Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible
Galatians 4:12-20
Paul Now Reveals His Concern and Longing for Them (Galatians 4:12).
Paul now pleads with them from the heart. He cannot bear to think what they are losing by their foolishness.
Paul Now Reveals His Concern and Longing for Them (Galatians 4:12).
Paul now pleads with them from the heart. He cannot bear to think what they are losing by their foolishness.
Verse 12. _BE AS I_ AM] Thoroughly addicted to the Christian faith and worship, from the deepest conviction of its truth. _FOR I_ AM _AS YE_ ARE] I was formerly a Jew, and as zealously addicted to t...
BRETHREN, I BESEECH YOU, BE AS I AM ... - There is great brevity in this passage, and no little obscurity, and a great many different interpretations have been given of it by commentators. The various...
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. Under the law in the state of minority. (Galatians 4:1)_ 2. The Son revealed to redeem. (Galatians 4:4) 3. Because ye are Sons; the Spirit of Sonship. (Galatians 4:6) 4. The backslid
An affectionate paragraph, reminding the Galatians how he had conformed in every legitimate way (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 9:19 ff.) to their customs, and begging them not to desert his faith. In the past,...
THE DAYS OF CHILDHOOD (Galatians 4:1-7)...
Brothers, I entreat you, become as I am, because I became as you are. I have no complaints against the way that once you treated me. You know that it was because I was ill that I first preached the go...
BESEECH. Greek. _deomai_. App-134. BE. become. FOR I, &c. Read, for. (was) as ye (are). HAVE. Omit. NOT... AT ALL. (in) nothing Greek. _oudeis_ INJURED. wronged. Greek. _adikeo_. See Acts 7:24....
Personal Appeal The Apostle now makes a personal appeal, marked by deep affection and earnestness. "Brethren, I beseech you, become as I am, free yourselves from the trammels of the ceremonial law an...
ΓΊΝΕΣΘΕ ὩΣ ἘΓΏ, i.e. in my freedom from the Law. St Paul is addressing Gentile Christians, as the majority of the Galatian converts undoubtedly were. Quite improbable is the explanation: Resemble me i...
12–20. _A further appeal, based on his own behaviour among them, and their treatment of him_ (Galatians 4:12) Become, as I became, free from the Law, like you Gentiles, as you saw me when I was among...
ΓΊΝΕΣΘΕ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) становиться, быть. Павел призывает к галатам, как и он, стать свободными от закона, воспользоваться свободой, которой они обладают как дети Бога...
FOR I AM AS YE ARE:— the original words καγω ως υμεις are ambiguous, and may either signify, _I am,_ or _I have been, as ye are._ Our translation takes them in the former sense, and so they must expre...
Appeal Galatians 4:12-20 TEXT 4:12-15 (12) I beseech you, brethren, become as I am, for I also am become as ye are. Ye did me no wrong: (13) but ye know that because of an infirmity of the flesh I pr...
_VERSE 12. BE AS I AM; FOR I AM AS YE ARE._ VERSE 12. Be as I am; for I am as ye are. We request the same consideration for ourselves. Our way of writing is incisive and straightforward. But there is...
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all. BE [BECOME: ginesthe (G1096 )] AS I AM - `as I, though a zealous Jew by birth (Galatians 1:14), in my life am...
1 The place of an infant heir differs from that of a slave in right but not in fact. Though entitled to all, he is treated as though master of nothing. He is watched by guardians, and supervised by st...
THE BONDAGE OF THE LAW. FREEDOM IN CHRIST 1-7. Under the Law we were in bondage; under the Gospel we have received the freedom of sons. PARAPHRASE. '(1) The heir before he comes of age can no more en...
AS I _am_] loyal to Christ: cp. 1 Corinthians 11:1. I AM AS YE _are_] cp. 1 Corinthians 9:19. RV puts a period after '_ye are_,' and then reads 'Ye did me no wrong; but ye know that because of an infi...
CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE GALATIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 4 YOU ARE GOD’S SONS, YOU ARE NOT SLAVES V1 I will continue what I was saying to you. A young son will receive the property that his fath...
Paul did not write in a very warm way in this letter. He wrote to teach the Christians correctly rather than to praise them. But in the next few verses, Paul wrote about things that were more personal...
(12-16) Let me beg of you: cast off the bondage of Judaism as I have done, just as I gave p its privileges to place myself on a level with you. I have no complaint to make against you. You remember th...
BE AS I AM. — Use the same Christian freedom that I use. FOR I AM AS YE ARE. — I lay no stress on my pure Jewish descent. I claim no privileges because I was circumcised the eighth day. I do not coun...
CHAPTER 18 PAUL'S ENTREATY. Galatians 4:12 THE reproof of the last paragraph ended in a sigh. To see Christ's freemen relapsing into bondage, and exchanging their Divine birthright for childish toys...
DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE APOSTLE AT THE CHANGED FEELING OF HIS CONVERTS; REMINISCENCES OF THE PAST; PATHETIC APPEAL TO OLD AFFECTION; PROTEST AGAINST PRESENT ESTRANGEMENT....
Our versions abruptly sever the connection of this verse with the previous context, and do great violence to the Greek text in both clauses. They transpose the words ἀδελφοὶ δέομαι ὑμῶν from their tru...
TRUTHFUL AND DEVOTED DEALING Galatians 4:12 How great a loss is it when we allow ourselves to be diverted from the simplicity of faith to trust in ceremonies, rites, and a prescribed routine! Inevita...
He now declared the process of freedom. "God sent forth His Son... under the law." Thus the law He kept was justified, and He lived thereby. But more than this, He bore its penalty, and so procured ju...
(5) Brethren, I beseech you, be as I [am]; for I [am] as ye [are]: ye have not injured me at all. (5) He moderates and qualifies those things in which he might have seemed to have spoken somewhat sha...
Be ye as I, for I also am as you. I add no word in the translation, because it is uncertain what is to be understood: some give this construction, be you as I am, because I also was, as you now are; a...
(7) Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. (8) В¶ Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods....
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...
12._Be as I am_. Having till now spoken roughly, he begins to adopt a milder strain. The former harshness had been more than justified by the heinousness of the offense; but as he wished to do good, h...
The relative position therefore of the Jew (even though he were godly) before the coming of Christ, and of the believing Jew or Gentile when Christ had been revealed, is clearly set forth; and in the...
BRETHREN, I BESEECH YOU, BE AS I AM,.... Though they had gone so far backwards, yet still hoping well of them that they would he reclaimed, he styles them "brethren": not in a carnal but spiritual rel...
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I _am_; for I _am_ as ye _are_ : ye have not injured me at all. Ver. 12. _Be as I am_] No longer a legalist, as once,Philippians 3:5; Philippians 3:8 . _ Ye have not i...
_I beseech you, be as I am_ Follow my example in laying aside your opinion of the necessity of the law; _for I am_ Or rather, _I was; as ye are_ That is, I was once as zealous of the law as you are; b...
BE AS I AM; FOR I AM AS YE ARE; according to some, Be united to me in love, as I am to you. Make to me the return of love which I bestow on you. Compare 2 Corinthians 6:13, and note there. Others unde...
A personal appeal for the truth against the false teachers:...
BRETHREN, I BESEECH YOU, BE AS I AM; FOR I AM AS YE ARE; YE HAVE NOT INJURED ME AT ALL....
HOW CHILDREN ARE ADOPTED AS SONS (vs.1-7) The first few verses of chapter 4 give us the distinctive Christian position in more detail. This position is the result of promise accomplished, as contrast...
BRETHREN, I URGE YOU TO BECOME LIKE ME, FOR I _BECAME_ LIKE YOU. YOU HAVE NOT INJURED ME AT ALL. Paul turns from "spanking" them to "embracing" them as a father. 13 YOU KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF PHYSICAL...
