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Galatians 5:5-10
Paul warns against the leaven of false doctrine:
Paul warns against the leaven of false doctrine:
Verse Galatians 5:5. _FOR WE_, CHRISTIANS, _THROUGH THE SPIRIT_] Through the operation of the Holy Ghost, under this spiritual dispensation of the Gospel, _wait for the hope of righteousness_-expect...
FOR WE - We who are Christians. It is a characteristic of the true Christian. THROUGH THE SPIRIT - The Holy Spirit. We expect salvation only by his aid. WAIT FOR - That is, we expect salvation in thi...
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....
Final emphatic statement of the dilemma, Christ or circumcision. Paul, speaking with all authority in spite of false inferences drawn from his circumcising Timothy (Galatians 5:11) and in spite of pro...
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...
Look now it is I, Paul, who am speaking to you I tell you that if you get yourself circumcised Christ is no good to you. Again I give my word to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is under...
SPIRIT. App-101. WAIT FOR. Greek. _apekdechomai_. Compare Romans 8:19; Romans 8:23; Romans 8:25; 1 Corinthians 1:7;...
-For _we_on the contrary, we who are Christ's, through the Spirit are waiting for the hope of righteousness from faith". The connecting particle -for" has reference to the falling from _grace_. The go...
(Third Division of the Epistle.) Practical Exhortations based on the preceding Doctrinal Teaching...
2–6. _The effect of circumcision and of faith contrasted_ (Galatians 5:2) See! I, I Paul (accused of preaching circumcision, Galatians 5:11) say to you that, so far from circumcision being necessary,...
_Another, but sharper, appeal and warning. The observance of the Law is inconsistent with faith in Christ _...
5. The contrast of St Paul and those who acted as he. ἩΜΕΙ͂Σ ΓᾺΡ (true believers, Galatians 4:26; Galatians 4:28) ΠΝΕΎΜΑΤΙ. One of the difficult instances of anarthrous πνεῦμα (Galatians 5:16;...
ΆΠΕΚΔΕΧΌΜΕΘΑ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΆΠΕΚΔΈΧΟΜΑΙ (G553) ожидать чего-л. или кого-л. с надеждой, жадно, но терпеливо. Первое предложное сочетание усиливает гл., второе означает: "получать на расст...
DISCOURSE: 2079 THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF FAITH Galatians 5:5. _We, through the Spirit, wait for the hope of righteousness by faith_. THE object of St. Paul, in this epistle is, to maintain and establish...
FOR WE— It is evident, from the context, that St. Paul here means himself; but _we,_ is a more graceful way of speaking than _I,_ though he be vindicating himself alone from the imputation of setting...
Alternatives of Entanglement and Freedom Galatians 5:2-6 TEXT 5:2-6 (2) Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing. (3) Yea, I testify again to ever...
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For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. FOR - proof of the assertion, "fallen from grace," by contrasting with the legalists the Christian's "hope." THROUGH THE SPI...
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...
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...
The true mode of salvation, viz. by the agency of the Spirit, on condition of faith alone....
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 Holy Spirit lives inside all Christians. And he helps them to look forward to what God will do in the future. These good things come because Christians trust Jesus Christ. Christians already have...
THROUGH THE SPIRIT. — Through the operation of the Spirit. It is the Spirit which makes faith effectual and righteousness real. The righteousness which comes by the Law is entirely human or “carnal,”...
(2-6) There can be no compromise between Christianity and Judaism. If you accept the one you must give up the other. Circumcision is a pledge or engagement to live by the rule of the Law. That rule mu...
CHAPTER 20 SHALL THE GALATIANS BE CIRCUMCISED? Galatians 5:2 SHALL the Galatians be circumcised, or shall they not? This is the decisive question. The denunciation with which Paul begins his letter,...
πνεύματι. In the absence of an article this dative must have an adverbial force, and should be rendered _in spirit_. The Holy Spirit is uniformly designated to τὸ Πνεῦμα. ἀπεκδεχόμεθα. This verb expre...
to Galatians 5:12. Freedom is our birthright in Christ and an essential condition of our call. Accordingly the Apostle protests against the claim that all Christians should be circumcised, as a depart...
HOLD FAST YOUR FREEDOM Galatians 5:1 We are free. The Son has made us free, and we are free indeed, though not free to disobey the dictates and promptings of our new nature. We are set free from minu...
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...
(2) For we through the (d) Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. (2) He privately compares the new people with the old: for it is certain that they also did ground all their hope of jus...
