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Galatians 3:19-22
Proofs for the Liberty of a Christian from the Nature and Meaning of the Law.
The secondary office of the Law:
Proofs for the Liberty of a Christian from the Nature and Meaning of the Law.
The secondary office of the Law:
GALATIANS 3:19 no,moj* tw/n paraba,sewn ca,rin prosete,qh {A} Inattentive copyists have produced several quite idiosyncratic readings: D* reads, “It was established on account of traditions”; F G _al...
Verse 19. _WHEREFORE THEN_ SERVETH _THE LAW?_] If the law does not annul the Abrahamic covenant, and cannot confer salvation on its votaries, why did God give it? This was a very natural objection, an...
WHEREFORE THEN SERVETH THE LAW? - This is obviously an objection which might be urged to the reasoning which the apostle had pursued. It was very obvious to ask, if the principles which he had laid do...
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)...
Why, then, have the law at all? The law was added to the situation to define what transgressions are, until the seed should come, to whom the promise, which still holds good, had been made. That law w...
TRANSGRESSIONS. Greek. _parabasis_. See Romans 4:15. Compare App-128. 1, THE... MADE. Literally it has been promised. ANGELS. Compare Lout. Gal 33:2.Acts 7:53; Hebrews 2:2, MEDIATOR. Greek. mesites
The Purpose and Use of the Law in relation to the Justification of the Sinner 19. If then the promise is not affected by the law, so that no new condition of justification is imposed by it, the questi...
ΠΑΡΑΒΆΣΕΩΝ ΧΆΡΙΝ. A curious text is given in G Irenint. Ambrosiaster by omitting χάριν and reading πράξεων: Quid ergo lex factorum? disposita per angelos in manu mediatoris posita est usque dum veniat...
19–22. _The true place and purpose of the Law. It was subordinate to the promise, and preparatory, by developing the sense of sin_ (Galatians 3:19) (If the inheritance is by the Promise, not by the La...
ΠΑΡΆΒΑΣΙΣ (G3847) переход через границу, преступление, ΧΆΡΙΝ (G5484) с _gen._ по причине, из-за. Ср. Ulrich Wilckens, "Zur Entwicklung des paulinischen Gesetzverstandnis" NTS 28 (1982): 171. ΠΡΟΣΕΤΈ...
DISCOURSE: 2063 THE USES OF THE LAW Galatians 3:19. _Wherefore the serveth the law?_ PERHAPS, of all the subjects connected with religion, there is not one so rarely unfolded to Christian auditories...
_GALATIANS 3:19_.— In answer to the objection, _To what then serveth the law?_ the Apostle shews that the law was not contrary to the promise; but since all men were guilty of transgression, Galatians...
Superiority of the Gospel to the Law seen in that the law was a temporary arrangement. Galatians 3:19-29 TEXT 3:19, 20 (19) What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the see...
_VERSE 19. WHEREFORE THEN SERVETH THE LAW?_ The Jews believed if they kept the Law they would be saved. When they heard that the Gospel proclaimed a Christ who had come into the world to save sinners...
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 T...
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...
3:19 transgressions, (b-12) i.e. in order to bring evil into relief by transgressions....
Inferior character of the Law shown (1) by its aim to make transgressions abound, cp. Romans 3:20; Romans 4:15; Romans 5:20; Romans 7:7 and (2) by its mediation through
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...
The Christians in Galatia may have wanted to know why God gave his laws. God’s laws show what God’s holy standards are. Those laws clearly describe what is right and wrong behaviour. Before God gave h...
If such was not the function of the Law — if it had _no_ power to modify the promise — what was its true function? It was a sort of measure of police. Its object was to deal with transgressions. It wa...
WHEREFORE THEN SERVETH THE LAW? — Literally, _What then is the Law?_ What is its object or function? If it did not affect the promise, what did it do? The Apostle proceeds to answer this question. IT...
CHAPTER 14 THE DESIGN OF THE LAW. Galatians 3:19 "WHAT then is the law?" So the Jew might well exclaim. Paul has been doing nothing but disparage it.-"You say that the Law of Moses brings no righteo...
