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Verse 9. _LET HIM BE ACCURSED._] Perhaps this is not designed as an
_imprecation_, but a simple direction; for the word here may be
understood as implying that such a person should, have no countenanc...
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AS WE SAID BEFORE - That is, in the previous verse. It is equivalent
to saying, “as I have just said;” see 2 Corinthians 7:3. It cannot
be supposed that he had said this when he was with them, as it c...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. THE TESTIMONY OF PAUL CONCERNING HIS APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY AND THE
GOSPEL
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. The Introduction. (Galatians 1:1)_
2. The Rebuke. (Galatians 1:6)
3. Paul's Gospe...
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Most of Paul's letters open with thanks to God for the Christianity of
the readers. Nothing of that kind is possible here! Quickly not soon
after their conversion; that were no wonder; but with indece...
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THE TRUMPET CALL OF THE GOSPEL (Galatians 1:1-5)...
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I am amazed that you have so quickly deserted him who called you by
the grace of Christ, and that you have so soon gone over to a
different gospel, a gospel which in point of fact is not another
gospe...
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BEFORE. i.e. at his second visit (Acts 18:23).
SO. and.
IF. Greek. _ei._ App-118.2. a.
ANY MAN. = any one. App-123.
PREACH, &c. Same expression as Galatians 1:8....
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Repeats the curse, but (_a_) the change from the subjunctive to the
indicative suggests that there is a person actually engaged in this
erroneous preaching; (_b_) St Paul lays stress on the fact that...
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SUBJECT OF THE EPISTLE STATED
6–9. _Surprise at the rapidity with which they were yielding to the
false teachers_.
(Galatians 1:6) I wonder that you are so quickly (yielding to the
temptation and) go...
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ΠΡΟΕΙΡΉΚΑΜΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΠΡΟΛΈΓΩ (G4302)
говорить заранее, предупреждать. _Perf._
указывает на непреходящий авторитет
сказанного ранее. Гл. выражает
передачу авторитетного христианского
учени...
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DISCOURSE: 2050
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH ALONE
Galatians 1:8. _Though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other
Gospel unto you than that which we have preached un...
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LET HIM BE ACCURSED.— Though we may look upon the repetition of the
_anathema_ here to be for the adding of force to what he says; yet we
may observe, that by joining himself with an angel in the fore...
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Occasion of the Epistle. Galatians 1:6-10
a)
Their removal unto a different gospel. Galatians 1:6-7
TEXT 1:6, 7
(6) I marvel that ye are so quickly removing from him that called you
in the grace of...
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_VERSE 9. AS WE SAID BEFORE, SO SAY I NOW AGAIN. IF ANY MAN PREACH ANY
OTHER GOSPEL UNTO YOU THAN THAT YE HAVE RECEIVED, LET HIM BE
ACCURSED._...
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As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other
gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
SAID BEFORE - when visiting you (so "before" means, 2 Corinthians...
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ST. PAUL MAINTAINS THE VALIDITY OF HIS APOSTLESHIP AND THE TRUTH OF
HIS GOSPEL
1-5. The Apostle sends greetings from himself and the brethren with
him to the Churches of Galatia, reminding them at th...
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WE] the epistolary plural, as also in Galatians 1:8 on repetition it
becomes the emphatic 'I.' SAID BEFORE] in his personal teaching when
with them. NOW AGAIN] emphatic and solemn repetition.
11-17. T...
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CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE
GALATIANS
_HELEN POCOCK_
ABOUT PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIANS
THE WRITER
Paul wrote this letter. His name used to be Saul. He was called Saul
until Acts 13:9, when he was...
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This probably referred to what Paul said to the Christians in the
past. He probably warned them about the false teachers when he first
visited Galatia. Paul knew that he was teaching the truth when he...
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AS WE SAID BEFORE. — Probably, upon his last (_i.e.,_ his second)
visit, at the beginning of this, his third, great missionary journey
(Acts 18:23). The germs of the apostasy in the Galatian Church wo...
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(6-10) The Apostle is surprised at their rapid defection. The doctrine
to which they had at first given in their adhesion was a doctrine of
salvation by grace: they now imagined that they were only he...
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CHAPTER 3
THE ANATHEMA.
Galatians 1:6
AFTER the Salutation in Paul's Epistles comes the Thanksgiving.
ευχαριστω or ευλογητος -these are the words we
expect first to meet. Even in writing to Corinth,...
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προειρήκαμεν. The contrast between this plural and the
singular λέγω proves that Paul is here referring, not to previous
warnings of his own by letter, but to joint warnings given by his
companions Si...
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THE APOSTLE EXPRESSES SURPRISE AT THE SUDDEN DEFECTION OF HIS CONVERTS
FROM THE ONLY TRUE GOSPEL, AND PRONOUNCES ANATHEMAS ON ALL PERVERTERS
OF THE TRUTH. Paul is evidently startled at the tidings of...
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DANGER FROM A PERVERTED GOSPEL
Galatians 1:1
Note how strenuously Paul insists upon the genuineness of his call as
an Apostle. It had come directly from the lips of Christ. _Neither by
man, but by Je...
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In the beginning of most of his epistles Paul definitely declares his
apostleship. In this instance, in a parenthesis, he defends that
declaration more emphatically than in any other introduction. The...
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The terrible sentence awarded by St. Paul, bears equally strong
against modern as against ancient innovators in religion....
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(6) В¶ I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you
into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: (7) Which is not
another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the
g...
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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...
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9._As we said before_. Leaving out, in this instance, the mention of
himself and of angels, he repeats the former assertion, that it is
unlawful for any man to teach anything contrary to what they had...
