Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Galatians 6:15
For neither circumcision is anything, nor uncircumcision — Neither of these is of any account. But a new creation — Whereby all things in us become new.
For neither circumcision is anything, nor uncircumcision — Neither of these is of any account. But a new creation — Whereby all things in us become new.
GALATIANS 6:15 ou;te ga,r {A} Influenced by the similar passage in Galatians 5:6, the Textus Receptus, following a A C D F G K L P most minuscules itd, g vg syrh with *...
Verse 15. _IN CHRIST JESUS_] Under the dispensation of the Gospel, of which he is head and supreme, _neither circumcision_- nothing that the _Jew_ can boast of, nothing that the _Gentile_ can call exc...
FOR IN CHRIST JESUS - In his religion; see the note at Galatians 5:6. BUT A NEW CREATURE - The fact that a man is created anew, or born again, constitutes the real difference between him and other peo...
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
Autograph postscript. Large letters need not be literally meant in late Greek; but what else can the word mean here? How large a letter (AV) is not a legitimate translation. Probably the reason is bad...
BURDEN-BEARING (Galatians 6:1-5)...
See in what large letters I am writing in my own handwriting. Those who wish to make a pretentious display from the merely human point of view are trying to compel you to get yourselves circumcised, b...
CHRIST JESUS. App-98. NEITHER, NOR. Greek. _oute_. AVAILETH. See Galatians 5:8, but the texts read "is". Compare 1 Corinthians 7:19, NEW. Greek. _kainos_. See Matthew 9:17.
See note on ch. Galatians 5:6. There the all-important thing is -faith working by love"; here -a new creature"; in 1 Corinthians 7:19, -the keeping of God's commandments". All these are essential the...
ΟΥ̓́ΤΕ ΓᾺΡ B 17 syr(pesh) Harcl. text. ἐν γὰρ Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ οὔτε אACDG etc. vulg. syrHarcl. marg, probably taken from Galatians 5:6. ἜΣΤΙΝ א*ABCD*G Syrpesh. Harcl. marg. ἰσχύει Text. Rec. with אcDcKLP...
AUTOGRAPHIC SUMMARY _the autograph continuing till_ Galatians 5:18 _A contrast of the aims of the false teachers and of his own. The cross as the means of the new creation in believers is all import...
ΠΕΡΙΤΟΜΉ (G4061) обрезание, ΆΚΡΟΒΥΣΤΊΑ (G203) крайняя плоть, необрезание, ΚΤΊΣΙΣ (G2937) творение....
BUT A NEW CREATURE.— Καινη κτισις, _a new creation;_—which strongly impresses the greatness of the change made in men by Christianity, thoroughly and experimentally entertained....
TEXT 6:14-16 (14) But far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world. (15) For neither is circumcisi...
_VERSE 15. FOR IN CHRIST JESUS NEITHER CIRCUMCISION AVAILETH ANYTHING, NOR UNCIRCUMCISION, BUT A NEW CREATURE._ Reason fails to understand this, "for the natural man receiveth not the things of the Sp...
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. FOR - confirming his crucifixion to the world () by the instance of circumcision, which now is...
5 There is a contrast here between a burden and a load. Burden is from the element meaning _ heavy_. Both of these elements occur together in Mat_23:4 "heavy loads". In Mat_11:30 our Lord did not say...
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...
A NEW CREATURE] RM 'a new creation.' Salvation is newness of life in Christ, and is in no way dependent upon the question of circumcision....
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...
It does not matter whether someone is a *Jew or a *Gentile. But it does matter whether someone is a genuine Christian. It does matter whether someone trusts Jesus. Everyone needs to invite Jesus into...
IN CHRIST JESUS. — These words are omitted by the Vatican MS. and by the best editors. They would seem to have come in from the parallel passage in Galatians 5:6. NEITHER CIRCUMCISION... — We have had...
(11-18) Concluding section of the Epistle, written in the Apostle’s own hand. These Judaising teachers only wish to have you circumcised as a matter of outside show, in order to disguise their own pro...
CHAPTER 29 RITUAL NOTHING: CHARACTER EVERYTHING. Galatians 6:15 VERSE 14 (Galatians 6:14) comprehends the whole theology of the Epistle, and Galatians 6:15 brings to a head its practical and ethical...
Circumcision is again declared, as in Galatians 5:6, to be a mere accident of outward circumstance and of no spiritual import: _faith working in love_ was there pronounced essential for Christian life...
THE APOSTLE WRITES THE PERORATION WITH HIS OWN HAND, DENOUNCING THE MOTIVES OF THE PHARISAIC PARTY. AFFIRMING HIS OWN ABSOLUTE RELIANCE ON THE CROSS AND THE NEW LIFE OF THE SPIRIT, AND CONCLUDING WITH...
