Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Galatians 1:3
Grace be unto you ... - This is the usual apostolic salutation, imploring for them the blessing of God. See it fully explained in the notes at Romans 1:7.
Grace be unto you ... - This is the usual apostolic salutation, imploring for them the blessing of God. See it fully explained in the notes at Romans 1:7.
GALATIANS 1:3 patro.j h`mw/n kai. kuri,ou {B} Although the sequence patro.j kai. kuri,ou h`mw/n has rather strong external support (î46, 51vid B D G H K 88 614 1739 _Byz_ itd, g vg syrp, h, pal copsa...
Verse Galatians 1:3. _GRACE BE TO YOU_, c.] Romans 1:7, Romans 1:7....
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE TESTIMONY OF PAUL CONCERNING HIS APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY AND THE GOSPEL CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The Introduction. (Galatians 1:1)_ 2. The Rebuke. (Galatians 1:6) 3. Paul's Gospe...
GALATIANS 1, 2 (roughly). PAUL VINDICATES HIS INDEPENDENCE. Galatians 1:1. Paul's apostleship, denied by his enemies, is due neither to human initiative nor human mediation, but directly to God and C...
I, Paul, an apostle--and my apostleship was given to me from no human source and through no man's hand, because it came to me direct from Jesus Christ and from God the Father, who raised Jesus from th...
THE TRUMPET CALL OF THE GOSPEL (Galatians 1:1-5)...
GRACE. Greek. _charis_. App-184. FROM. Greek. _apo_. App-104. LORD, App-98. Compare Romans 1:7....
_Grace be to you … Christ_ "These two words, grace and peace, comprehend in them whatsoever belongeth to Christianity. Grace releaseth sin, and peace maketh the conscience quiet." Luther. We have here...
ΧΆΡΙΣ ὙΜΙ͂Ν. St Paul here adapts the common epistolary χαίρειν, asking for the Galatians more than greeting and joy, even God’s grace. For this whole verse see the notes on Colossians 1:2. Robinson (_...
SALUTATION (Galatians 1:1) Paul appointed Apostle, by no human source or agency, but by Jesus Christ and (with Him) God the Father, who raised Him from the dead (He called me and He lives!), (Galatian...
ΎΜΪ́Ν _dat. pl._ от ΣΎ (G4771) вы. _Dat._ преимущества: "вам" "для вас"....
GRACE BE TO YOU, &C.— These words are both a Christian salutation, and an apostolical benediction. As they are a _salutation,_ they express a wish and desire of the best blessings in behalf of those s...
c) Salutation Galatians 1:3-5 TEXT 1:3-5 (3) Grace to you and peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, (4) who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present ev...
_VERSE 3. GRACE BE TO YOU, AND PEACE, FROM GOD THE FATHER, AND FROM OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST._ Men Should Not Speculate About the Nature of God It is a principle of the Bible that we are not to inquire...
Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, GRACE ... PEACE, [ charis (G5485) (God's gratuitous favour), akin to chairein, 'joy,' the Greek salutation; blended w...
ST. PAUL MAINTAINS THE VALIDITY OF HIS APOSTLESHIP AND THE TRUTH OF HIS GOSPEL 1-5. The Apostle sends greetings from himself and the brethren with him to the Churches of Galatia, reminding them at th...
CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE GALATIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ ABOUT PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIANS THE WRITER Paul wrote this letter. His name used to be Saul. He was called Saul until Acts 13:9, when he was...
Paul prayed for kindness and *peace at the start of every letter that he wrote. Here he used Jesus’ full title. ‘*Lord’ means that Jesus has complete authority. He is head over everything. ‘Jesus’ is...
I. (1-5) It is no self-constituted teacher by whom the Galatians are addressed, but an Apostle who, like the chosen Twelve, had received his commission, not from any human source or through any human...
GRACE... AND PEACE. — See Note on Romans 1:7. GOD THE FATHER. — We may see by this verse how the title “Father,” originally used in the present formula to distinguish between the Divine Persons, came...
CHAPTER 2 THE SALUTATION. Galatians 1:3 THE greetings and benedictions of the Apostolic Letters deserve more attention from us than they sometimes receive. We are apt to pass over them as if they we...
The apostolic blessing is here as elsewhere summed up in the comprehensive words _grace and peace_. These include the lifegiving power of the spirit as well as the assurance of God's forgiving love in...
APOSTOLIC ADDRESS, BENEDICTION AND DOXOLOGY. The Epistle opens with the author's name and the designation of his office, _Paul, an Apostle_. So far it follows the regular practice of Apostolic Epistle...
DANGER FROM A PERVERTED GOSPEL Galatians 1:1 Note how strenuously Paul insists upon the genuineness of his call as an Apostle. It had come directly from the lips of Christ. _Neither by man, but by Je...
In the beginning of most of his epistles Paul definitely declares his apostleship. In this instance, in a parenthesis, he defends that declaration more emphatically than in any other introduction. The...
(1) В¶ Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) (2) And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:...