12-18 The apostle desires that they would be of one mind with him respecting the law of Moses, as well as united with him in love. In reproving others, we should take care to convince them that our r...
BE AS I AM; FOR I AM AS YE ARE; be as friendly to me as I am to you: see the like phrase, 1 KINGS 22:4. But how doth the apostle say they had not injured him at all, when it is manifest they had defam...
I beseech you, brethren, become as I am, for I also am become as ye are. Ye did me no wrong...
Dialogue of Justin O trumpet of peace to the soul that is at war! O weapon that puttest to flight terrible passions! O instruction that quenches the innate fire of the soul! The Word exercises an inf...
Galatians 4:12 Brethren G80 urge G1189 (G5736) you G5216 become G1096 (G5737) like G5613 me G1473 for...
2. _Affectionate Appeal to the Galatians._ Paul interrupts his argument for a moment by an affectionate appeal to the feelings of the Galatians. He reminds them of their former enthusiastic love and v...
Galatians 4:12. BECOME AS I (am), FOR I ALSO (became) AS YOU (are). Paul asks the Galatians to imitate his example, that is, to cast off their Judaizing tendency and to become simple, decided, and con...
BE AS I AM (γινεσθε ως εγω). Present middle imperative, "Keep on becoming as I am." He will not give them over, afraid though he is....
Galatians 4:12. _Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all._ He had told them the gospel, and other teachers had come in and alienated their affections. H...
Galatians 4:1. Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father....
CONTENTS: Believers full redemption from the law. Sonship through the Spirit. Dangers of lapsing into legality. Impossibility of mixing law and grace. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Abra...
Galatians 4:1. _The heir, as long as he is a child,_ and a minor, _differeth_ _nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all._ He is under guardians, till the year appointed by the will of his fath...
BE LIKE ME. Paul may be thinking that as he gave up the advantages of Judaism to become free from The Law as they were, so they should remain free in Christ, as he is! _MacKnight_ understands it: _"Br...
_Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am._ THE CALL TO CHRISTIAN LIBERTY I. The call is based on personal example. “I am.” Paul, an exemplification of Christian liberty. He could afford to contrast himse...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 4:12 As in Galatians 3:1, Paul reminds the Galatians of what happened when they heard the gospel. He also contrasts his own ministry with that of the false teachers.
CHAPTER 4 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He continues the argument of the preceding chapter that the Jews, like children and slaves, were under the Jewish law as a pædagague, while Christians, as sons o...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 4:12. BE AS I AM, FOR I AM AS YE ARE.—Paul had become as a Gentile, though he was once a passionate Jew. Their natural leanings towards Judaism they ought t...
EXPOSITION GALATIANS 4:1 NOW I SAY (λέγω δέ). A form of expression usual with the apostle when introducing a new statement designed either to explain or elucidate something before said (of. Galati...
Now I say, That an heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father (Galatians 4:1-2...
1 Corinthians 9:20; 1 Kings 22:4; 2 Corinthians 2:5; Acts 21:21;...
Be as I am [γ ι ν ε σ θ ε ω ς ε γ ω]. Better, become as I am; free from the bondage of Jewish ordinances. I am as ye are [κ α γ ω ω ς ε γ ω]. Rather, I became. Supply ejgenomhn or gegona. Become as I...
TURNING UNTO LAW-WORKS Galatians 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. It is passing strange that, after we have come to know salvation by grace, we could turn back to the beggarly elements of salvation by law...
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am — Meet me in mutual love. For I am as ye were — I still love you as affectionately as ye once loved me. Why should I not? Ye have not injured me at all — I have rec...
Observe here, the holy wisdom of our apostle, in tempering his former reproofs with great mildness and gentleness; I BESEECH YOU, BRETHREN. He well knew that these Galatians were alienated in their af...