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Galatians 6:1
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
CHAPTER VI. _The apostle teaches them to be tender and affectionate towards_ _any who, through surprise and the violence of temptation, had_ _fallen into sin; and to bear each other's burdens_, 1,...
BRETHREN, IF A MAN BE OVERTAKEN - Margin, “Although.” It is a case which the apostle supposes might happen. Christians were not perfect; and it was possible that they who were true Christians might be...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. Concerning the Restoration of a brother. (Galatians 6:1)_ 2. Concerning Reaping and Sowing. (Galatians 6:6) 3. The conclusion. (Galatians 6:11) Practical exhortations conclude t
Third safeguard. If things become bad and a Christian falls into open fault, loving Christian friends (acting as individuals rather than as a church? But, on any view, the verse is an important contri...
GALATIANS 5:13 TO GALATIANS 6:10. Practical appendix to the epistle; in the form of guarding the doctrine of free grace against antinomian abuse....
BURDEN-BEARING (Galatians 6:1-5)...
Brothers, if a man is caught out in some moral slip-up, you whose lives are dominated by the Spirit must correct such a man with the spirit of gentleness, and, as you do it, you must think about yours...
IF. Greek. _ean_. App-118. MAN. Greek. _anthropos_. App-123. OVERTAKEN. found out or detected. Greek. _prolambano_. Only here, Mar 14:8. 1 Corinthians 11:21. Compare 2 Corinthians 2:6. IN, Greek. _...
_Brethren_ The force of this word of appeal (as well as the general connexion) is weakened by the division of the Epistle into Chapter s. The previous chapter concludes with a warning against provocat...
1. A specific example in which there would be the more need to exercise the unity demanded in the preceding verse Galatians 5:26. ἈΔΕΛΦΟΊ, Galatians 1:11 note. In itself a summons to unity. It is qui...
13–6:10. PRACTICAL. LIBERTY IS NOT LICENSE BUT SERVICE; NOT THE FLESH BUT THE SPIRIT MUST BE THE AIM OF THE BELIEVER...
25–6:6. _Life by the spirit brings unselfish care for others, e.g. for one’s teachers_ (Galatians 5:25) Life by the spirit leads to a life in right relation to others. (Galatians 5:26) We must all bew...
ΠΡΟΛΗΜΦΘΉ _aor. conj. pass. от_ ΠΡΟΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G4301) ошеломлять, брать врасплох до того, как человек успеет убежать (Lightfoot; Eadie). ΠΑΡΆΠΤΩΜΑ (G3900) неверный шаг, преступление. Речь идет о результ...
BRETHREN, &C.— The Apostle here exhorts the stronger to gentleness and meekness towards the weak: "If a man, by frailty or surprize, be overtaken in a fault, do you who are eminent in the church for k...
C. DEMANDS OF FREEDOM Galatians 6:1-10 1. Mutual helpfulness and responsibilities Galatians 6:1-5 TEXT 6:1-5 (1) Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore...
_VERSE 1. BRETHREN, IF A MAN BE OVERTAKEN IN A FAULT YE WHICH ARE SPIRITUAL, RESTORE SUCH AN ONE IN THE SPIRIT OF MEEKNESS._ VERSE 1. Considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. "Wherefore let hi...
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. BRETHREN - to conciliate kindly at...
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...
6:1 restore (a-15) As 'mending,' Matthew 4:21 . see Note g, 1 Corinthians 1:10 ....
OVERTAKEN] as if pursued and caught. FAULT] RV 'trespass,' or transgression, such as the error into which the readers had been beguiled. SPIRITUAL] as opposed to 'natural' or 'carnal': cp. 1 Corinthi...
PRACTICAL EXHORTATIONS. THE APOSTLE'S GLORYING 1-5. The nature and requirements of the law of love. PARAPHRASE. '(1) If sin overcome one of your number, try to correct the fault in a temper of gentle...
CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE GALATIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 6 CHRISTIANS SHOULD HELP EACH OTHER V1 My Christian brothers and sisters, a *sin may overcome someone. Those among you whom the Holy Spir...
Christians should not still do what their natural desires want to do. But all Christians find that *sin tests them. And sometimes the *sin seems to overcome them. This refers to *sins that people do n...
