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Galatians 5:8
Paul had spoken God’s words as he taught about Jesus Christ. The false teachers were not speaking God’s words when they taught about the law.
Paul had spoken God’s words as he taught about Jesus Christ. The false teachers were not speaking God’s words when they taught about the law.
Verse 8. _THIS PERSUASION_] Of the necessity of your being circumcised and obeying the law of Moses, is _not of him that_ _calleth you_. I never preached such a doctrine to you; I called you out of _b...
THIS PERSUASION - This belief that it is necessary to obey the laws of Moses, and to intermingle the observance of Jewish rites with the belief of the Christian doctrines in order to be saved. NOT OF...
III. THE WALK OF THE JUSTIFIED BELIEVER, AS NOT UNDER THE LAW, BUT UNDER GRACE CHAPTER 5 _ 1. Stand fast! Be not entangled! (Galatians 5:1)_ 2. Exhortations and the law of love. (Galatians 5:7) 3....
Final emphatic statement of the dilemma, Christ or circumcision. Paul, speaking with all authority in spite of false inferences drawn from his circumcising Timothy (Galatians 5:11) and in spite of pro...
Look now it is I, Paul, who am speaking to you I tell you that if you get yourself circumcised Christ is no good to you. Again I give my word to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is under...
AN OLD STORY AND A NEW MEANING (Galatians 4:21-31 ; Galatians 5:1) 5:1 Tell me this--you who want to be subject to the law, you listen to it being read to you, don't you? Well, then, it stands writte...
THIS. The. PERSUASION. obedience. Greek. _peisomone_. Only here. NOT. Greek. _ou_. App-105. OF. Gk. _ek_. App-104, HIM. God. See Galatians 1:6; Galatians 1:15....
_This persuasion_ nearly equivalent to -submission, obedience". Others take it in an active sense -this suasion on the part of the false teachers, to which you are yielding". The objection to this vie...
Ἡ ΠΕΙΣΜΟΝῊ ΟΥ̓Κ ἘΚ ΤΟΥ͂ ΚΑΛΟΥ͂ΝΤΟΣ ὙΜΑ͂Σ. οὐκ is omitted by D* and some other “western” authorities, e.g. Orig. _De Princ_. III. i. 7 ἡ πεισμονὴ ἐκ τοῦ καλοῦντος καὶ οὐκ ἐξ ἡμῶν, but evidently read by...
_Against continuing in retrogression; with sharp words against the leader and the false teachers generally_ (Galatians 5:7) You were running your race nobly; who hindered you, so that (to drop all met...
_Another, but sharper, appeal and warning. The observance of the Law is inconsistent with faith in Christ _...
ΠΕΙΣΜΟΝΉ (G3988) убеждение. Это слово может иметь активное или пассивное значение (Mussner). ΚΑΛΟΎΝΤΟΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΚΑΛΈΩ (G2564) звать. Очевидно, зовет Бог (Bruce). Part, подчеркивает зов...
OF HIM THAT CALLETH YOU.— He used this expression before, ch. Galatians 1:6 and in both places means himself; and here declares that this πεισμονη, whether taken for _persuasion,_ or for _subjection_...
A Word of Protest Galatians 5:7-12 TEXT 5:7-9 (7) Ye were running well; who hindered you that ye should not obey the truth? (8) This persuasion came not of him that calleth you. (9) A little leaven...
_VERSE 8. THIS PERSUASION COMETH NOT OF HIM THAT CALLETH YOU._ Satan is to be answered in this way: The Scriptures present Christ in a twofold aspect. First, as a gift. "He of God is made unto us wisd...
This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. THIS PERSUASION - `The persuasion;' a play on words akin in sound and in root [ peismonee (G3988), persuasion: peithesthai (G3982), "obey," Galat...
1 This paragraph is the summary and conclusion of the doctrinal argument. Tersely, he puts the case. Which shall it be _ Christ _ or _ circumcision_!' No half hearted allegiance here, no serving of tw...
