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Galatians 3:16
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.
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.
Verse 16. _NOW TO ABRAHAM AND HIS SEED_] The promise of salvation by faith was made to Abraham and his posterity. _HE SAITH NOT, AND TO SEEDS_] It was one particular kind of posterity which was inte...
NOW TO ABRAHAM AND HIS SEED - To him and his posterity. WERE THE PROMISES MADE - The promise here referred to was that which is recorded in Genesis 22:17. “In blessing I will bless thee, and in multip...
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...
MADE. spoken, See Genesis 21:12, OF. Greek. _epi_. App-104....
-Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed". _and his seed_ These words are emphatic. Had the promise been made to Abraham only, it would have determined with his own life. But it was...
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...
ὍΣ. ὅ is read by Dgr*Fgr**, _quod_ Irenint. Tert. Ambrosiaster Aug. οὗ Fgr*G. 16. The verse shows (_a_) the antiquity of the διαθήκη; it was given to Abraham: (_b_) its character; it consisted of pro...
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...
ΈΡΡΈΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить. _Aor._ обозначает специфическое действие....
HE SAITH NOT, AND TO SEEDS,— That is, The promises made to Abraham were not appropriated to one line of his descendants,—that is, to those by Isaac; but centred in one illustrious Person, with regard...
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 16. 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._...
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 n...
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...
3:16 seed; (a-29) See Genesis 22:18 ....
THY SEED, WHICH IS CHRIST] St. Paul here argues from the fact that the singular number is used—'seed,' not 'seeds'; but the verbal reasoning does not affect the argument. The word is collective. He re...
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 then explained about God’s agreement with Abraham. God made his promise with Abraham several times. But that promise was not for all of Abraham’s *descendants. It was for one particular *descenda...
A parenthetical explanation of the true object of the promise. That promise was shown by its wording to have reference to the Messiah. It did not speak of “seeds,” but of “seed” — not of “descendants,...
(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...
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...
The clause καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ is quoted from God's promises to Abraham in Genesis 13:15; Genesis 17:8 with only the necessary change of the second person σου into αὐτοῦ. The original promise was li...
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...
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...
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, (18) which is (l) Christ. (18) He puts forth the sum of the seventh argumen...
(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...
16._Now to Abraham, and his seed_. Before pursuing his argument, he introduces an observation about the substance of the covenant, that it rests on Christ alone. But if Christ be the foundation of the...
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...
NOW TO ABRAHAM AND HIS SEED WERE THE PROMISES MADE,.... The promises design the promises of the covenant of grace mentioned in the next verse, which are exceeding great and precious, better than those...
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. Ver. 16. _Which is Christ_] Mystical Christ, that is, whol...
Gal. 3:16. "Now to Abraham and his seed was the promise made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many, but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ." This Mr. Locke paraphrases thus: "God doth not s...
_Now to Abraham_, &c. To apply this to the case before us. The promises relating to the justification of believers, and the blessings consequent thereon, were made first by God to Abraham and his seed...
HIS SEED; Christ, as the head of his church; and through him, all believers, who constitute his body. HE SAITH NOT, AND TO SEEDS, AS OF MANY; he does not make the promise to Abraham's seeds, as if he...
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...
The argument is on the word used - singular or plural. It is proper to base our faith on the exact language. Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:16; Genesis 15:5; Gene
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...
NOW TO ABRAHAM AND HIS SEED WERE THE PROMISES MADE; the promises, GENESIS 12:3, GENESIS 22:18; in the one of which places it is said: _In thee; _ in the other: _In thy seed shall all the nations of th...
Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. [Genesis 13:15; Genesis 17:8]...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V Now He does not say, And of seeds, as if [He spake] of many, but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ."[281] Tertullian An Answer to the Jews although we hav...
Galatians 3:16 Now G1161 Abraham G11 and G2532 his G846 Seed G4690 were G4483 promises G1860 made G4483 ...
‘Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He does not say ‘and to seeds', as of many, but as of one, ‘And to your seed', which is Christ.' Notice also, he says, that the covenant is m...
Galatians 3:16 introduces the new idea that the covenant of promise was not made with Abraham only, but with his whole seed which centres in Christ, and was therefore still waiting its fulfilment at 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...
BUT AS OF ONE (αλλ' ως εφ' ενος). But as in the case of one.WHICH IS CHRIST (ος εστιν Χριστος). Masculine relative agreeing with Χριστος though σπερμα is neuter. But the promise to Abraham uses σπ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
NOW, GOD MADE. "God _promised_ to bless all the people of the world through Abraham and his descendant. God specifically said DESCENDANT to point to Christ." Jewish thought understood _descendant_ (se...
_Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made._ THE GREAT PROMISE The promise was twofold. I. A lower or temporal blessing: II. A higher or spiritual blessing. III. The two are intermingled...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:16 God spoke PROMISES to ABRAHAM on several occasions. Paul probably refers to Genesis 13:15 and...
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...
_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 12:12; 1 Corinthians 12:27; Colossians 2:19; Colossians 3:11;...
The course of thought is as follows. The main point is that the promises to Abraham continue to hold for Christian believers (verse 17). It might be objected that the law made these promises void. Aft...
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...
Now the promises were made to Abraham and his seed — Several promises were made to Abraham; but the chief of all, and which was several times repeated, was that of the blessing through Christ. He — Th...