VI. (1-5) Be charitable to the fallen, for you, too, may fall yourselves. Sympathise with each other. Indulge in no delusions as to your own superiority. Look each to his own work, and see that that...
BRETHREN. — The unfortunate conventional use of this word rather tends to weaken our sense of the delicacy and earnestness of this appeal. IF A MAN BE OVERTAKEN. — _If a man be even stirprised,_ or _d...
CHAPTER 26 OUR BROTHER'S BURDEN AND OUR OWN. Galatians 6:1 THE division of the Chapter s at this point is almost as unfortunate as that between chaps. 4 and 5. The introductory "Brethren" is not a f...
Ἀδελφοὶ. The last verse protested against unbrotherly tempers; this appeal presents, by way of contrast, the claims of brotherly love even in the case of real wrongdoing. καὶ προλημφθῇ. The English ve...
to Galatians 6:6. RULES OF CONDUCT DICTATED BY THE SPIRIT OF MUTUAL LOVE....
OUR OWN AND OTHERS' BURDENS Galatians 6:1 The spirit of the world gloats over sin; the Spirit of Christ leads us to restore the sinner. Our first thought should never be of revenge or contempt, or of...
Having dealt with the conduct of liberty thus broadly, the apostle now made some detailed application of the principles enunciated, giving an important illustration pertinent to the whole question of...
Brethren, (1) if a man be (a) overtaken in a fault, ye which are (b) spiritual, (c) restore such an one in the (d) spirit of meekness; (2) considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. (1) He conde...
(1) В¶ Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. (2) Bear ye one another's burd...
CONTENTS In this Chapter the Apostle concludes his Epistle. He exhorts the Church to Brotherly Affection, and bids them to rest in Hope, assuring, them, that in due Season, they will reap to the Spir...
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...
1._Brethren, if a man be overtaken in any fault _(94) Ambition is a serious and alarming evil. But hardly less injury is frequently done by unseasonable and excessive severity, which, under the plausi...
Here is the answer to those who then sought, and now seek, to bring in law for sanctification and as a guide: the strength and the rule for holiness are in the Spirit. The law does not give the Spirit...
BRETHREN, IF A MAN BE OVERTAKEN IN A FAULT,.... Or "be taken before" in one; not, as Grotius thinks, before this epistle should come to them, which is a very jejune and empty sense of the words; nor b...
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Ver. 1. _If a man be overtaken_] Gr....
_Brethren, if a man be overtaken in_ Greek, προληφθη, _surprised into; a fault_ Through his ignorance, inattention, or the stress of temptation, not considering sufficiently what he is going to do; _y...
YE WHICH ARE SPIRITUAL; advanced in Christian knowledge and experience. The most spiritual Christians, and those most advanced in knowledge and piety, are still exposed to aggravated sins. This should...
CONCERN FOR THOSE WHO FAIL (vs.1-5) The Galatians may have considered themselves spiritual because they were legal-minded. There is a good test for this. What about a person overtaken in a fault? Sha...
BRETHREN, IF A MAN IS OVERTAKEN IN ANY TRESPASS, YOU WHO _ARE_ SPIRITUAL RESTORE SUCH A ONE IN A SPIRIT OF GENTLENESS, CONSIDERING YOURSELF LEST YOU ALSO BE TEMPTED. Overtaken - caught off guard; sin...
IF: Or, although...
1-5 We are to bear one another's burdens. So we shall fulfil the law of Christ. This obliges to mutual forbearance and compassion towards each other, agreeably to his example. It becomes us to bear o...
GALATIANS CHAPTER 6 GALATIANS 6:1 Paul adviseth them to reform the faulty with gentleness, GALATIANS 6:2 and to bear one another's burdens. GALATIANS 6:3 A caution against vanity....
Brethren, even if a man be overtaken [literally, caught] _in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore_ [a surgical term]_ such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be...
Cyprian Epistle LI and that the apostle also has said, "Let all of you severally have regard to yourselves, lest ye also be tempted. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ; "...
Galatians 6:1 Brethren G80 if G1437 G2532 man G444 overtaken G4301 (G5686) in G1722 any G5100 trespass...