5:8 persuasibleness (b-2) Or 'the persuasion.'...
THE NATURE OF CHRISTIAN LIBERTY 1-12. The futility of seeking justification by attempting to comply with the demands of the Mosaic Law; the inconsistency of works and faith as methods of salvation. P...
_Cometh_] RV '_came_' This dissuasion from loyalty to Christ to which you have yielded does not emanate from God, but is contrary to His will....
THIS PERSUASION... — He who _calls_ the Galatians is here, as elsewhere, God; and certainly, the Apostle says, it can have been by no intimation or guidance from Him that they were led to accept such...
(7-12) All was going well at first. What sudden intruder has stopped your path and led you astray? Certainly it is not God, to whom you owe your calling, that has persuaded you to such a course. You t...
CHAPTER 21 THE HINDERERS AND TROUBLERS. Galatians 5:7 THE Apostle's controversy with the Legalists is all but concluded. He has pronounced on the question of circumcision. He has shown his readers,...
to Galatians 5:12. Freedom is our birthright in Christ and an essential condition of our call. Accordingly the Apostle protests against the claim that all Christians should be circumcised, as a depart...
It was God who called Abraham, Moses, Samuel and the prophets of old and was now calling the Galatians through the Gospel of which Paul was minister, but this new persuasion was no true gospel, and di...
HOLD FAST YOUR FREEDOM Galatians 5:1 We are free. The Son has made us free, and we are free indeed, though not free to disobey the dictates and promptings of our new nature. We are set free from minu...
The whole law of liberty is stated in the sentences, "For freedom did Christ set us free," "stand fast therefore," and "be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage." He then refers first to circumcis...
(7) This persuasion [cometh] not of (f) him that calleth you. (7) He plays the part of an apostle with them, and uses his authority, denying that any doctrine can come from God which is contrary to h...
This persuasion of yours is not from him who calleth you; is not from God: and I hope you will be shortly again of no other mind than what I taught you. (Witham) --- This was a Jewish proverb, and all...
(6) For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. (7) Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? (8) This...
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...
8._This persuasion cometh not_. Having formerly combated them by arguments, he at length pronounces, with a voice of authority, that their _persuasion _came not from God. Such an admonition would not...
It is in this liberty, the liberty of Christ, alluding to the free woman and Jerusalem above, that they were to stand fast, and not put themselves again under the yoke of the law. If they took that gr...
THIS PERSUASION COMETH NOT OF HIM THAT CALLETH YOU. That is, the opinion they were persuaded to believe; and which the Syriac version renders, פיסכון, "your persuasion"; this is not of God, who had ca...
This persuasion _cometh_ not of him that calleth you. Ver. 8. _This persuasion_] Sectarians and seducers have a strange art in persuading, πιθανολογια, Colossians 2:4. And although we think ourselves...
_Ye did run well_ In the race of faith, love, and obedience; in true, genuine Christianity; believing its truths, experiencing its graces, enjoying its privileges, performing its duties. The exercises...
THIS PERSUASION; that it was needful to be circumcised and observe Jewish rites in order to be saved. OF HIM THAT CALLETH YOU; of God....
Paul warns against the leaven of false doctrine:...
THIS PERSUASION COMETH NOT OF HIM THAT CALLETH YOU....
LIBERTY TO BE PRACTICED (vs.1-6) Chapter 4 dealt with the perfect freedom introduced by God Himself through Christ, freedom given to all who have been redeemed by His precious blood, freedom from the...
YOU RAN WELL. WHO HINDERED YOU FROM OBEYING THE TRUTH? Don't just run. Run well. Do your best. Hinder is not a "roadblock". It is a "detour". Hinder is not total collapse; just a "slowdown" obstacl...
7-12 The life of a Christian is a race, wherein he must run, and hold on, if he would obtain the prize. It is not enough that we profess Christianity, but we must run well, by living up to that profe...
THIS PERSUASION; this new opinion into which seducers have misled you, which, by embracing it, you have made yours. COMETH NOT OF HIM THAT CALLETH YOU; is not from God, who hath called you out of dark...