_We in spirit hope for true justice by faith in Christ; yet not by faith only, but by faith working by charity. (Witham) --- Here note with St. Augustine, that faith is not to be idle, but working or...
(5) For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. I detain the Reader at this verse, just to make a short remark. The waiting for the Spirit to make manifest Christ's righteou...
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...
5._For we through the Spirit_. He now anticipates an objection that, might readily occur. “Will circumcision then be of no use?” _In Jesus Christ_, he replies, it _availeth _nothing. _Righteousness_,...
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 WE THROUGH THE SPIRIT WAIT,.... Who have believed in Christ, Christians in general, and the apostle and the brethren with him in particular; who also were Jews born, and brought up as such; and ye...
For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. Ver. 5. _For we through the Spirit_] We apostles hope for righteousness by faith. If you will go to heaven any other way, you mu...
_For we_ Who believe in Christ, and are his true disciples, having been savingly enlightened in the knowledge of the truth; do, _through the_ influences of the _Spirit_ Without any of these carnal ord...
WE; true Christians. RIGHTEOUSNESS; the righteousness which God gives through faith. Romans 1:17. True Christians to the end of life depend on Christ for salvation, and expect it only through faith i...
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...
FOR WE THROUGH THE SPIRIT EAGERLY WAIT FOR THE HOPE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH. Indwelling of the Spirit of God. God does not operate on our timetable. He is not a "clock watcher." Hope - desire and...
1-6 Christ will not be the Saviour of any who will not own and rely upon him as their only Saviour. Let us take heed to the warnings and persuasions of the apostle to stedfastness in the doctrine and...
FOR WE; we Christians, who have truly embraced Christ; or, (as others think), we that are turned from Judaism to Christianity, and so are more concerned in the law, which was not given to the Gentiles...
For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness. [That ye have fallen from grace is apparent by your contrast with us; for we true Christians, not trusting in carnal ordinances,...
Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh Concerning this expectation and hope Paul writes to the Galatians: "For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith."[155]...
Galatians 5:5 For G1063 we G2249 Spirit G4151 wait G553 (G5736) hope G1680 righteousness G1343 by G1537 faith...
‘For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.' For those who are Christians walk through the Spirit by faith. And they are waiting for the final hope when they will be pres...
Galatians 5:5. FOR WE, BY THE SPIRIT, FROM FAITH WAIT EAGERLY FOR THE HOPE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. ‘For' introduces an argument from the opposite for the judgment passed in Galatians 5:4 against those who s...
_Exhortation to Steadfastness in Christian Freedom_, _and Warning against Legal Bondage._ Here begins the practical part of the Epistle, consisting of exhortations and warnings appropriate to the occ...
FOR WE (ημεις γαρ). We Christians as opposed to the legalists.THROUGH THE SPIRIT BY FAITH (πνευματ εκ πιστεως). By the Spirit (Holy Spirit) out of faith (not law). Clear-cut repetition to make it...
RIGHTEOUSNESS (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 10:10). _...
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...
OUR HOPE. "We who are in Christ look forward to the time when God will put us right with himself by setting _our whole being free in the Resurrection_ (Romans 8:18-23)! God's Spirit who lives in us Ch...
_For we, through the Spirit, wait for the hope of righteousness by faith, _ SALVATION BY FAITH AND THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT Faith is not opposed to the spirit, but is the child of it. Through the Spi...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 5:5 WE... WAIT FOR THE HOPE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. Christians do not try to produce perfect righteousness in their lives by their own efforts. Instead, they wait for God to comp...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 5:1 Those who turn to the law for salvation cut themselves off from salvation. ⇐ ⇔
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...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 5:2. IF YE BE CIRCUMCISED.—Not simply as a national rite, but as a symbol of Judaism and legalism in general; as necessary to justification. CHRIST SHALL PRO...
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 Thessalonians 1:10; 2 Thessalonians 3:5; 2 Timothy 4:8; Ephesians 2:18;...
For we [η μ ε ι ς γ α ρ]. Gar for introduces a proof of the preceding statement, by declaring the contrary attitude of those who continue under the economy of grace. Ye who seek to be justified by the...
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...
For we — Who believe in Christ, Who are under the gospel dispensation. Through the Spirit — Without any of those carnal ordinances. Wait for — in sure confidence of attaining. The hope of righteousnes...
That is, "We Christians, we believers, through the Spirit which we have received, and not by legal observances, do hope both for such. righteousness as will denominate and constitute us righteous in t...