Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
For, as I have shown, it existed in Abraham antecedently to circumcision, as it also did in the rest of the righteous who pleased God: and in these last times, it again sprang up among mankind through the coming of the Lord. But circumcision and the law of works occupied the intervening period.[346]
GALATIANS 3:14 evpaggeli,an {A} Influenced by the occurrence of euvlogi,a in the preceding clause, several witnesses, chiefly Western in character (î46 D* Fgr G 88* 489 itd, g Marcion Ambrosiaster Ep...
Verse 14. _THAT THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM_] That is, justification or the pardon of sin, with all other blessings consequent on it, such as _peace with God, spiritual life_, and _eternal glory_. _MIGH...
THAT THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM - The blessing which Abraham enjoyed, to wit, that of being justified by faith. “Might come on the Gentiles.” As well as on the Jews. Abraham was blessed in this manner be...
II. CONTRASTS BETWEEN LAW AND GRACE CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The gift of the Spirit not by the works of the law, but by hearing of faith. (Galatians 3:1)_ 2. Righteousness not bestowed by the law, but by fai...
GALATIANS 3:1 TO GALATIANS 5:12. DOCTRINAL SECTION. PAUL SETS THE CHOICE BEFORE THEM CHRIST OR THE LAW AND ARGUES FOR ITS URGENCY. Galatians 3:1. It was a strange folly which could lead them to forget...
All who depend on the deeds which the law lays down are under a curse, for it stands written, "Cursed is everyone who does not consistently obey and perform all the things written in the book of the l...
THE GIFT OF GRACE (Galatians 3:1-9)...
THAT. In order that. Greek. _hina_. ON. Greek. _eis_. App-104. THROUGH. Greek. _en_. App-104. PROMISE. See Luke 24:49. SPIRIT. App-101.:3. THROUGH. Greek. _dia_. App-104.Galatians 3:1. FAITH. th...
The twofold result of our Lord's obedience unto death, the justification of the Gentiles, and the gift of the Spirit, through faith. Christ having satisfied the Law in its most minute demands, has ab...
Reverting to what he said, Galatians 3:10, the Apostle shews how complete this justification is. The curse has been borne, and the Law is silent. The curse has been removed, and the blessing remains;...
10–14. _Works, regarded as a source of life, bring a curse, faith the blessing and the Spirit_ (Galatians 3:10) (It is only faith that brings the blessing) for as many as draw their religious life fro...
ἸΗΣΟΥ͂ ΧΡΙΣΤΩ͂Ι. W. H. margin gives Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ. ΤῊΝ ἘΠΑΓΓΕΛΊΑΝ. D*G Marcion Ambrosiaster read τὴν εὐλογίαν, which Zahn prefers. 14. ἽΝΑ. The redemption of the Jews was in order that the blessing o...
ΕΎΛΟΓΊΑ (G2129) благословение, ΓΈΝΗΤΑΙ _aor. conj. med. (dep.) от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) становиться, быть. _Conj._ с ΪΝ (G2443) выражает цель, ΕΠΑΓΓΕΛΊΑ (G1860) обещание. Последующий _gen._, ΤΟΎ ΠΝΕΎΜΑΤ...
THAT THE BLESSING, &C.— That the _blessing,_ Galatians 3:8; Galatians 3:14 _justification,_ Galatians 3:11 and being the _children of God,_...
Justification by faith proved by the death of Christ on the Cross. Galatians 3:13-14 TEXT 3:13, 14 (13) Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written,...
_ VERSE 14. THAT THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM MIGHT COME, ON THE GENTILES THROUGH JESUS CHRIST._ VERSE 14. That we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Long ago the prophets visualized t...
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Intent of 'Christ becoming a curse for us'-`that unto ...
3 Paul now appeals to the experience of the Galatians themselves. Before the Judaisers came they received the Spirit of God, and suffered for the evangel, and did mighty works quite apart from the law...
3:14 to (m-8) _ Ginomai eis_ , i.e. 'arrive at that point, be there.' 'Be on' would state too much, and involve _ application_ ....
