Combined Bible Commentary
Galatians 4:15
VERSE 15. Where is then the blessedness ye spake of?
VERSE 15. For I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
VERSE 15. Where is then the blessedness ye spake of?
VERSE 15. For I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
Verse 15. _WHERE IS THEN THE BLESSEDNESS YE SPAKE OF?_] _Ye spake_ _of_ should be in italics, there being no corresponding word in the Greek text. Perhaps there is not a sentence in the New Testament...
WHERE IS THEN THE BLESSEDNESS - Margin, “What was” - in accordance with the Greek. The words “ye spake of” are not in the Greek, and should have been printed in italics. But they obscure the sense at...
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. Under the law in the state of minority. (Galatians 4:1)_ 2. The Son revealed to redeem. (Galatians 4:4) 3. Because ye are Sons; the Spirit of Sonship. (Galatians 4:6) 4. The backslid
An affectionate paragraph, reminding the Galatians how he had conformed in every legitimate way (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 9:19 ff.) to their customs, and begging them not to desert his faith. In the past,...
THE DAYS OF CHILDHOOD (Galatians 4:1-7)...
Brothers, I entreat you, become as I am, because I became as you are. I have no complaints against the way that once you treated me. You know that it was because I was ill that I first preached the go...
THE BLESSEDNESS, &c.. your blessedness. Greek. _makarismos_. See Romans 4:6. PLUCKED OUT. Literally dug out. Greek. _exorusso_ Here and Mark 2:4,...
Personal Appeal The Apostle now makes a personal appeal, marked by deep affection and earnestness. "Brethren, I beseech you, become as I am, free yourselves from the trammels of the ceremonial law an...
_Where is then the blessedness_ye spake of] The last three words are not in the original. They are a paraphrase (and so an interpretation) of the genitive of the 2nd personal pronoun. Does this geniti...
12–20. _A further appeal, based on his own behaviour among them, and their treatment of him_ (Galatians 4:12) Become, as I became, free from the Law, like you Gentiles, as you saw me when I was among...
ΠΟΥ͂ אABCGP vulg. syrpesh. Harcl. marg. τίς Text. Rec. with DKL etc. SyrHarcl. text. 15. ΠΟΥ͂. See notes on Textual Criticism. What has become of it now? Romans 3:27. ΟΥ̓͂Ν. Logically it should stil...
ΠΟΎ (G4226) где? Используется как вопросительное, ΜΑΚΑΡΙΣΜΌΣ (G3108) счастье, благословение (_см._ Matthew 5:3). ΜΑΡΤΥΡΏ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΜΑΡΤΥΡΈΩ (G3140) удостоверять, свидетельствовать, ΈΞΟΡ...
WHERE IS THEN THE BLESSEDNESS, &C.— _What benedictions did you then pour out upon me!_ Locke; who observes, that the context makes this sense of the words so necessary and visible, that it is to be wo...
Appeal Galatians 4:12-20 TEXT 4:12-15 (12) I beseech you, brethren, become as I am, for I also am become as ye are. Ye did me no wrong: (13) but ye know that because of an infirmity of the flesh I pr...
Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me. WHERE ... - Where now is to be f...
1 The place of an infant heir differs from that of a slave in right but not in fact. Though entitled to all, he is treated as though master of nothing. He is watched by guardians, and supervised by st...
THE BONDAGE OF THE LAW. FREEDOM IN CHRIST 1-7. Under the Law we were in bondage; under the Gospel we have received the freedom of sons. PARAPHRASE. '(1) The heir before he comes of age can no more en...
BLESSEDNESS] RV 'Gratulation,' your felicitation of yourselves in my teaching. PLUCKED.. EYES] made any sacrifice for me, so great was your former kindness....
CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE GALATIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 4 YOU ARE GOD’S SONS, YOU ARE NOT SLAVES V1 I will continue what I was saying to you. A young son will receive the property that his fath...