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...
3._Grace be to you and peace_. This form of salutation, which occurred in the other epistles, has received an explanation, to which I still adhere. Paul wishes for the Galatians a state of friendship...
The epistle to the Galatians sets before us the great source of the afflictions and conflicts of the apostle in the regions where he had preached the glad tidings; that which was at the same time the...
GRACE TO BE YOU,.... After the inscription above, in which the writer of the epistle, and the persons joined to him, are described, and the churches to whom it is written, follows the salutation in th...
Grace _be_ to you and peace from God the Father, and _from_ our Lord Jesus Christ, Ver. 3. _Grace be, &c._] _See Trapp on "_ Rom 1:7 _"_ This Epistle to the Galatians is an epitome of that to the Rom...
_Paul, an apostle_ Here it was necessary for Paul to assert his authority, otherwise he is very modest in the use of this title. He seldom mentions it when he joins others with himself in the salutati...
As Paul was chosen to be an apostle, and commissioned to preach the gospel, by Jesus Christ, and prayed to him as he did to the Father for the highest spiritual blessings, it is evident that he viewed...
INTRODUCTION: PAUL'S CREDENTIALS (vs.1-5) Paul writes as an apostle, a sent-one entrusted by God to carry an authoritative message to which Christians must fully bow. "Not from men" (v.1). No human i...
This is the only letter addressed to a territory. "Grace and peace" is a normal greeting....
1-5 St. Paul was an apostle of Jesus Christ; he was expressly appointed by him, consequently by God the Father, who is one with him in respect of his Divine nature, and who appointed Christ as Mediat...
A common, as well as religious and Christian, form of salutation; Paul's mark in every Epistle, and used by him without any variation, (except in his Epistles to Timothy and Titus, where he only adds...
Grace to you and peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ [see 1 Corinthians 1:3 and note]...
Galatians 1:3 Grace G5485 you G5213 and G2532 peace G1515 from G575 God G2316 Father G3962 and G2532 our...
‘Grace to you, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.' ‘Grace to you.' Nothing can be more desirable than to have God looking on us and acting towards us in love and favour, and thi...
Galatians 1:3. GRACE TO YOU AND PEACE. The apostolic salutation combines the Greek _charis_ (‘grace') and the Hebrew _shalom_ (‘peace'), and infuses into both a deep Christian meaning. ‘Grace' compreh...
The very address reveals the occasion of the Epistle, the commotion and fervor of Paul, and the weightiness of his subject: (1) by the emphasis laid on his independent apostolic office and dignity, wh...
GRACE TO YOU AND PEACE (χαρις υμιν κα ειρηνη). As in I Thess., II Thess., I Cor., II Cor. (already written) and in all the later Epistles save that in I and II Timothy "mercy" is added. But this cu...
GRACE Grace (in salvation). (Galatians 1:6); (Galatians 1:15); (Galatians 2:21); (Romans 3:24). ( See Scofield) -
Galatians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)_ Paul begins this Epistle by stating his commission as an apostl...
CONTENTS: The Gospel Paul preached, a revelation not tradition. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Peter, James. CONCLUSION: The Gospel declared by the apostles was by revelation of Jesus Christ. It is...
Galatians 1:1. _Paul an apostle, not of men, neither by man._ Paul was not a member of the church of the firstborn, suckled with her breasts, and edified by her ministry. Christ had specially appeared...
MAY GOD. Paul's greeting is sincere, even though he has some harsh things to say to them later....
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 1:3 GRACE means God’s unmerited favor. PEACE is not just the absence of conflict. It echoes the OT concept of blessing, in which the person and community are well and whole...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 1:1 Opening. Paul offers a greeting (vv. Galatians 1:1). He then addresses the crisis in the Galatian church (vv....
SAINT PAUL'S EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS CHAPTER 1 CONTENTS The Galatians were Gentiles who emigrated from Gaul into Greece, and so were called Gallo-Greeks. Suidas thinks that these Gauls were Sennon...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 1:1. PAUL, AN APOSTLE.—He puts his own name and apostleship prominent, because his apostolic commission needs to be vindicated against deniers of it. NOT OF,...
EXPOSITION GALATIANS 1:1 _The_ _introductory greeting. _The style of this greeting, compared with those found in St. Paul's other Epistles, gives indications of his having addressed himself to the co...
Galatia was not a city. It was a territory. It encompassed an area that is now in Turkey. There were several churches founded by Paul in Galatia. And following Paul's evangelistic efforts through the...
1 Corinthians 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Corinthians 1:2; 2 Corinthians 13:14;...
Grace to you, etc. See on 1 Thessalonians 1:1. He will not withhold the wish for the divine grace and peace even from those whom he is about to upbraid....
TURNING FROM GRACE Galatians 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Our study of today carries us into some very vital relationships relative to salvation. We are all willing to grant that works hold a vital place...
These words are both. Christian salutation, and an apostolical benediction: as they are. salutation, they express. wish and desire of the best blessings towards and on the behalf of them they saluted....