Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Galatians 5:2
If ye be circumcised — And seek to be justified thereby. Christ — The Christian institution. Will profit you nothing — For you hereby disclaim Christ, and all the blessings which are through faith in him.
If ye be circumcised — And seek to be justified thereby. Christ — The Christian institution. Will profit you nothing — For you hereby disclaim Christ, and all the blessings which are through faith in him.
Verse Galatians 5:2. _IF YE BE CIRCUMCISED_] By circumcision you take on you the whole obligation of the Jewish law, and consequently profess to seek salvation by means of its observances; and therefo...
BEHOLD, I PAUL SAY UNTO YOU - I, who at first preached the gospel to you; I, too, who have been circumcised, and who was formerly a strenuous assertor of the necessity of observing the laws of Moses;...
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...
BEHOLD. Greek. _ide_. App-133. UNTO. to. IF. Greek. _ean_. App-118. BE CIRCUMCISED. undergo circumcision. SHALL. will. NOTHING. Greek. _oudeis_....
(Third Division of the Epistle.) Practical Exhortations based on the preceding Doctrinal Teaching...
St Paul here speaks with the Apostolic authority which he had vindicated at the opening of the Epistle, but which he has hitherto kept in abeyance while using argument, and remonstrance, and entreaty....
_Another, but sharper, appeal and warning. The observance of the Law is inconsistent with faith in Christ _...
ἼΔΕ. As interjection here only in St Paul’s writings. Contrast ἰδού, Galatians 1:20, also ἴδετε, Galatians 6:11. For ἴδε with even a plural see Matthew 26:65. ἘΓῺ ΠΑΥ͂ΛΟΣ....
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,...
ΪΔΕ _aor. act. imper. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G2396) видеть; _imper._ используется для привлечения внимания: "вот!" "смотрите!" ΈΓ ΠΑΎΛΟΣ я, Павел; сильно эмфатическое, подчеркивает власть Павла (Schlier). ΠΕΡΙΤΈ...
DISCOURSE: 2078 SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS REPROVED Galatians 5:2. _Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. For I testify again to every man that is circumcis...
BEHOLD,— This word is used to fix their attention. _I, Paul;_—"I, the same Paul, who am reported to preach circumcision,—_testify again,_ (Galatians 5:3.)—continue my testimony, _to every man;_ to you...
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...
_VERSE 2. BEHOLD, I PAUL SAY UNTO YOU, THAT IF YE BE CIRCUMCISED, CHRIST SHALL PROFIT YOU NOTHING._...
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. BEHOLD - i:e., mark what I say. I PAUL. However you disparage me, I give my personal authority as enough...
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...
BE CIRCUMCISED] RV 'Receive circumcision' as essential to salvation. CHRIST.. PROFIT.. NOTHING] because you thereby reject Him as sole and sufficient Saviour....
Paul wanted to emphasise what he was writing in this section. If a man became a *Jew, someone *circumcised him. This was the mark that he was a *Jew. Most *Jews did not believe that Jesus Christ was G...
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...
BEHOLD, I PAUL. — The strong personality of the Apostle asserts itself; instead of going into an elaborate proof, he speaks with dogmatic authority, as though his bare word were enough. SHALL PROFIT Y...
(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,...
ἐγὼ. The Apostle finds it necessary to express pointedly his own personal judgment on the effect of circumcision in consequence of false reports which had been circulated that he had given some sancti...
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...
(1) Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be (a) circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. (1) Another entreaty in which he plainly witnesses that justification of works, and justification of f...
If you converted from heathenism be circumcised, it must be by believing and professing it necessary, which is false doctrine, and the Christ will profit you nothing: not that the practice of those ce...
(1) В¶ Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. (2) Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ s...
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...
2._Behold, I Paul_. He could not have pronounced a severer threatening than that it would exclude them entirely from the grace of Christ. But what is the meaning of this, that Christ will _profit noth...
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...
BEHOLD, I PAUL SAY UNTO YOU,.... The apostle proceeds to give some reasons and arguments to enforce the above exhortation and dissuasion: the first of which is introduced with a note of attention, "be...
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. Ver. 2. _Behold I Paul_] _q.d._ As true as I am Paul, and do write these things. _ Christ shall profit you no...
_Behold, I Paul_ A divinely-commissioned apostle of Christ; _say, that if ye be circumcised_ And seek to be justified by that rite, or if you depend on any part of the ceremonial law, as your righteou...
IF YE BE CIRCUMCISED; that is, circumcised as a profession of your dependence for salvation on the law of Moses. Acts 15:1. It was not against the simple rite of circumcision that the apostle contende...
BEHOLD, I, PAUL, SAY UNTO YOU THAT IF YE BE CIRCUMCISED, CHRIST SHALL PROFIT YOU NOTHING....
CHRISTIAN LIBERTY AN INCENTIVE TO HOLINESS OF LIFE. Christian liberty opposed to legal bondage:...
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...
STAND FAST THEREFORE IN THE LIBERTY BY WHICH CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE, AND DO NOT BE ENTANGLED AGAIN WITH A YOKE OF BONDAGE. Fast - three uses of this word: 1 - With speed, haste 2 - Go without food...
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...
It is manifest that the apostle is speaking here concerning circumcision, looked upon as necessary to justification, now under the gospel state. For under the Old Testament undoubtedly Christ profited...
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing. [By the use of an exclamation followed by his name, Paul calls attention to the sentence, or decree, whic...
Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics Writing also to the Galatians, he inveighs against such men as observed and defend circumcision and the (Mosaic) law.[346] Tertullian On Modesty Even if...
Galatians 5:2 Indeed G2396 I G1473 Paul G3972 say G3004 (G5719) you G5213 that G3754 if G1437 circumcised...
‘Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision Christ will be of no benefit to you. Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole Law....
Galatians 5:2. BEHOLD, I, PAUL, SAY UNTO YOU, THAT IF YE BE CIRCUMCISED (suffer yourselves to be circumcised), CHRIST WILL PROFIT YOU NOTHING. Your course is pot only foolish, but dangerous, yea ruino...
_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...
I PAUL (εγω Παυλος). Asserts all his personal and apostolic authority. For both words see also 1 Thessalonians 2:16; 2 Corinthians 10:1; Colossians 1:23;...
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...
I, PAUL, TELL YOU THIS. "As a true apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ I tell you this true fact: If you let yourselves be circumcised as if it were necessary for this to be done in order for you to be s...
_If ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing._ THE LAW AND GRACE I. God will deal with us either altogether by works or altogether by Christ; these things cannot be mixed. II. To piece up...
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...
_If ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing._ If you trust to circumcision as necessary to salvation, Christ and His religion will be of no avail to you; but you seem to be putting your tru...
_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 Corinthians 16:21; 1 Thessalonians 2:18; 2 Corinthians 10:1; Acts 15:1;...
Behold [ι δ ε]. Imperative singular, appealing to each individual reader. I Paul. Comp. 2 Corinthians 10:1; Ephesians 3:1; Colossians 1:23. Asserting his personal authority. If ye be circumcised [ε α...
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...
That is, "Behold,. Paul, your apostle, do positively declare, and expressly tell you, the Galatians, and all other Christians converted by me to Christianity, that IF YE BE CIRCUMCISED, that is, join...