THE LAW WAS A TEMPORARY ENACTMENT ORDAINED TO DEAL WITH THE OFFENCES WHICH IT DENOUNCES UNTIL THE COMING OF THE PROMISED SEED. THE GOD FROM WHOM IT PROCEEDED WAS THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, BUT HE PROMULGATED...
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...
(22) Wherefore then [serveth] the law? It was added because of (o) transgressions, (p) till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; (23) [and it was] (q) ordained by (r) angels in the hand...
(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...
When we are told that the law has no influence in obtaining justification, various suggestions immediately arise, that it must be either useless, or opposed to God’s covenant, or something of that sor...
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...
WHEREFORE WHY THEN SERVETH THE LAW?.... If this be the case, might an objector say, why was the law given? what ends and purposes are to be served by it? of what use can it be? there had as good been...
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. Ver. 19. _...
Gal. 3:19, 20. "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. Now a mediator is not a mediato...
_Wherefore then serveth the law_ If the inheritance was not by the law, but by the promise, as a free gift, for what purpose was the law given, or what significancy had it? _It was added because of tr...
WHEREFORE THEN SERVETH THE LAW? why was it added? BECAUSE OF TRANSGRESSIONS; the Jews were so prone to forsake God, worship idols, and commit all sorts of abominations, that the law was added to restr...
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 promise was not part of law. It was before the law. It was for all who have the faith of Abraham. Why did God give the law? 1.It was ADDED to existing law 2.Because of sin in Israel 3.To bring...
19-22 If that promise was enough for salvation, wherefore then serveth the law? The Israelites, though chosen to be God's peculiar people, were sinners as well as others. The law was not intended to...
WHEREFORE THEN SERVETH THE LAW? Some might say: To what purpose was the law given? As if there could be no use of it unless it were available to justification. IT WAS ADDED BECAUSE OF TRANSGRESSIONS;...
What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; and it was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator....
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III It was added, until the seed should come to whom the promise was made; [and it was] ordained by angels in the hand of a Mediator."[53] Irenaeus Against Heresies Bo...
Galatians 3:19 purpose G5101 then G3767 law G3551 added G4369 (G5681) because G5484 transgressions G3847 till G891
‘What then is the Law? It was added because of transgressions until the seed should come to whom the promise has been made, ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator is not of...
WHAT THEN WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW? (GALATIANS 3:19). He now raises the question as to what the purpose of the Law is....
Galatians 3:19. WHAT THEN IS THE LAW? Since the law has properly nothing to do with the Christian salvation, the question arises: To what end was it then given at all, what is its use and import? The...
_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...
WHAT THEN IS THE LAW? (τ ουν ο νομοσ?). Or, why then the law? A pertinent question if the Abrahamic promise antedates it and holds on afterwards.IT WAS ADDED BECAUSE OF TRANSGRESSIONS (των παραβασ...
WHEREFORE THEN The answer is sixfold: (1) The law was added because of transgressions, that is, to give to sin the character of transgression. (a) Men had been sinning before Moses, but in the abse...
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...
WHAT WAS? "Why did God give The Law??? To restrain sin by clearly showing what wrongdoing is!!! But it was temporary and was meant to last only until Abraham's _descendant_ came." BY ANGELS. See Hebre...
_Wherefore then serveth the law?_ It was added because of trasgressions_._ THE FUNCTION OF THE LAW Of what use, then, is the law, if (as you assert) it is not simply a codicil to--a substitute for--...
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 3:19. WHEREFORE THEN SERVETH THE LAW?—As it is of no avail for justification, is it either useless or contrary to the covenant of God? IT WAS ADDED BECAUSE O...
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 Timothy 1:8; 1 Timothy 1:9; Acts 7:38; Acts 7:53; Deuteronomy 18:15
Wherefore then serveth the law ? [τ ι ο υ ν ο ν ο μ ο ς]. Lit. what then is the law, or, why then the law ? What is its meaning and object? A natural question of an objector, since, according to Paul'...
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...
It — The ceremonial law. Was added — To the promise. Because of transgressions — Probably, the yoke of the ceremonial law was inflicted as a punishment for the national sin of idolatry, Exodus 32:1, a...
Here an objection is moved: Some might be ready to say, "If the law, that is, works done in obedience to the law, do not justify, then the law given by Moses upon Mount Sinai, is in vain, and to no pu...