JUSTIFICATION IS BY FAITH, NOT WORKS 1-14. The Apostle upbraids the Galatians with their speedy change from faith to legal observances, reminding them of the fact that their reception of the Spirit h...
You can read God’s promise in verse 8. Everyone will receive these good things from God, as they trust Christ. God will forgive them. God will change their lives. And they will receive the Holy Spirit...
CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE GALATIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 3 LIVE BY GOD’S HOLY SPIRIT, NOT BY YOUR OWN EFFORTS V1 You Galatians are foolish. You behave as if someone has used magic powers to lead...
The abolition of the Law, consummated upon the cross, involved the doing away of all the old restrictions which confined the Messianic inheritance to the Jews. Henceforth this inheritance, and the pro...
The Law brought a curse, but the Christian is delivered from that curse. How? Christ has taken it upon Himself. The Crucifixion brought Him under the curse of the Law. At the same time, it abolished t...
(6-14) These prolific results are due to faith, and not to the Law; just as it was faith which won for Abraham that imputed righteousness. Faith was the cause, blessing the consequence, which extends...
CHAPTER 12 ABRAHAM'S BLESSING AND THE LAW'S CURSE. Galatians 3:6 FAITH then, we have learnt, not works of law, was the condition on which the Galatians received the Spirit of Christ. By this gate th...
BY FAITH MEN BECOME SONS OF ABRAHAM AND INHERIT HIS BLESSING, WHEREAS THOSE WHO CLAIM IT ON THE SCORE OF OBEDIENCE TO LAW ARE SUBJECT TO THE CURSE OF A BROKEN LAW; FROM WHICH CHRIST REDEEMED US, GENTI...
ἵνα … ἵνα … Two gracious purposes of the Redeemer are here coupled together: (1) the extension of the blessing to Gentiles as well as Jews; (2) the outpouring of the Spirit upon those that embraced th...
INHERITORS OF THE PROMISE Galatians 3:11 We are not under ceremonial law, as contained in the precepts of Leviticus. Our Savior has perfectly fulfilled them on the behalf of the Jewish people, whom H...
Here begins the second division of the epistle, in which Paul deals with the doctrine of liberty. He begins with the exclamation, "O foolish Galatians, who did bewitch you?" He then inquired, Did they...
(16) That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. (16) A conclusion of all that was said before in the h...
Are under a curse....cursed is every man, &c. The sense of these is to be found Deuteronomy xxvii. 26. in the Septuagint. Some expound them thus: curses are pronounced against every one who keeps not...
(10) For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is everyone that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. (11) B...
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...
14._That the blessing of Abraham_. Having said that “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law” he now applies that statement more closely to his purpose. The promised blessing of Abraham is f...
What a loss, dreadful and irreparable, to lose such a Christ, as we, under grace, have known Him; such a righteousness; such a love; the Son of God our portion, our life; the Son of God devoted for us...
THAT THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM,.... The same blessing Abraham enjoyed, even justification by the righteousness of Christ; and what was promised to Abraham, that in him, his seed, that is Christ, the Gen...
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Ver. 14. _The promise of the Spirit_] That is, the spiritu...
Gal. 3:14. "That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith." The Spirit from time to time was promised of o...
_Christ_ Christ alone; the abruptness of the sentence shows a holy indignation at those who reject so great a blessing; _hath redeemed us_ Or, _hath bought us off_, whether Jews or Gentiles; _from the...
THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM; that which God promised to him and to all believers, justification through faith....
THAT THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM MIGHT COME ON THE GENTILES THROUGH JESUS CHRIST; THAT WE MIGHT RECEIVE THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH FAITH. Paul here takes up the claim of the Judaizing teachers as t...
Paul's opponents are subject to the curse of the broken Law:...
FAITH IS THE ONE PRINCIPLE OF BLESSING (vs.1-9) "0 foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you?" (v.1). Little wonder, as Paul considers the principles and tremendous issues involved, that he speaks out...
Gentiles who believe have the promise of justification....
6-14 The apostle proves the doctrine he had blamed the Galatians for rejecting; namely, that of justification by faith without the works of the law. This he does from the example of Abraham, whose fa...
