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GALATIANS 3:17 qeou/ {A}
After qeou/ the Textus Receptus, following the later uncials and most
minuscules (Dgr Ggr Ivid K 0176 88 614 2127 2495 _Byz Lect_ arm _al_),
continues with eivj Cristo,n (“th...
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Verse 17. _CONFIRMED BEFORE OF GOD IN CHRIST_] i.e. The promise of
justification, c., made to believers in Christ Jesus, who are the
spiritual seed of Christ, as they are children of Abraham, from th...
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THE COVENANT WHICH WAS CONFIRMED BEFORE OF GOD - By God, in his
promise to Abraham. It was confirmed before the giving of the Law. The
confirmation was the solemn promise which God made to him.
IN CHR...
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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...
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The promise having once been given, no subsequent enactment like the
Law can interfere with it. (Similarly Heb. emphasizes the priority in
time of Melchizedek to Aaron.) Even in human affairs, a scrap...
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THE GIFT OF GRACE (Galatians 3:1-9)...
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Brothers, I can use only a human analogy. Here is the parallel when a
covenant is duly ratified, even if it is only a man's covenant, no one
annuls it or adds additional clauses to it. Now the promise...
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CONFIRMED BEFORE. Greek. _prokuroo_ Only here.
OF. by. Greek. _hupo_. App-104.
IN CHRIST. The texts omit.
WAS. Literally came to be.
FOUR HUNDRED, &c. See Exodus 12:40. App-50.
AFTER. Greek. _met...
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_And this I say_ This is what I mean. St Paul here reverts to, and
continues the argument of Galatians 3:15, which had been interrupted
by the explanatory words, -He saith not … is Christ".
_confirmed...
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The Gospel a Covenant of Promise (15 18); to which the Law was at once
subordinate and preparatory (Galatians 3:19-29)
15 18. The Gospel a covenant of Promise
The Apostle proceeds to shew the _certa...
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ὙΠῸ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂. Text. Rec. adds εἰς Χριστὸν
with DGKL syrr.
17. ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ ΔῈ ΛΈΓΩ. Now what I mean, by using the figure
in Galatians 3:15.
ΔΙΑΘΉΚΗΝ. St Paul here distinctly passes from the general
notio...
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15–18. _The relation of the promise to the Law; the latter cannot
hinder the former_
“Having shown that faith is older than the Law, he teaches again
that the Law cannot become a hindrance to the divi...
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ΤΟΎΤΟ ΔΕ теперь я вот что говорю. Павел
переходит к настоящей теме своего
письма, продолжая пользоваться
образом из ст. 15, переходя от меньшего
к большему; то есть это еще более
истинно по отношению...
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FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY YEARS AFTER,— The first celebrated promise
was made to Abraham when he was 75 years old, Genesis 12:3 and from
this date of it, to the birth of Isaac, when Abraham was 100 year...
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B.
SUPERIORITY OF THE GOSPEL TO THE LAW. Galatians 3:15-29
1.
Illustrated and proved by the covenant with Abraham. Galatians 3:15-18
TEXT 3:15-18
(15) Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Th...
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_VERSE 17. AND THIS I SAY, THAT THE COVENANT, THAT WAS CONFIRMED
BEFORE OF GOD IN CHRIST, THE LAW WHICH WAS FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY
YEARS AFTER, CANNOT DISANNUL, THAT IT SHOULD MAKE THE PROMISE OF NON...
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And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God
in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after,
cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect....
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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...
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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...
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THE LAW.. CANNOT DISANNUL] the will of God is irrevocable (as is seen
even in the case of the wills of men); the Law, therefore, cannot be
contrary to it, but must be explained in some other way. FOUR...
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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...
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This verse continues what Paul was saying in verse 15. Nobody and
nothing could change God’s agreement with Abraham. God did not
change what he promised. God gave his laws to Moses. But those laws
cou...
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The fulfilment of the promise is thus to be seen in the Messianic
dispensation now begun. The Law, which was given four hundred and
thirty years _after_ the promise, had no power to cancel it.
This ve...
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(15-18) To take an illustration from purely human relations. A
covenant once ratified is binding. It cannot be treated as if it did
not exist, neither can fresh clauses be added to it. Now the covenan...
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CHAPTER 13
THE COVENANT OF PROMISE.
Galatians 3:15
GENTILE Christians, Paul has shown, are already sons of Abraham. Their
faith proves their descent from the father of the faithful. The
redemption o...
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The inviolate sanctity of God's earlier covenant in presence of the
subsequent promulgation of the Law is here affirmed in virtue of the
principle established in Galatians 3:15. Had the inheritance be...
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GOD'S WORD WAS PLIGHTED TO ABRAHAM THAT HE WOULD BESTOW THE
INHERITANCE ON HIS SEED (NOT ON ALL HIS DESCENDANTS, BUT ON ONE
PARTICULAR SEED), AND COULD NOT THEREFORE BE SET ASIDE BY SUBSEQUENT
STIPULA...
