Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Galatians 4:13
I preached to you, notwithstanding infirmity of the flesh — That is, notwithstanding bodily weakness, and under great disadvantage from the despicableness of my outward appearance.
I preached to you, notwithstanding infirmity of the flesh — That is, notwithstanding bodily weakness, and under great disadvantage from the despicableness of my outward appearance.
Verse 13. _YE KNOW HOW THROUGH INFIRMITY_] The apostle seems to say that he was much afflicted in body when he first preached the Gospel to them. And is this any strange thing, that a minister, so la...
YE KNOW HOW - To show them the folly of their embracing the new views which they had adopted, he reminds them of past times, and particularly of the strength of the attachment which they had evinced f...
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...
THROUGH. on account of. Greek. _dia_ App-104.Galatians 4:2. PREACHED, &c. Greek. _evangelizo_. App-121. AT THE FIRST. before. Compare 2 Corinthians 12:7....
_through infirmity of the flesh_ Rather, as R.V. -because of an infirmity of the flesh", owing to bodily sickness. What was this infirmity? Most commentators identify it with the -thorn in the flesh...
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...
ΟἼΔΑΤΕ ΔῈ. δὲ contrasts the supposition of ἠδικήσατε. So far from unkindness was your treatment of me that even when it might have been unkind, it was not. ὍΤΙ ΔΙʼ ἈΣΘΈΝΕΙΑΝ ΤΗ͂Σ ΣΑΡΚῸΣ, “that because...
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...
Ο'ΊΔΑΤΕ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΟΙΔΑ (G1492) знать. Def. perf. со _знач. praes._ ΆΣΘΈΝΕΙΑ (G769) слабость, болезнь, немощь. О разных мнениях по поводу болезни Павла _см._ 2 Corinthians 12:7; Lightfoot;...
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...
_VERSES 13, 14. YE KNOW HOW THROUGH INFIRMITY OF THE FLESH I PREACHED THE GOSPEL UNTO YOU AT THE FIRST. AND MY TEMPTATION WHICH WAS IN MY FLESH YE DESPISED NOT, NOR REJECTED; BUT RECEIVED ME AS AN ANG...
Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first. HOW THROUGH INFIRMITY - rather [ di' (G1223) astheneian (G769)], 'yea [ de (G1161)], ye know that because of...
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...
4:13 in (a-5) _ Dia_ , here meaning the state he was in, not going through and out, but staying within the time or space or limits. 'In weakness' characterized the manner of his coming to them....
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...
THE FIRST] lit, as RM 'the former time.' The Gk. word, accurately interpreted, indicates that St. Paul had paid the Galatians two visits before the date of this letter. This 'former' visit is of cours...
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...
THROUGH INFIRMITY OF THE FLESH. — Rather, _because_ (or, _on account_)_ of infirmity of flesh_ — _i.e.,_ some bodily weakness or ill-health. We should gather from this that St. Paul was detained in Ga...
(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...
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....
διʼ ἀσθένειαν. This can only mean _owing to infirmity of the flesh, i.e._, to illness. διά with accusative has the same causal force in the N.T. as in Attic Greek. A phrase like διά νύκτα, _by night_,...
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...
Ye know how through (m) infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first. (m) Many afflictions....
Through infirmity of the flesh....and your temptation in my flesh. St. Jerome thinks the apostle had some bodily infirmity upon him. St. John Chrysostom understands his poverty, and want, and persecut...
(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...
13._Ye know that, through infirmity of the flesh_. He recalls to their recollection the friendly and respectful manner in which they had received him, and he does so for two reasons. First, to let the...
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...
YE KNOW HOW, THROUGH INFIRMITY OF THE FLESH,.... Meaning either their infirmity, to which the apostle accommodated himself in preaching the Gospel to them, delivering it in such a manner as suited wit...
Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first. Ver. 13. _Through infirmity of the flesh_] That is, though much broken with many miseries, yet I spared not to...
_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...
INFIRMITY OF THE FLESH; 1Co 2:3; 2 CORINTHIANS 10:10; 2 Corinthians 12:7....
A personal appeal for the truth against the false teachers:...
YE KNOW HOW THROUGH INFIRMITY OF THE FLESH I PREACHED THE GOSPEL UNTO YOU AT THE FIRST....
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...
The Scripture having not given us a particular account of Paul's circumstances when he first preached the gospel to the Galatians, we are at a loss to determine what those infirmities were which Paul...
but ye know that because of an infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you the first time...
Galatians 4:13 G1161 know G1492 (G5758) that G3754 because G1223 physical G4561 infirmity G769 gospel G2097 ...
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....
‘And you know that because of an infirmity of the flesh I preached the Gospel to you the first time (or ‘previously'), and you did not despise, nor did you reject with loathing (literally ‘spit out')...
Galatians 4:13. BUT YE KNOW THAT ON ACCOUNT OF AN INFIRMITY OF THE FLESH I PREACHED THE GOSPEL UNTO YOU THE FORMER TIME. ‘On account of' or ‘because of' is the only correct translation of the Greek te...
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...
PAUL'S THORN IN THE FLESH. _Excursus on Chap. Galatians 4:13. Comp. 2 Corinthians 12:7_. [1] [1] Comp. Dean Stanley, _Com. on Corinth,_ (a Cor. 12:1, pp. 547-552 (4th ed. 1876). Bp. Lightfoot, _Com....
BECAUSE OF AN INFIRMITY OF THE FLESH (δι' ασθενειαν της σαρκος). All that we can get from this statement is the fact that Paul's preaching to the Galatians "the first time" or "the former time" (το...
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...
YOU REMEMBER. Some sickness sent Paul into their area originally, and they showed him great love and respect! _Ramsay_ thinks it might have been malaria, and that he went into the highlands of Galatia...
_Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh._ PREACHING IN THE INFIRMITY OF THE FLESH I. That we might not exalt our teachers unduly, who are only instruments of grace (Acts 14:15). II. That we mig...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 4:13 BECAUSE OF A BODILY AILMENT... I PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO YOU. The exact nature of this illness is not known. “Because” apparently means that Paul had to stay in Galatia...
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...
_Through infirmity of the flesh I preached the Gospel unto you_. S. Jerome explains this to mean that he gave them the first and weak elements only of the faith, because of their weakness with regard...
_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 2:3; 2 Corinthians 10:10; 2 Corinthians 11:30; 2 Corinthians 11:6;...
Ye know [ο ι δ α τ ε δ ε]. The A. V. omits de which is wanting in some Mss. De not oppositional as commonly explained : "Ye did not injure me, but on the contrary ye know, etc. "; but introducing an e...
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...
Observe here, 1. singular instance which St. Paul gives of his sincere affection towards these Galatians, HE PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO THEM AT FIRST, and this both with difficulty and danger, THROUGH THE...