THE NEED TO CONSTANTLY HELP EACH OTHER WITHOUT CONDESCENSION (GALATIANS 6:1). While confident in the Holy Spirit Paul does recognise that God's people will require assistance in their walk with Him. W...
‘Brothers, even if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, looking to yourself lest you also be tempted. Bear you one another's burdens,...
Galatians 6:1. Spiritual life (Galatians 5:25-26) must show itself in spiritual action, especially in charity, meekness, and modesty. BRETHREN. A word of love more potent than argument. EVEN IF A M...
_Miscellaneous Exhortations_. The Apostle exhorts the Galatians to deal gently with a weak brother, to bear the brother's burden, to be on their guard against conceit, to be liberal to their teachers...
IF A MAN BE OVERTAKEN (εαν κα προλημφθη ανθρωπος). Condition of third class, first aorist passive subjunctive of προλαμβανω, old verb to take beforehand, to surprise, to detect.TRESPASS (παραπτωμ...
FAULT That is, sin. (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
Galatians 6:1 I. In considering the duty of restoring the lost and criminal, let us note, first, the spirit in which it is to be performed: "Restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering t...
Galatians 6:1. _Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault,_ He is a slow traveler; he is not speeding swiftly on the way to heaven, so the fault overtakes him. Had he been quicker of pace, he might...
Galatians 6:1. _Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault,_ If he travels so slowly that his faults catch him up, and knock him down: «If a man be overtaken in a fault,» Galatians 6:1. _Ye which ar...
Galatians 6:1. _Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted._ When Christians fal...
CONTENTS: The regenerated life as a brotherhood of believers. CHARACTERS: Holy Spirit, God, Christ, Paul. CONCLUSION: The new life in Christ Jesus is not simply one of being good, but of doing good....
Galatians 6:1. _If a man,_ a brother, _be overtaken in a fault,_ by wine, or passion, or some indiscretion, through surprise, or when off his guard. The offender is a brother, who when so overtaken co...
MY BROTHERS. Paul begins to emphasize the spirit of _community_ which is a very necessary part of the church of Christ. Even those who are being _led by the Spirit_ sometimes are surprised into sin. C...
_Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness._ I. The nature of the fault. Overtaken in it, not overtaking it. II. The duty of t...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 6:1 Paul illustrates a life of love in the Spirit. ⇐ ⇔...
_Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault_, &c. The Apostle enjoins here the brotherly correction of any fault, but with a special reference to sins committed through the eyes, as Jerome correctly o...
CHAPTER 6 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He exhorts the Galatians to good works, especially works of mercy towards Christians, particularly doctors and catechists. He bids them not to seek for the prais...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 6:1. OVERTAKEN IN A FAULT.—Be caught red-handed in any transgression, the result of some sudden and overpowering gust of evil impulse. RESTORE SUCH AN ONE.—T...
EXPOSITION GALATIANS 6:1 BRETHREN, IF (or, _although_)_ _A MAN BE OVERTAKEN IN A FAULT (ἀδελφοί ἐὰν καὶ προληφθῇ ἄνθρωπος ἔν τινι παραπτέματι);_ brethren_',_ if even a man hath been over...
Bretheren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted (Galatians 6:1). The Bible does seem t...
1 Corinthians 10:12; 1 Corinthians 14:37; 1 Corinthians 2:15; 1 Corinthians 3:1;...
Overtaken in a fault [π ρ ο λ η μ φ θ η - ε ν τ ι ν ι π α ρ α π τ ω μ α τ ι]. The verb means lit. to take before; to anticipate or forestall. Elsewhere only Mark 14:8; 1 Corinthians 11:21. LXX, Wisd....
RULES FOR THE RIGHTEOUS Galatians 6:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. We have a message sent to saints. It is all in vain for the unsaved to seek to serve the Saviour. The wicked have never been called into...
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in any fault — By surprise, ignorance, or stress of temptation. Ye who are spiritual — Who continue to live and walk by the Spirit. Restore such an one — By reproof, in...
The first exhortation here given, is, how they should carry themselves one towards another, upon supposition of their scandalous falling either into error, or into sin, namely, not with rigour and sev...