The apostle, by THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM, here, understands those spiritual blessings of justification, reconciliation, and adoption, which came to Abraham upon his believing, and the imputation of rig...
that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. [Deuteronomy 21:23. Compare Matthew 20:28; 1 Timothy 2:6;...
Galatians 3:14 that G2443 blessing G2129 Abraham G11 come G1096 (G5638) upon G1519 Gentiles G1484 in G1722 Christ
‘That on the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.' And the purpose of His being made a curse for us was so that t...
THE LAW CAN ONLY CONDEMN US BUT WE HAVE BEEN REDEEMED FROM THE LAW (GALATIANS 3:10). Paul then points out the folly of trying to become acceptable to God by our own works....
Galatians 3:14. THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM, justification by faith and the whole Messianic salvation. We, _i.e.,_ all Christians whether of Jewish or Gentile descent RECEIVE THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT,...
THAT UPON THE GENTILES (ινα εις τα εθνη). Final clause (ινα and γενητα, aorist middle subjunctive).THAT WE MIGHT RECEIVE (ινα λαβωμεν). Second final clause coordinate with the first as in 2 Corin...
3:1. _O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?_ These Galatians thought that...
Paul, writing, to those changeable Galatians, who had so soon deserted the faith, says to them in this chapter Galatians 3:1. _O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the...
Galatians 3:1. _O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you,_ Paul writes as if they had come under some kind of witchcraft, and been deluded by it. This seemed to astonish the apostle, so he cries o...
Galatians 3:1. _O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? This only would I lea...
CONTENTS: Gift of Spirit by faith apart from law-works. Man under law-works is under the law curse. Christ bears the law curse that we might have the faith blessing. The true intent of the law. CHARA...
Galatians 3:1. _Oh foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you:_ εβασκανε, who hath fascinated, beguiled, or seduced you by subtlety and cunning, and sought by ingenious malice to draw you from the trut...
IN ORDER THAT. "Christ-on-the-cross gives to the Gentiles (and Jews) the blessing God promised to Abraham (Galatians 3:9)!" It is correct to say that: _through Christ, God made His promises to Israel_...
_That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ._ THE PURPOSE OF REDEMPTION I. That the blessing of abraham might come upon the gentiles. 1. Whence comes this blessing...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:14 The coming of the powerful SPIRIT—the living presence of God— is a key benefit of the new covenant (see Isaiah 44:3;...
CHAPTER 3 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER S. Paul proceeds to prove by five reasons that we are justified not by the law, or the works of the law, but by Christ. I. The first proof is drawn (ver. 2) from e...
_That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles._ This evidently is a corollary from the preceding verse. Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, _being made a curse for us_, in order t...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 3:10. AS MANY AS ARE OF THE WORKS OF THE LAW ARE UNDER THE CURSE.—This the Scripture itself declares. It utters an anathema against all who fail to fulfil e...
EXPOSITION GALATIANS 3:1 O FOOLISH GALATIANS (ὦ ἀνόητοι Γαλάται). In thus apostrophizing them, the apostle brands their present behaviour, not any lack of intelligence on their part in general...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Galatians chapter three. Background: Paul the apostle had been in the area of Galatia. Galatia was a general area like a county or a state. It was not a city. There...
1 Corinthians 12:13; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Timothy 2:4; 2 Corinthians 1:22;...
That [ι ν α] Marking the purpose of Christ in redeeming from the curse of the law. That we might receive, etc. The second ina is parallel with the first. The deliverance from the curse results not onl...
THE CROSS AND ITS OBJECTIVES Galatians 3:10; Galatians 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Cross must ever stand forth in the limelight of Bible and spiritual study. Apart from Christ's Calvary work we have...
That the blessing of Abraham — The blessing promised to him. Might come on the gentiles — Also. That we — Who believe, whether Jews or gentiles. Might receive the promise of the Spirit — Which include...
Observe here, one special fruit of Christ's sufferings, and being made. curse for us: namely, that the curse being abolished, the blessing of Abraham, that is, the blessing of justification, reconcili...