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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...
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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...
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(19) And this I say, [that] the covenant, that was confirmed before of
God (m) in Christ, the (20) law, which was four hundred and thirty
years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise...
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(15) Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a
man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth
thereto. (16) Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises ma...
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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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_GOD’S COVENANT_
The covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, …
cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.’
Galatians 3:17
The figurative language, based...
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17._The law which was four hundred and thirty years after_. If we
listen to Origen and Jerome and all the Papists, there will be little
difficulty in refuting this argument. Paul reasons thus: “A prom...
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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...
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AND THIS I SAY,.... Assert and affirm as a certain truth, that is not
to be gainsaid;
THAT THE COVENANT THAT WAS CONFIRMED BEFORE OF GOD IN CHRIST, THE LAW,
WHICH WAS FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY YEARS AF...
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And this I say, _that_ the covenant, that was confirmed before of God
in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after,
cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect...
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Gal. 3:17, 18. "And this I say, that the covenant that was confirmed
before of God in Christ, the law which was four hundred and thirty
years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of...
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_And this I say_ What I mean by the foregoing example of human
covenants is this; _The covenant that was confirmed before of God _ By
the promise itself, by the repetition of it, and by a solemn oath,...
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THE COVENANT; with Abraham and his seed.
IN CHRIST; as the promised seed.
THE LAW; given to Moses. The covenant of God with Abraham was made and
confirmed in Christ; and the laws which were afterwar...
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Paul argues finally from the promise of the inheritance made to
Abraham:...
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AND THIS I SAY, THAT THE COVENANT, THAT WAS CONFIRMED BEFORE OF GOD IN
CHRIST, THE LAW, WHICH WAS FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY YEARS AFTER, CANNOT
DISANNUL, THAT IT SHOULD MAKE THE PROMISE OF NONE EFFECT....
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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...
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The law was given 430 years after it was promised to the seed of
Abraham.
That long delay does not void the promise of God. The contract is
still in effect....
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15-18 The covenant God made with Abraham, was not done away by the
giving the law to Moses. The covenant was made with Abraham and his
Seed. It is still in force; Christ abideth for ever in his perso...
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THE COVENANT, THAT WAS BEFORE CONFIRMED OF GOD IN CHRIST: the word
translated _covenant, _ is the same as before; ordinarily signifying
one's disposal of things in his last will and testament. Which n...
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Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which
came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to
make the promise of none effect...
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Novation On the Jewish Meats
But the law which followed subsequently ordained[12]...
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Galatians 3:17 And G1161 this G5124 say G3004 (G5719) law G1242 was
G1096 (G5756) hundred G5071 and...
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‘Now this I say. A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the Law,
which came four hundred and thirty years after cannot disannul, so as
to make the promise of no effect.'
To put it another way. God, i...
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Galatians 3:17 contains an inference from Galatians 3:15, in the form
of a condensed restatement of the argument. It is impossible that the
law should cancel the promise which was given repeatedly at...
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_The Educational Mission of the Law_.
Paul now assumes a milder tone, and reasons with the Galatians from
the common dealings of men. Even a human covenant is sacred and cannot
be set aside, much more...
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NOW THIS I SAY
(τουτο δε λεγω). Now I mean this. He comes back to his main
point and is not carried afield by the special application of
σπερμα to Christ.CONFIRMED BEFOREHAND BY GOD
(προκεκυρωμεν...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God
in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after,
cannot disannul._
GOD’S COVENANTS WITH MEN
A covenant is an agr...
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:15 A covenant or a will cannot be
changed. The promises made TO ABRAHAM AND TO HIS OFFSPRING were not
changed when God gave Moses the law....
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:17 CAME 430 YEARS AFTERWARD. Paul is
apparently referring to the Septuagint translation of Exodus 12:40,
“The dwelling of the children of Is
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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...
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_The covenant that was before of God in Christ._ If, as was said in
verse 15, no one annuls the testament of a man, still less can the
law, which came 430 years afterwards, annul the promise of God
co...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Galatians 3:17. THE COVENANT, THAT WAS CONFIRMED BEFORE OF GOD IN
CHRIST, THE LAW CANNOT DISANNUL.—From the recognised inviolability
of a human covenant (Galatians 3:1...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 1:17; 1 Corinthians 10:19; 1
Corinthians 7:29;...
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And this I say [τ ο υ τ ο δ ε λ ε γ ω]. Now I mean this.
Not strictly the conclusion from vv. 15, 16, since Paul does not use
this phrase in drawing a conclusion (comp. 1 Corinthians 1:12, and
touto d...
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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...
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And this I say — What I mean is this. The covenant which was before
confirmed of God — By the promise itself, by the repetition of it,
and by a solemn oath, concerning the blessing all nations. Throug...
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Does Paul err in the amount of time between Abraham and the time the
Law was given?
PROBLEM: In Galatians 3:17, the apostle states that a period of 430
years elapsed between the time of God’s promises...