Combined Bible Commentary
Galatians 3:5
VERSE 5. He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
VERSE 5. He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Verse Galatians 3:5. _HE THEREFORE THAT MINISTERETH TO YOU THE SPIRIT_] The apostle means himself: he had been the means of conveying the Holy Spirit to them, and by that _Spirit_ he wrought miracles...
HE THEREFORE THAT MINISTERETH ... - This verse contains substantially a repetition of the argument in Galatians 3:2. The argument is, that the gift of the Holy Spirit to them was not imparted in conse...
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...
O senseless Galatians, who has put the evil eye on you--you before whose very eyes Jesus Christ was placarded upon his Cross? Tell me this one thing--did you receive the Spirit by doing the works the...
THE GIFT OF GRACE (Galatians 3:1-9)...
MINISTERETH, Greek. _epichoregeo_. See 2 Corinthians 9:10. WORKETH. See Galatians 2:6. MIRACLES. Greek. _dunamis_. App-172 and App-176. AMONG. Greek. _en_. App-104....
_He therefore_ St Paul, after a digression in which he rebukes their folly in reversing the true order of the soul's progress (Galatians 3:3) and in relinquishing the truth which they had embraced at...
5. Here he appeals to their present experience. For “frequently abstract teaching may be verified by reference to our own spiritual life” (Beet). ΟΥ̓͂Ν. In logical deduction from Galatians 3:2. If th...
3–5:12. A CLEAR DOCTRINAL STATEMENT OF SALVATION BY FAITH, WITH RENEWED APPEALS...
_Your very reason, and your own experience, should tell you the all-importance of faith_ (Galatians 3:1) Unreasoning Galatians! who hath “overlooked” you? when you had a full counter charm—Jesus Chri...
ΈΠΙΧΟΡΗΓΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΈΠΙΧΟΡΗΓΈΩ (G2023) снабжать. Простой гл. означает: "оплачивать участие хора в публичном празднике" в то время как предлог выражает усиление: "поставлять в избытке" (B...
HE THAT MINISTERETH, &C.— The person meant here by _he that ministereth,_ and ch. Galatians 1:6 by _him that called,_ is plainly St. Paul himself; though, out of modesty, he declines making use of his...
PART TWO JUSTIFICATION: NOT BY LAW BUT BY FAITH IN CHRIST 3:1-4:31 A. JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH PROVED. Galatians 3:1-14 1. By reception of the Holy Spirit Galatians 3:1-5 TEXT 3:1-5 (1) O foolish G...
He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? HE THEREFORE (RESUMPTIVE OF GALATIANS 3:2 ) THAT MI...
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...
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...
HE THAT, etc.] i.e. God. MIRACLES] cp. 1 Corinthians 12. _Doeth he it_, etc.] Of course, in the latter way, or on the latter condition....
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...
This verse is similar to verse 2. But Paul also mentioned *miracles. *Miracles are wonderful events that are not usual. A *miracle does not happen in a natural way. God makes it happen. For example, J...
III. (1-5) Whence this strange relapse? It is not as if you were ignorant of better things. The crucified Saviour, the one great object of faith, has been preached before you in a way too plain to be...
The appeal by which the Apostle sought to check the defection of his thoughtless converts was not only an appeal to their past experience, when first they listened to his own preaching, but also to th...
CHAPTER 11 THE GALATIAN FOLLY. Galatians 3:1. AT the beginning of chap. 3 falls the most marked division of this Epistle. So far, since the exordium, its course has been strictly narrative. The Apos...
ἐπιχορηγῶν. The verb χορηγεῖν acquired its meaning from the function of the χορηγός whose duty it was to supply the members of his chorus with all necessary equipment in the course of their training a...
WHAT SENSELESS FOLLY IS IT FOR YOU, WHO HAD THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST SET PLAINLY BEFORE YOUR EYES, TO RESORT NOW TO CIRCUMCISION! THINK ONLY HOW IT WAS THAT YOU RECEIVED THE SPIRIT: WAS IT BY OBEDIEN...
RIGHTEOUSNESS BASED ON FAITH Galatians 3:1 The strong tendency of the Galatian Christians to depend upon ceremonies or upon legal obedience, _in addition_ to their faith in Christ, elicits in this c...
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...
(4) He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, [doeth he it] by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? (4) He repeats the third argument which was tak...
If yet in vain: i.e. I have still good hopes, that what you have already suffered by persecutions and self-denials, since your conversion, will not be in vain; as they would be, if you sought to be ju...
(1) В¶ 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? (2) This only would I learn of...
