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Galatians 3:15
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.
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.
Verse 15. _I SPEAK AFTER THE MANNER OF MEN_] I am about to produce an example taken from civil transactions. _If it be_ _confirmed_-If an agreement or bond be signed, sealed, and witnessed, and, in th...
BRETHREN, I SPEAK AFTER THE MANNER OF MEN - I draw an illustration from what actually occurs among people. The illustration is, that when a contract or agreement is made by people involving obligation...
II. CONTRASTS BETWEEN LAW AND GRACE CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The gift of the Spirit not by the works of the law, but by hearing of faith. (Galatians 3:1)_ 2. Righteousness not bestowed by the law, but by fai...
The promise having once been given, no subsequent enactment like the Law can interfere with it. (Similarly Heb. emphasizes the priority in time of Melchizedek to Aaron.) Even in human affairs, a scrap...
THE GIFT OF GRACE (Galatians 3:1-9)...
Brothers, I can use only a human analogy. Here is the parallel when a covenant is duly ratified, even if it is only a man's covenant, no one annuls it or adds additional clauses to it. Now the promise...
AFTER THE MANNER OF. Greek. _kata_. App-104. COVENANT. Greek. _diatheke_, See Matthew 26:28. IF IT BE. when. CONFIRMED, Greek. _kuroo_. See 2 Corinthians 2:8. DISANNULLETH. Same as "frustrate",...
The Gospel a Covenant of Promise (15 18); to which the Law was at once subordinate and preparatory (Galatians 3:19-29) 15 18. The Gospel a covenant of Promise The Apostle proceeds to shew the _certa...
_Brethren_ Commentators note the softened tone of this address, as compared with the previous severity of rebuke. It is due to the influence on the Apostle's mind of the thought expressed in Galatians...
15–18. _The relation of the promise to the Law; the latter cannot hinder the former_ “Having shown that faith is older than the Law, he teaches again that the Law cannot become a hindrance to the divi...
ἈΔΕΛΦΟΊ. Galatians 1:11 note. λάβωμεν (Galatians 3:14) has suggested a common relationship to Christ. ΚΑΤᾺ ἌΝΘΡΩΠΟΝ (Galatians 1:11) ΛΈΓΩ....
ΌΜΩΣ (G3676) даже хотя, несмотря на то, что; здесь часть фразы, которая, возможно, значит: "даже если это всего лишь воля человека, все равно". Однако, может быть использовано также как сравнение, с п...
B. SUPERIORITY OF THE GOSPEL TO THE LAW. Galatians 3:15-29 1. Illustrated and proved by the covenant with Abraham. Galatians 3:15-18 TEXT 3:15-18 (15) Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Th...
_VERSE 15. 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._ After the preceding, well-taken argument, Paul...
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 illustrati...
3 Paul now appeals to the experience of the Galatians themselves. Before the Judaisers came they received the Spirit of God, and suffered for the evangel, and did mighty works quite apart from the law...
COVENANT] better as mg. 'testament,' or will. It is an 'inheritance' that is in question (Galatians 3:18). According to Ramsay, this word 'will' as understood in the Galatian cities meant 'a provision...
JUSTIFICATION IS BY FAITH, NOT WORKS 1-14. The Apostle upbraids the Galatians with their speedy change from faith to legal observances, reminding them of the fact that their reception of the Spirit h...
CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE GALATIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 3 LIVE BY GOD’S HOLY SPIRIT, NOT BY YOUR OWN EFFORTS V1 You Galatians are foolish. You behave as if someone has used magic powers to lead...
Paul called the Christians in Galatia ‘brothers and sisters’. They all belonged to the same *spiritual family. And Paul wanted to persuade them that they should believe the truth. So he chose somethin...
(15-18) To take an illustration from purely human relations. A covenant once ratified is binding. It cannot be treated as if it did not exist, neither can fresh clauses be added to it. Now the covenan...
