Manly Luscombe Commentary on NT
Galatians 3:17
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.
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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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...
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...
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...
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...
THE GIFT OF GRACE (Galatians 3:1-9)...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
(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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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,...
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...
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....
Paul argues finally from the promise of the inheritance made to Abraham:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Novation On the Jewish Meats But the law which followed subsequently ordained[12]...
Galatians 3:17 And G1161 this G5124 say G3004 (G5719) law G1242 was G1096 (G5756) hundred G5071 and...
‘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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
WHAT I MEAN IS THIS. "I want to show you that God made a covenant and promised to keep it. Since this was with Abraham and his _descendant,_ it did not terminate with the death of Abraham. Not until f...
_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...
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
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....
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...
_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...
_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...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 1:17; 1 Corinthians 10:19; 1 Corinthians 7:29;...
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...
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...
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...
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...