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...
5._He therefore that ministereth_. He is not now speaking of the grace of regeneration, but of the other gifts of the Spirit; for a subject different from the preceding one is manifestly introduced. H...
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...
HE THEREFORE THAT MINISTERETH TO YOU THE SPIRIT,.... By whom he means not himself, nor any other minister of the Gospel, in whose power it does not lie to minister the Spirit, either the ordinary or t...
He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, _doeth he it_ by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Ver. 5. _Or by the hearing of faith_] Faith (and so...
_He therefore_ Namely, God; _that ministereth to you the Spirit_ Who is continually giving you additional supplies of grace by the Spirit; _and worketh miracles_, &c. Bestows the extraordinary gifts o...
HE THEREFORE THAT MINISTERETH TO YOU THE SPIRIT; God, who bestows upon you the Holy Spirit. BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW, OR BY THE HEARING OF FAITH? supply the answer, He does it by the hearing of faith,...
SALVATION IS NOT OF WORKS, BUT BY FAITH. Paul appeals to the experience of the Galatians:...
HE, THEREFORE, THAT MINISTERETH TO YOU THE SPIRIT, AND WORKETH MIRACLES AMONG YOU, DOETH HE IT BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW OR BY THE HEARING OF FAITH? The apostle here opens the doctrinal section of his e...
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...
You have seen miracles done. Were they done under the law or by faith in Jesus? NOTE: Remember, the point is not to eliminate all works. It is important that we obey. But, we must obey the current wi...
1-5 Several things made the folly of the Galatian Christians worse. They had the doctrine of the cross preached, and the Lord's supper administered among them, in both which Christ crucified, and the...
He had asked them, GALATIANS 3:2, whether they had received the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing the gospel? Some think what he saith here to be a continuation of the same argument, but i...
He therefore that supplieth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? [According to the unvarying rule of Paul's writings, the...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV But the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, announced beforehand unto Abraham, that in him all nations should be blessed. So then...
Galatians 3:5 Therefore G3767 supplies G2023 (G5723) Spirit G4151 you G5213 and G2532 works G1754 (G5723) miracles
‘He therefore who supplies to you the Spirit, and works powerful works among you (or ‘within you'), does he do it by the works of the Law or by the hearing of faith? Even as Abraham believed God, and...
PAUL CONFIRMS WHAT HE HAS SAID BY POINTING OUT THAT EVERY BLESSING THEY HAVE RECEIVED WAS RECEIVED THROUGH FAITH (GALATIANS 3:1). Paul now reminds the Galatians of how they first came to Christ, and w...
Galatians 3:5. The present tense MINISTERETH and WORKETH is used to indicate the continued communication and abundant supply of the spiritual gifts. POWERS, miraculous powers, 1 Corinthians 12:10;...
SUPPLIETH (επιχορηγων). It is God. See on 2 Corinthians 9:10 for this present active participle. Cf. Philippians 1:19; 2 Peter 1:5.WORKETH MIRACLES (ενεργων δυναμεις). On the word ενεργεω see...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
DOES GOD GIVE YOU? "Christians have advantages that those under The Law never did have! You Galatians have the Spirit (John 7:37-39), and you have seen the miracles the Holy Spirit did among you. Was...
_He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles._ MORAL INSPIRATION I. Its nature. The supernatural power of the Holy Spirit in man. 1. In ordinary Christians: regeneration;...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:1 Direct Appeals to the Galatians. Paul gives several reasons why the Galatians should resist false teachers. ⇐
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...
_He therefore that ministereth. I.e_., God or Christ, who infuses His grace, and works in you by His Divine power. Cf. 1 Corinthians 12:6. VER. 6. _Even as Abraham believed God._ This introduces the _...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 3:1. WHO HATH BEWITCHED YOU?—Fascinated you, as if overlooked by the evil eye, so that your brain is confused. The Galatians were reputed to possess acute in...
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 1:4; 1 Corinthians 1:5; 2 Corinthians 10:4; 2 Corinthians 12:12;...
Therefore [ο υ ν]. Resumes the thought of verse 2 (Leviticus 3:4 being, practically, parenthetical), in order to adduce the example of Abraham as a proof of justification by faith. The thought of vers...
And, at the present time, Doth he that ministereth the gift of the Spirit to you, and worketh miracles among you, do it by the works of the law — That is, in confirmation of his preaching justificatio...
Observe here, 1. That God did accompany the first preaching and planting of the gospel with the extraordinary gifts of the Spirit, with. power to work miracles, to heal diseases, and to speak with ton...