Combined Bible Commentary
Galatians 4:18
VERSE 18. But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
VERSE 18. But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
Verse 18. IT IS _GOOD TO BE ZEALOUSLY AFFECTED_] It is well to have a _determined mind_ and an _ardent heart_ in reference to things which are laudable and good. _NOT ONLY WHEN I AM PRESENT_] You we...
BUT IT IS GOOD TO BE, ZEALOUSLY AFFECTED - The meaning of this is, “Understand me: I do not speak against zeal. I have not a word to say in its disparagement. In itself, it is good; and their zeal wou...
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...
NOT. Gr, _me_ App-105. WHEN... PRESENT, Literally in (Gr, _en)_ my being present. WITH. Gr, _pros_. App-104....
In contrast to the simplicity of his own teaching, St Paul exposes the party spirit by which the false teachers were actuated. _They zealously affect you_ The sentence is abrupt, no persons being name...
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...
ΖΗΛΟΥ͂ΣΘΑΙ. for -αι אB read -ε, probably by mere indifference to spelling, but it is read as an imperative by Jerome and the Vulgate (aemulamini). 18. ΚΑΛῸΝ ΔῈ ΖΗΛΟΥ͂ΣΘΑΙ ἘΝ ΚΑΛΩ͂Ι ΠΆΝΤΟΤΕ. “It is goo...
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...
ΖΗΛΟΫ́ΣΘΑΙ _praes. pass. inf._ (G2206). ΠΆΝΤΟΤΕ (G3842) всегда; "но хорошо, когда к тебе относятся всегда справедливо" (Eadie). ΠΑΡΕΪ́ΝΑΙ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΠΆΡΕΙΜΊ (G3918) присутствовать. _Inf...
DISCOURSE: 2073 THE NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF CHRISTIAN ZEAL Galatians 4:18. _It is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing_. MEN act with energy in things that are agreeable to them. But...
IN A GOOD THING,— That by the word καλω here, he means a _person_ and _himself,_ the scope of the context evinces. In the preceding verses he speaks only of himself, and the change of their affection...
TEXT 4:16-20 (16) So then am I become your enemy, by telling you the truth? (17) They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut you out, that ye may seek them. (18) But it is good to...
But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you. GOOD [ kalon (G2570 )] TO BE ZEALOUSLY AFFECTED - rather, passive, to correspond to 'zealous...
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...
RV 'But it is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all times.' I am glad that you are the objects of others' zeal and interest, whether I am present or absent, provided your favour is court...
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 false teachers had an interest in the Christians in Galatia. And they wanted the Christians to have an interest in them. But their reasons were evil. They wanted to control people. The Christians...
IT IS GOOD TO BE ZEALOUSLY AFFECTED ALWAYS IN A GOOD THING. — A disinterested zeal between teachers and taught is indeed good in itself. The Apostle does not wish to dissuade the Galatians from that....
(17-20) All this eagerness to court your favour springs from an interested motive: they wish to make a sect of you, in which they shall be masters and courted in their turn. Not but that it is a good...
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....
The substantive ζῆλος (probably derived from ζέειν, _burn_) denotes some kind of passionate desire. Whether it was of good or evil tendency depended on the nature of its object and the spirit in which...
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...
But [it is] good to be (s) zealously affected always in [a] good [thing], and not only when I am present with you. (s) He sets his own true and good love, which he earnestly held for them, against th...
He tells them this change come from the false teachers among them, who with a false zeal would exclude them from a friendship and a submission to St. Paul, and deprive them again of that Christian lib...
(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...
18._But it is good to be the object of jealousy. _It is hard to say whether this refers to himself or to the Galatians. Good ministers are exhorted to cherish holy jealousy in watching over the church...
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...
BUT IT IS GOOD TO BE ZEALOUSLY AFFECTED,.... A zealous affection when right is very commendable, as the instances of Phinehas, Elijah, John the Baptist, and our Lord Jesus Christ show, and a contrary...
But _it is_ good to be zealously affected always in _a_ good _thing_, and not only when I am present with you. Ver. 18. _To be zealously affected in a good thing_] In a good cause, for a good end, an...
_They zealously affect you_ The Judaizing teachers who are come among you express an extraordinary regard for you; _but not well_ Their zeal is not according to knowledge, neither have they a single e...
As zeal in a good cause, united with judgment, is excellent and adapted to give a person influence, false teachers often make great professions, and express high regard for the welfare of the people....
A personal appeal for the truth against the false teachers:...
BUT IT IS GOOD TO BE ZEALOUSLY AFFECTED ALWAYS IN A GOOD THING, AND NOT ONLY WHEN I AM PRESENT WITH YOU. Having struck a personal note, the apostle here continues in the same strain, with all the eage...
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...
THEY ZEALOUSLY COURT YOU, _BUT_ FOR NO GOOD; YES, THEY WANT TO EXCLUDE YOU, THAT YOU MAY BE ZEALOUS FOR THEM. Zeal is good (to a point). When it has knowledge - Romans 10:3 When you obey the doctri...
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...
IT IS GOOD TO BE ZEALOUSLY AFFECTED ALWAYS IN A GOOD THING: the apostle, in the former verses, had been speaking of a great zeal, or warmth of affection, (for that zeal signifieth), which these Galati...
But it is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all times, and not only when I am present with you. [The Jews showed great zeal in proselyting (Galatians 1:14; Matthew 23:15; Romans 2:10), a...
Galatians 4:18 But G1161 good G2570 zealous G2206 (G5745) in G1722 good G2570 always G3842 and G2532 not...
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....
‘They seek you zealously, but not in a good way. No, they desire to shut you out that you may look to them. But it is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all times, and not only when I am...
Galatians 4:18. IT IS GOOD TO BE ZEALOUSLY COURTED IN A GOOD CAUSE AT ALL TIMES, AND NOT ONLY WHEN I AM PRESENT WITH YOU. I do not object to kind attentions and zealous devotion, provided it be from p...
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...
TO BE ZEALOUSLY SOUGHT IN A GOOD MATTER (ζηλουσθα εν καλω). Present passive infinitive. It is only in an evil matter that it is bad as here (ου καλος).WHEN I AM PRESENT (εν τω παρεινα με). "In th...
Galatians 4:18 Christian Zeal Commended. I. Zeal may be defined as the heat or fervour of the mind, prompting its vehemence of indignation against anything which it conceives to be evil-prompting, it...
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...
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....
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...
FOR A GOOD PURPOSE. _Alford_ understands this verse to say: "I have no wish, in thus writing, to set up an exclusive claim to show a deep concern for you - whoever will really teach you good, at any t...
_Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?_ THE RIGHT MODE OF GIVING AND RECEIVING REPROOF Men commonly assign a number of the persons and things within their sphere to the clas...
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...
_But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing._ It is good to imitate others, but only in what is good. [The Vulgate reading is in the imperative: _Be zealously affected always to th...
_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 Corinthians 15:58; Galatians 4:20; Isaiah 59:17; John 2:17;...
It is good - in a good thing. Zhlousqai to be zealously sought, in the same sense as before. It is passive. It is good for you Galatians to be zealously sought. In a good thing [ε ν κ α λ ω] answers t...
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...
In a good thing — In what is really worthy our zeal. True zeal is only fervent love....
Note here, That although there is. zeal in. bad cause, which is to be condemned and avoided, yet there is. zeal in. just and righteous cause, which is so laudable and worthy to be practised; when it i...