This persuasion came not of him that calleth you. [The apostle again borrows a metaphor from the foot-race of the Grecian game. In their faith and love and works the Christians were running in a cours...
Origen de Principiis Book III Thou wilt say then, Why doth He yet find fault? For who hath resisted His will? "The persuasion is of Him that calleth, and not of us."[75] Origen Against Celsus Book V...
Galatians 5:8 persuasion G3988 not G3756 from G1537 calls G2564 (G5723) you G5209 Him - Gal
‘This persuasion is not of him who calls you.' Whoever it is who is speaking to persuade them, who is hindering them, is not doing it at God's command. For the One Who is calling them longs for them...
PAUL IS PUZZLED BY THEIR FAILURE AND ANGRY AT THOSE WHO HAVE LED THEM ASTRAY (GALATIANS 5:7). Paul now again expresses his deep puzzlement at their behaviour. He just cannot understand how they can b...
Galatians 5:8. OF HIM THAT CALLETH YOU, God; comp. note on Galatians 1:6; and Philippians 3:13, ‘the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.' The Father draws to the Son by the Spirit throug...
_Exhortation to Steadfastness in Christian Freedom_, _and Warning against Legal Bondage._ Here begins the practical part of the Epistle, consisting of exhortations and warnings appropriate to the occ...
THIS PERSUASION (η πεισμονη). "The art of persuasion," the effort of the Judaizers to persuade you. Only here and in ecclesiastical writers....
Galatians 5:1. Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ had made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Chris...
Galatians 5:1. _Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage._ «You are not under the law, but under grace. Do not subje...
CONTENTS: Liberty of the believer in Christ, apart from the law. Conflict of flesh and the Spirit. Christian character the result of the Spirit's work not self-effort. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit...
Galatians 5:1. _Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free,_ by the redemption he has procured through the shedding of his own most precious blood. The liberty of your cele...
IT WAS NOT DONE BY GOD. "God calls people to be saved (John 6:44-45), but I have already showed you from The Law itself that God's promise does not come through The Law! Certainly God himself would no...
_This persuasion cometh not of Him that calleth you._ THIS PERSUASION “We learn-- I. That the cause of religious declension is unbelief in God’s Word, and surrender to plausible persuasions. Thus--...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 5:1 Those who turn to the law for salvation cut themselves off from salvation. ⇐ ⇔
CHAPTER 5 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. S. Paul proceeds to urge the Galatians not to submit to the yoke of the Old Law, lest they be deprived of the fruits of Christ's righteousness, since in Him neit...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 5:9. A LITTLE LEAVEN.—Of false doctrine, a small amount of evil influence. Galatians 5:10. HE THAT TROUBLETH YOU.—The leaven traced to personal agency; whoe...
EXPOSITION GALATIANS 5:1 GALATIANS 5:2 BEHOLD, I PAUL SAY UNTO YOU (ἴδε, ἐγὼ Παῦλος λώγω ὑμῖν); _lo_,_ I Paul say unto you. _The adverbial exclamation ἴδε, found in St. Paul's writings on...
Shall we turn now to Galatians chapter five. The whole concept is: how do I establish a righteous standing before God? Can I be righteous by keeping the law? Or am I righteous by my simple faith in Je...
Galatians 1:6...
This persuasion [η π ε ι σ μ ο ν η]. Or, the persuasion. N. T. o. o LXX, o Class. It occurs in Ignatius, Rom. iii. and Just. Mart. Revelation 1:53. The sense is not passive, your being persuaded, but...
THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT Galatians 5:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Much is written about the Holy Spirit in the Word of God. The Epistles of Paul are freighted with many marvelous messages relative to the Sp...
This your present persuasion cometh not from God, who called you — to his kingdom and glory....
As if the apostle had said, "this judaizing opinion and practice of yours, this persuasion of the necessity of your being circumcised, and obeying the law of Moses; this new doctrine, so contrary to t...