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The epistle to the Galatians sets before us the great source of the
afflictions and conflicts of the apostle in the regions where he had
preached the glad tidings; that which was at the same time the...
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AS WE HAVE SAID BEFORE, SO SAY I NOW AGAIN,.... Either when he first
preached the Gospel among them; or rather referring to what he had
just now said, which he repeats with some little alteration; as...
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As we said before, so say I now again, If any _man_ preach any other
gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
Ver. 9. _Than that ye have_] Of the camel it is said, that he wil...
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_I marvel that ye are so soon_ After my leaving you; _removed from him
that called you into the grace_ Or rather, _by_, or through the grace;
_of Christ_ His gracious gospel, and his gracious power. G...
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Any plan of salvation except that of free grace, through faith in
Christ, is opposed to the gospel, and they who preach it are in danger
of an awful condemnation....
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AS WE SAID BEFORE, SO SAY I NOW AGAIN, IF ANY MAN PREACH ANY OTHER
GOSPEL UNTO YOU THAN THAT YE HAVE RECEIVED, LET HIM BE ACCURSED....
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PAUL'S REASON FOR WRITING THE EPISTLE. Galatians 1:6...
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INTRODUCTION: PAUL'S CREDENTIALS
(vs.1-5)
Paul writes as an apostle, a sent-one entrusted by God to carry an
authoritative message to which Christians must fully bow. "Not from
men" (v.1). No human i...
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WARNING: NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE DIVINE MESSAGE!...
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6-9 Those who would establish any other way to heaven than what the
gospel of Christ reveals, will find themselves wretchedly mistaken.
The apostle presses upon the Galatians a due sense of their gui...
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SEE POOLE ON "GALATIANS 1:9...
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As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man preacheth unto
you any gospel other than that which ye received, let him be anathema.
[Here the apostle supposes an impossibility, that he may th...
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Galatians 1:9 As G5613 before G4280 (G5758) so G2532 now G737 say
G3004 (G5719) again G3825 anyone...
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HE EXPRESSES HIS ASTONISHMENT AT HOW QUICKLY THEY HAVE TURNED AWAY
FROM GOD'S ACTIVE GRACE (GALATIANS 1:6).
Paul now expresses his amazement that they have so quickly turned away
from this good news o...
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‘As we have said before, so now we say again. If any man preaches to
you any Gospel other than that which you have received, let him be
anathema.'
He repeats what he has said in a slightly different w...
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Galatians 1:9. BEFORE refers not to Galatians 1:8, which is too near,
but to the last visit of Paul to Galatia.
PREACH εὐαγγελίζεται implies the actual fact, not
the mere possibility, as the hypoth...
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_The Apostasy of the Galatians; Anathema on the False Teachers_.
In all other Epistles Paul begins in a spirit of Christian courtesy
and love, thanksgiving and encouragement, thereby winning the
affec...
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SO SAY I NOW AGAIN
(κα αρτ παλιν λεγω). Paul knows that he has just made
what some will consider an extreme statement. But it is a deliberate
one and not mere excitement. He will stand by it to the...
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Galatians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by
Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)_
Paul begins this Epistle by stating his commission as an apostl...
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CONTENTS: The Gospel Paul preached, a revelation not tradition.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Peter, James.
CONCLUSION: The Gospel declared by the apostles was by revelation of
Jesus Christ. It is...
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Galatians 1:1. _Paul an apostle, not of men, neither by man._ Paul was
not a member of the church of the firstborn, suckled with her breasts,
and edified by her ministry. Christ had specially appeared...
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WE HAVE SAID IT BEFORE. He points back to warnings which Silas and
Timothy, as well as he himself, have given about this in the past. NOW
I. Here he repeats what he said in Galatians 1:8. Some say Pau...
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 1:6 The Galatians are abandoning the
true gospel because of the false teachers. SO QUICKLY. It was a short
time between Paul’s first preaching to the Galatians and their
pr...
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 1:1 Opening. Paul offers a greeting (vv.
Galatians 1:1). He then addresses the crisis in the Galatian church
(vv....
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SAINT PAUL'S EPISTLE TO
THE GALATIANS
CHAPTER 1
CONTENTS
The Galatians were Gentiles who emigrated from Gaul into Greece, and
so were called Gallo-Greeks. Suidas thinks that these Gauls were
Sennon...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Galatians 1:6. I MARVEL THAT YE ARE SO SOON REMOVED.—So quickly
removed; not so soon after your conversion, or soon after I left you,
but so soon after the temptation...
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EXPOSITION
GALATIANS 1:1
_The_ _introductory greeting. _The style of this greeting, compared
with those found in St. Paul's other Epistles, gives indications of
his having addressed himself to the co...
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Galatia was not a city. It was a territory. It encompassed an area
that is now in Turkey. There were several churches founded by Paul in
Galatia. And following Paul's evangelistic efforts through the...
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2 Corinthians 1:17; 2 Corinthians 13:1; 2 Corinthians 13:2;
Deuteronomy 12:32;...
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As we said before [ω ς π ρ ο ε ι ρ η κ α μ ε ν]. Comp. 2
Corinthians 13:2; Philippians 3:18. Not to be referred to the
preceding verse, since the compound verb would be too strong, and now
in the foll...
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TURNING FROM GRACE
Galatians 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Our study of today carries us into some very vital relationships
relative to salvation. We are all willing to grant that works hold a
vital place...
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As — He speaks upon mature deliberation; after pausing, it seems,
between the two verses. We — I and the brethren who are with me.
Have said before — Many times, in effect, if not in terms. So I say
—...