The people had been happy when Paul *preached to them. They were happy that Paul was with them. They wanted to help him in any way that they could. They wanted to help him to become well in his body....
WHERE. — The reading of the Received text is “What,” which, however, must be taken as if it were equivalent to “where,” the reading which has the strongest attestation. THE BLESSEDNESS YE SPAKE OF. —...
(12-16) Let me beg of you: cast off the bondage of Judaism as I have done, just as I gave p its privileges to place myself on a level with you. I have no complaint to make against you. You remember th...
CHAPTER 18 PAUL'S ENTREATY. Galatians 4:12 THE reproof of the last paragraph ended in a sigh. To see Christ's freemen relapsing into bondage, and exchanging their Divine birthright for childish toys...
DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE APOSTLE AT THE CHANGED FEELING OF HIS CONVERTS; REMINISCENCES OF THE PAST; PATHETIC APPEAL TO OLD AFFECTION; PROTEST AGAINST PRESENT ESTRANGEMENT....
ποῦ οὖ … The MSS. are decisive in favour of ποῦ, which makes excellent sense. “You congratulated yourselves,” it is urged, “on my coming among you, you welcomed me as an angel, as Christ Himself: what...
TRUTHFUL AND DEVOTED DEALING Galatians 4:12 How great a loss is it when we allow ourselves to be diverted from the simplicity of faith to trust in ceremonies, rites, and a prescribed routine! Inevita...
He now declared the process of freedom. "God sent forth His Son... under the law." Thus the law He kept was justified, and He lived thereby. But more than this, He bore its penalty, and so procured ju...
(p) Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if [it had been] possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me. (p) What a talk was there ab...
Through infirmity of the flesh....and your temptation in my flesh. St. Jerome thinks the apostle had some bodily infirmity upon him. St. John Chrysostom understands his poverty, and want, and persecut...
(7) Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. (8) В¶ Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods....
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...
15._Where is there your blessedness? _Paul had made them happy, and he intimates that the pious affection with which they formerly regarded him was an expression of their happiness. But now, by allowi...
The relative position therefore of the Jew (even though he were godly) before the coming of Christ, and of the believing Jew or Gentile when Christ had been revealed, is clearly set forth; and in the...
WHERE IS THEN THE BLESSEDNESS YOU SPAKE OF?.... Or, as some copies read, "what was then your blessedness?" what, and how great was it? meaning, when the Gospel was first preached to them by him; when...
Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if _it had been_ possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me. Ver. 15. _Where is then the bles...
_Where is then the blessedness ye spake of_ On which ye so congratulated one another? Since ye once thought yourselves so happy in my presence with, and my preaching among you, how happens it that you...
PLUCKED OUT YOUR OWN EYES; have made any sacrifice to comply with my wishes....
A personal appeal for the truth against the false teachers:...
WHERE IS, THEN, THE BLESSEDNESS YE SPAKE OF? FOR I BEAR YOU RECORD THAT, IF IT HAD BEEN POSSIBLE, YE WOULD HAVE PLUCKED OUT YOUR OWN EYES AND HAVE GIVEN THEM TO ME....
HOW CHILDREN ARE ADOPTED AS SONS (vs.1-7) The first few verses of chapter 4 give us the distinctive Christian position in more detail. This position is the result of promise accomplished, as contrast...
WHAT THEN WAS THE BLESSING YOU _ENJOYED?_ FOR I BEAR YOU WITNESS THAT, IF POSSIBLE, YOU WOULD HAVE PLUCKED OUT YOUR OWN EYES AND GIVEN THEM TO ME. Where is the blessing? How are you blessed: IF you...
WHERE IS THEN: Or, What was then?...
12-18 The apostle desires that they would be of one mind with him respecting the law of Moses, as well as united with him in love. In reproving others, we should take care to convince them that our r...
Some understand the _blessedness_ here spoken of in a passive sense; you were then a blessed and happy people, receiving the doctrine of the gospel in the truth and purity of it; what is now become of...