I SPEAK AFTER THE MANNER OF MEN. — The figure that I am going to use is one taken from the ordinary civil relations between man and man, and therefore, it is left to be inferred, supplies an _à fortio...
CHAPTER 13 THE COVENANT OF PROMISE. Galatians 3:15 GENTILE Christians, Paul has shown, are already sons of Abraham. Their faith proves their descent from the father of the faithful. The redemption o...
GOD'S WORD WAS PLIGHTED TO ABRAHAM THAT HE WOULD BESTOW THE INHERITANCE ON HIS SEED (NOT ON ALL HIS DESCENDANTS, BUT ON ONE PARTICULAR SEED), AND COULD NOT THEREFORE BE SET ASIDE BY SUBSEQUENT STIPULA...
κ. ἄνθρωπον λέγω. This preface indicates that the argument which it introduces is founded on the principles of human law and custom. διαθήκην. The meaning _testament_ affixed to this word in classical...
INHERITORS OF THE PROMISE Galatians 3:11 We are not under ceremonial law, as contained in the precepts of Leviticus. Our Savior has perfectly fulfilled them on the behalf of the Jewish people, whom H...
Here begins the second division of the epistle, in which Paul deals with the doctrine of liberty. He begins with the exclamation, "O foolish Galatians, who did bewitch you?" He then inquired, Did they...
(17) Brethren, I speak (i) after the manner of men; Though [it be] but a man's covenant, yet [if it be] (k) confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. (17) He puts forth two general rules befo...
I speak after the manner of man; or, by a comparison, says St. John Chrysostom, common among men. If a man make or execute his last will, or any deed or contract, it stands good; no one contemns it, o...
(15) 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. (16) Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises ma...
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...
15._I speak after the manner of men_. By this expression he intended to put them to the blush. It is highly disgraceful and base that the testimony of God should have less weight with us than that of...
What a loss, dreadful and irreparable, to lose such a Christ, as we, under grace, have known Him; such a righteousness; such a love; the Son of God our portion, our life; the Son of God devoted for us...
BRETHREN,.... Whereas in Galatians 3:1, he calls them "foolish Galatians", which might seem too harsh and severe, therefore, to mitigate and soften their resentments, he styles them brethren; hoping s...
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. Ver. 15. _I speak after the manner_] I set the matter...
_I speak after the manner of men_ I illustrate this by a familiar instance, taken from the practice of men: or, I argue on the principles of common equity, according to what is the allowed rule of all...
AFTER THE MANNER OF MEN; as they view and treat a covenant that has been ratified....
FAITH IS THE ONE PRINCIPLE OF BLESSING (vs.1-9) "0 foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you?" (v.1). Little wonder, as Paul considers the principles and tremendous issues involved, that he speaks out...
When a contract is signed and sealed, it can not be altered. If we can not do this with human contracts, we can not change the will of God....
COVENANT: Or, testament...
15-18 The covenant God made with Abraham, was not done away by the giving the law to Moses. The covenant was made with Abraham and his Seed. It is still in force; Christ abideth for ever in his perso...
OLBGrk; THOUGH IT BE BUT A MAN'S COVENANT: the word here translated _covenant, _ diayhkh, is ordinarily translated _testament; _ see MATTHEW 26:28. It signifies in the general, an ordering or disposin...
Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it be but a man's covenant, yet when it hath been confirmed, no one maketh it void, or addeth thereto...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V "But," says he, "I speak after the manner of men: when we were children, we were placed in bondage under the elements of the world."[131] Tertullian Against Marcion...
Galatians 3:15 Brethren G80 speak G3004 (G5719) manner G2596 men G444 only G3676 mans G444 covenant G1242 confirmed
THE LAW CAN ONLY CONDEMN US BUT WE HAVE BEEN REDEEMED FROM THE LAW (GALATIANS 3:10). Paul then points out the folly of trying to become acceptable to God by our own works....
THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM PRECEDES THE LAW (GALATIANS 3:15). ‘Brothers, I speak after the manner of men. Though it is but a man's covenant, yet when it has been confirmed no one makes it void or adds t...
_The Educational Mission of the Law_. Paul now assumes a milder tone, and reasons with the Galatians from the common dealings of men. Even a human covenant is sacred and cannot be set aside, much more...
Galatians 3:15. BRETHREN. Winning address, contrasting with the severe rebuke, Galatians 3:1; comp. Galatians 4:31; Galatians 6:1. ‘There is
AFTER THE MANNER OF MEN (κατα ανθρωπον). After the custom and practice of men, an illustration from life.THOUGH IT BE BUT A MAN'S COVENANT, YET WHEN IT HATH BEEN CONFIRMED (ομως ανθρωπου κεκυρωμεν...
3:1. _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?_ These Galatians thought that...
Galatians 3:1. _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? This only would I lea...
Galatians 3:1. _O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you,_ Paul writes as if they had come under some kind of witchcraft, and been deluded by it. This seemed to astonish the apostle, so he cries o...
Paul, writing, to those changeable Galatians, who had so soon deserted the faith, says to them in this chapter Galatians 3:1. _O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the...
CONTENTS: Gift of Spirit by faith apart from law-works. Man under law-works is under the law curse. Christ bears the law curse that we might have the faith blessing. The true intent of the law. CHARA...
Galatians 3:1. _Oh foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you:_ εβασκανε, who hath fascinated, beguiled, or seduced you by subtlety and cunning, and sought by ingenious malice to draw you from the trut...
AN EVERYDAY EXAMPLE. "To disprove the claims of those who are saying that God's promise to bless the Gentiles through Abraham and his descendant, is to come true through converting them to Judaism, I...
_Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto._ COVENANTS I. It is allowable to use human analogies in the enforcement of divine truth--“after th...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:15 A covenant or a will cannot be changed. The promises made TO ABRAHAM AND TO HIS OFFSPRING were not changed when God gave Moses the law....
CHAPTER 3 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER S. Paul proceeds to prove by five reasons that we are justified not by the law, or the works of the law, but by Christ. I. The first proof is drawn (ver. 2) from e...
_I speak after the manner of men._ Cf. Job 31:33, and Hosea 6:7. S. Paul's meaning is that in dealing with spiritual things he uses material illustrations, as, _e.g_., that of a testator and his testa...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 3:17. THE COVENANT, THAT WAS CONFIRMED BEFORE OF GOD IN CHRIST, THE LAW CANNOT DISANNUL.—From the recognised inviolability of a human covenant (Galatians 3:1...
EXPOSITION GALATIANS 3:1 O FOOLISH GALATIANS (ὦ ἀνόητοι Γαλάται). In thus apostrophizing them, the apostle brands their present behaviour, not any lack of intelligence on their part in general...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Galatians chapter three. Background: Paul the apostle had been in the area of Galatia. Galatia was a general area like a county or a state. It was not a city. There...
1 Corinthians 15:32; Hebrews 9:17; Romans 6:19...
After the manner of men [κ α τ α α ν θ ρ ω π ο ν]. According to human analogy; reasoning as men would reason in ordinary affairs. The phrase is peculiar to Paul. See Romans 3:5; 1 Corinthians 3:3; 1 C...
THE CROSS AND ITS OBJECTIVES Galatians 3:10; Galatians 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Cross must ever stand forth in the limelight of Bible and spiritual study. Apart from Christ's Calvary work we have...
I speak after the manner of men — I illustrate this by a familiar instance, taken from the practice of men. Though it be but a man's covenant, yet, if it be once legally confirmed, none — No, not the...
Observe here, 1. An argument drawn from contracts among men, to prove the fixedness and stability of the covenant made by God: if one man makes. covenant with another, signs it, seals it, and delivers...