE TRADITIONS OF MY FATHERS.—St. Paul seems to have belonged to the extreme party of the Pharisees (Acts 22:3; Acts 23:7;...
EXPOSITION GALATIANS 1:1 _The_ _introductory greeting. _The style of this greeting, compared with those found in St. Paul's other Epistles, gives indications of his having addressed himself to the co...
Galatia was not a city. It was a territory. It encompassed an area that is now in Turkey. There were several churches founded by Paul in Galatia. And following Paul's evangelistic efforts through the...
1 Peter 1:8; Acts 22:3; Acts 26:5; Acts 26:9; Colossians 2:8;...
Profited [π ρ ο ε κ ο π τ ο ν]. Better, advanced. See on is far spent, Romans 13:12. Paul means that he outstripped his Jewish contemporaries in distinctively Jewish culture, zeal, and activity. Comp....
TURNING FROM GRACE Galatians 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Our study of today carries us into some very vital relationships relative to salvation. We are all willing to grant that works hold a vital place...
Being zealous of the unwritten traditions — Over and above those written in the law....