Where then is that gratulation of yourselves? for I bear you witness, that, if possible, ye would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me....
Galatians 4:15 What G5101 then G3767 was G2258 (G5713) blessing G3108 you G5216 For G1063 bear G3140 you...
‘Where then is that experience of blessing (makarismos - blessedness) that you spoke of? For I bear you witness that if possible you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.' And they ha...
PAUL NOW REVEALS HIS CONCERN AND LONGING FOR THEM (GALATIANS 4:12). Paul now pleads with them from the heart. He cannot bear to think what they are losing by their foolishness....
2. _Affectionate Appeal to the Galatians._ Paul interrupts his argument for a moment by an affectionate appeal to the feelings of the Galatians. He reminds them of their former enthusiastic love and v...
PAUL'S THORN IN THE FLESH. _Excursus on Chap. Galatians 4:13. Comp. 2 Corinthians 12:7_. [1] [1] Comp. Dean Stanley, _Com. on Corinth,_ (a Cor. 12:1, pp. 547-552 (4th ed. 1876). Bp. Lightfoot, _Com....
Galatians 4:15. WHERE [1] IS NOW YOUR SELF-CONGRATULATION (OR, YOUR FELICITATION OF YOURSELVES)? What has become of the boasting of your blessedness, of your rejoicing in my teaching, since you turned...
THAT GRATULATION OF YOURSELVES (ο μακαρισμος υμων). "Your felicitation." Rare word from μακαριζω, to pronounce happy, in Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch. See also Romans 4:6; Romans 4:9. You no longer f...
Galatians 4:1. Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father....
Galatians 4:12. _Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all._ He had told them the gospel, and other teachers had come in and alienated their affections. H...
CONTENTS: Believers full redemption from the law. Sonship through the Spirit. Dangers of lapsing into legality. Impossibility of mixing law and grace. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Abra...
Galatians 4:1. _The heir, as long as he is a child,_ and a minor, _differeth_ _nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all._ He is under guardians, till the year appointed by the will of his fath...
YOU WERE SO HAPPY! "The Good News I preached to you then made you jubilant!!!" WHAT HAS HAPPENED? "What has changed your attitude toward me???" YOU WOULD HAVE. This is a figure of speech describing gr...
_Where is then the blessedness ye spake of?_ INSTABILITY I. Their past religious experience was one of blessedness. 1. Blessedness is one of the earliest notes of religious life. Christ’s first mir...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 4:12 As in Galatians 3:1, Paul reminds the Galatians of what happened when they heard the gospel. He also contrasts his own ministry with that of the false teachers.
CHAPTER 4 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He continues the argument of the preceding chapter that the Jews, like children and slaves, were under the Jewish law as a pædagague, while Christians, as sons o...
_Your blessedness._ You beatified me for my sufferings for the faith, and as it were said to yourselves: Happy are we in having such an Apostle! "Happy they who have the privilege of hearing and seein...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 4:12. BE AS I AM, FOR I AM AS YE ARE.—Paul had become as a Gentile, though he was once a passionate Jew. Their natural leanings towards Judaism they ought t...
EXPOSITION GALATIANS 4:1 NOW I SAY (λέγω δέ). A form of expression usual with the apostle when introducing a new statement designed either to explain or elucidate something before said (of. Galati...
Now I say, That an heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father (Galatians 4:1-2...
1 John 3:16; 1 Thessalonians 2:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:13; 2 Corinthians 8:3;...
Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? [π ο υ ο υ ν ο μ α κ α ρ ι σ μ ο ς υ μ ω ν]. Makarismov, P o. Comp. Romans 4:6; Romans 4:9. Not blessedness, but pronouncing blessed, felicitation. "What had...
TURNING UNTO LAW-WORKS Galatians 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. It is passing strange that, after we have come to know salvation by grace, we could turn back to the beggarly elements of salvation by law...
What was then the blessedness ye spake of — On which ye so congratulated one another....