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Verse Galatians 3:3. _HAVING BEGUN IN THE SPIRIT_] Having received a
spiritual religion, which refined and purified your hearts; and having
received the Holy Spirit of God, by which ye were endued wit...
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ARE YE SO FOOLISH? - Can it be that you are so unwise? The idea is,
that Paul hardly thought it credible that they could have pursued such
a course. They had so cordially embraced the gospel when he p...
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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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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...
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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...
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THE GIFT OF GRACE (Galatians 3:1-9)...
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BEGUN. Greek. _enarchomai_. Here and Philippians 1:1; Philippians 1:6.
MADE PERFECT. being perfected. Greek. _epiteleo_. App-125. See 2
Corinthians 7:1.
BY. in....
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(Second Division of the Epistle.)
The Doctrine of Justification by Faith discussed and illustrated...
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The contrast is still maintained in other terms. Here the -flesh" is
used for that which is external and material, compliance with outward
observances, as opposed to the spiritual principle of faith....
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ΟὝΤΩΣ (tam Hebrews 12:21). ἀνόητοι (Galatians 3:1).
ἐναρξάμενοι, Philippians 1:6[89]. Frequent in LXX. and
Polybius. It is a more formal term than ἄρχομαι, “having
made a beginning,” cf. 1M
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_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...
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3–5:12. A CLEAR DOCTRINAL STATEMENT OF SALVATION BY FAITH, WITH
RENEWED APPEALS...
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ΈΝΑΡΞΆΜΕΝΟΙ _aor. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΈΝΆΡΧΩ
(G1728) начинать. Temp. _part._ относится к
моменту обращения в христианство
(Longenecker).
ΠΝΕΎΜΑΤΙ _dat. sing. от_ ΠΝΕΎΜΑ (G4151) и ΣΑΡΚΊ
_dat. sing....
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ARE YE SO FOOLISH, &C.— "Having then set out so happily and
hopefully in your Christian course, under the light and influence of
the Spirit, with faith in Christ for divine acceptance, according to
th...
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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...
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_VERSE 3. ARE YE SO FOOLISH? HAVING BEGUN IN THE SPIRIT, ARE YE NOW
MADE PERFECT BY THE FLESH?_...
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Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made
perfect by the flesh?
BEGUN, [ Enarxamenoi (G1728)] - after having taken the initiatory
step in the Christian life (Philippians 1:6),...
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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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SPIRIT and FLESH denote the characteristics of Gospel and Law
respectively—the spheres to which they belong: cp. Galatians 6:12.
The Galatians had begun by putting their trust in Christ, and living a...
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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...
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FOOLISH. — See the Note on Galatians 3:1.
HAVING BEGUN IN THE SPIRIT. — Begun your career as Christians in a
manner so entirely spiritual — with the spiritual act of faith on
your part, and with an a...
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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...
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πνεύματι … σαρκὶ. These two datives denote the two
internal spheres susceptible of moral influence. Conversion had
brought about a spiritual change as its immediate result: it was folly
to look for a...
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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...
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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...
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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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(2) Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made
perfect by the (d) flesh?
(2) The fourth argument mixed with the former, and it is twofold. If
the Law is to be joined with faith, th...
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(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...
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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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3._Are ye so foolish? _Commentators are not agreed as to what he means
by _the Spirit _and by _the flesh_. He alludes, in my opinion, to what
he had said about the Spirit. As if he had said, “As the d...
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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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ARE YE SO FOOLISH?.... Is it possible you should be so stupid? and do
you, or can you continue so?
HAVING BEGUN IN THE SPIRIT; that is, either in the Spirit of God, whom
they had received through the...
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Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect
by the flesh?
Ver. 3. _Are ye so foolish?_] Those then that have the Spirit may play
fools in some particulars. Those that are r...
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_This only would I learn of you_ That is, this one argument might
convince you; _received ye the Spirit_ In his gifts and graces, in his
witness and fruits. See Galatians 4:6; Galatians 5:22. _By the...
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IN THE SPIRIT; the Holy Spirit, as the minister of a spiritual
dispensation.
BY THE FLESH; by the observance of the outward ceremonial law....
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ARE YE SO FOOLISH? HAVING BEGUN IN THE SPIRIT, ARE YE NOW MADE PERFECT
BY THE FLESH?...
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SALVATION IS NOT OF WORKS, BUT BY FAITH.
Paul appeals to the experience of the Galatians:...
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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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Have you lost your marbles? You can not leave the flesh, live in the
Spirit of God, and then return to the flesh....
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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...
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The doctrine of their false teacthers was, that to faith in Christ, an
obedience also to the law of Moses was necessary to justification;
they did not deny Christ, or the doctrine of the gospel, only...
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Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now perfected in
the flesh?...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III
Peccatun enim, cure sit "corruptio," non potest babere societatem cure
incorruptione," quae est justitia. "Adeo stulti," inquit, "estis? cure
spiritu coeperiti...
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Galatians 3:3 you G2075 (G5748) so G3779 foolish G453 begun G1728
(G5666) Spirit G4151 you G2005 now...
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‘Oh foolish Galatians. Who has bewitched you before whose eyes Jesus
Christ was set forth as crucified among you? This only would I learn
from you. Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law o...
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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...
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Galatians 3:3. HAVING BEGUN IN THE SPIRIT, ARE YE NOW ENDING (or
FINISHING) IN THE FLESH? A fine irony. The middle voice of the Greek
verb (ἐ πιτελε ῑ σθε) is preferable to the passive
(‘are ye now br...
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ARE YE NOW PERFECTED IN THE FLESH?
(νυν σαρκ επιτελεισθε?). Rather middle voice as in 1
Peter 5:9, finishing of yourselves. There is a double contrast,
between εναρξαμενο (having begun) and επιτελει...
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PERFECT
(_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 5:48). _...
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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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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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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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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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HOW CAN YOU BE SO FOOLISH! They had begun with a new birth of water
and the Spirit (John 3:5) and had been following the spiritual
religion of Jesus Christ. To go under The Law means trying to save
th...
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_Having begun in the Spirit._
I. The commencement of salvation is the holy spirit’s work.
Salvation is not begun by--
1. The means of grace alone.
2. The minister or priest.
3. Self-effort.
II. W...
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:1 Direct Appeals to the Galatians.
Paul gives several reasons why the Galatians should resist false
teachers.
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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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_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...
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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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Galatians 4:7; Galatians 5:4; Galatians 6:12; Hebrews 7:16;...
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So foolish. Explained by what follows. Has your folly reached such a
pitch as to reverse the true order of things? Comp. 1 Corinthians
14:46. Having begun. [ε ν α ρ ξ α μ ε ν ο ι]. P o. Comp.
Philippi...
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Are ye so thoughtless — As not to consider what you have yourselves
experienced? Having begun in the Spirit — Having set out under the
light and power of the Spirit by faith, do ye now, when ye ought...
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Observe here, the apostle calls the doctrine of the gospel, SPIRIT;
because by hearing the gospel preached, they had received both the
gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit. The law, with all its rites...