GLORYING IN THE CROSS ALONE Galatians 6:11 Paul usually dictated his letters, but this was written with his own hand. The characters were large and clear, Galatians 6:11, r.v. Perhaps this was due to...
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...
_But a new creature; but to be born anew, to receive the spiritual life of grace. (Witham)_...
(11) В¶ Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand. (12) As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffe...
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...
_CRUCIFIXION OF SELF_ ‘By whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.’ Galatians 6:14 The reason which St. Paul gives here for his glorying in the Cross of Christ seems strange at fi...
15._For in Christ Jesus_. The reason why he is crucified to the world, and the world to him, is, that in Christ, to whom he is spiritually united, nothing but a new creature is of any avail. Everythin...
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...
FOR IN CHRIST JESUS,.... These words are omitted in the Syriac and Ethiopic versions; Galatians 5:6, 1 Corinthians 7:19, they contain a reason why the apostle gloried in a crucified Christ, and looke...
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. Ver. 15. _For in Christ Jesus_] That is, in the kingdom of Christ. _ But a new creature_] Either...
_For in Christ Jesus_ (See on Galatians 5:6,) _neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision_ To prove that we are accepted of God, and possessed of genuine religion; _but a new creature...
IN CHRIST JESUS; chap Galatians 5:6. A NEW CREATURE; John 3:3; 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17....
FOR IN CHRIST JESUS NEITHER CIRCUMCISION AVAILETH ANYTHING, NOR UNCIRCUMCISION, BUT A NEW CREATURE. The apostle here calls attention to a special evidence of his love for the Galatian Christians: See...
CONCLUDING REMARKS. Paul's love in contrast to the behavior of the false teachers:...
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...
BUT GOD FORBID THAT I SHOULD BOAST EXCEPT IN THE CROSS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, BY WHOM THE WORLD HAS BEEN CRUCIFIED TO ME, AND I TO THE WORLD. Glory in the cross - Praise God This is where the glo...
12-15 Proud, vain, and carnal hearts, are content with just so much religion as will help to keep up a fair show. But the apostle professes his own faith, hope, and joy; and that his principal glory...
Under the gospel state as settled by Christ, with reference to salvation, it is of no moment whether a man be a Jew or a Gentile; but whether a man be regenerated or not, and be renewed by the Holy Gh...
For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. [I glory in this cross of death from which I have been born again, a new creature in Christ, because, in this new dispensa...
Clement of Alexandria Exhortation to the Heathen And the one whole Christ is not divided: "There is neither barbarian, nor Jew, nor Greek, neither male nor female, but a new man,"[154] Hippolytus Re...
Galatians 6:15 For G1063 in G1722 Christ G5547 Jesus G2424 neither G3777 circumcision G4061 nor G3777 uncircumcision...
THE FINAL SUMMARY - WHAT THE CHRISTIAN SHOULD GLORY IN (GALATIANS 6:11). Having summarised Christian behaviour Paul now turns their attention to what they should be glorying in. Here Paul takes the l...
Galatians 6:15. FOR [IN CHRIST JESUS] NEITHER CIRCUMCISION IS ANY THING, NOR UNCIRCUMCISION, BUT A NEW CREATURE. Comp. Galatians 5:6 and note, and 1 Corinthians 7:19. All external distinctions are los...
A NEW CREATURE (καινη κτισις). For this phrase see on 2 Corinthians 5:17....
Galatians 6:6. _Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap._ Pa...
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...
IT DOES NOT MATTER AT ALL. "I boast in Christ-on-the-cross, my only hope of salvation and the only means of my being put right with God!!! Whether anyone is circumcised or uncircumcised does not matte...
_For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature._ A NEW CREATURE I. What the apostle here means by the new creature. It is not a mere reformation,...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 6:15 On Christians as A NEW CREATION, see 2 Corinthians 5:17....
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 6:11 Final Warning. Paul summarizes the main themes of the letter and challenges the reader to stay true to the gospel. To require circumcision is to deny the cross and the...
_In Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything._ Whether you be Jew or Gentile matters nothing; neither brings you nearer Christ. What is of importance is a new creature, _i.e._, a soul regen...
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 6:14. GOD FORBID THAT I SHOULD GLORY, SAVE IN THE CROSS.—The great object of shame to them, and to all carnal men, is the great object of glorying to me. BY...
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 7:19; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Colossians 3:10; Colossians 3:11;...
A new creature [κ α ι ν η κ τ ι σ ι ς]. Comp. 2 Corinthians 5:17. For kainh new see on Matthew 26:29. For ktisiv on Romans 8:19; 2 Corin
Here the apostle subjoins. reason why he gloried only in the cross of Christ, and not in those carnal ordinances and fleshly privileges of circumcision, &c. which the false apostles so much gloried in...