McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries
Galatians 1:1
Paul, an apostle (not from men, neither through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead)
Paul, an apostle (not from men, neither through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead)
THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE GALATIANS. _Chronological Notes relative to this Epistle_. Usherian year of the world, 4056. -Alexandrian era of the world, 5554. -Antiochian era of the worl...
PAUL AN APOSTLE - See the note at Romans 1:1. This is the usual form in which he commences his epistles; and it was of special importance to commence the Epistle in this manner, because it was one des...
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)...
APOSTLE. App-189. NOT, Greek. _ou_. App-105. OF. Greek. _ape_. App-104. MEN. Greek. _anthropos_. App-123. NEITHER. nor yet. Gk. _oude_. Compare verses: Galatians 1:11; Galatians 1:12. BY. Greek. _...
Introduction. Salutation and ascription of praise 1. _Paul, an apostle_ In the opening of this Epistle, as of those to the Corinthians, Ephesians, Colossians and Timothy, St Paul designates himself an...
(First Division of the Epistle) The assertion of St Paul's Apostolical Authority For a general analysis of the Epistle see Introduction....
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...
In all the other Epistles of St Paul the salutation ends with our Galatians 1:3. Here Galatians 1:4 enlarges on the work of Christ, and Galatians 1:5 adds a doxology. In Rom. and Tit. a somewhat simil...
О возможной риторической структуре этой книги _см._ Betz; Longenecker; Walter B.Russell, "Rhetorical Analysis of the Book of Galatians: Parts 1 & 2". Bib Sac 150 [1993]: 341-58, 416-39. ΑΠΌΣΤΟΛΟΣ (G6...
PAUL, AN APOSTLE,— The first four verses contain the preface or introduction to this epistle: the general view of it plainly shews St. Paul's chief design to be, to keep theGalatiansfromhearkeningtoth...
PART ONEANALYSIS PAUL'S DEFENSE OF HIS APOSTLESHIP AND HIS GOSPEL 1:1-2:21 A. INTRODUCTION. Galatians 1:1-10 1. Personal Greeting. Galatians 1:1-5 a) Source and Agency of his Apostleship....
_ VERSE 1. PAUL, AN APOSTLE, (NOT OF MEN, NEITHER BY MAN, BUT BY JESUS CHRIST, AND GOD THE FATHER, WHO RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD)._ The Certainty of Our Calling _ VERSE 1. PAUL, AN APOSTLE, (NOT OF M...
Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) Judaizing teachers persuaded the Galatians that Paul had taught them the new r...
- GAL_2:1 1 Paul loses no time in coming directly to the heart of the trouble at Galatia. If he received his commission from the twelve apostles at Jerusalem or through Peter, he could have no distin...
AN APOSTLE] The title is used in the technical sense, and is introduced by St. Paul to assert his equality with the Twelve which had been challenged. It is always used by him in letters to Churches wh...
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...
Paul knew many of the Christians to whom he was writing. God had sent Paul and Barnabas out to *preach the *good news about Jesus. At first, Paul always went to the *Jews to teach them about Jesus. So...
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...
AN APOSTLE. — This title is evidently to be taken here in its strictest sense, as St. Paul is insisting upon his equality in every respect with the Twelve. The word was also capable of a less exclusiv...
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...
CHAPTER 1 THE ADDRESS. Galatians 1:1 ANTIQUITY has nothing to show more notable in its kind, or more precious, than this letter of Paul to the Churches of Galatia. It takes us back, in some respects...
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...
Paul, (1) an apostle, (not (a) of men, neither by (b) man, but by (c) Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) (1) A salutation which puts in a few words the sum of the apostl...
The apostle begins by asserting his apostleship which the false teachers had called in question. He was called to it by Christ himself, in his miraculous conversion, being changed "into a vessel of el...
(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:...
CONTENTS Paul introduceth his Epistle, with a short Account of himself, and his Apostleship. He speaks of God's Love, in his Conversion: and awfully describes the State of those, who preach any other...
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...
1._Paul, an apostle_. In the salutations with which he commenced his Epistles, Paul was accustomed to claim the title of “an Apostle.” His object in doing so, as we have remarked on former occasions,...
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...
PAUL AN APOSTLE, NOT OF MEN, NEITHER BY MAN,.... The writer of this epistle, Paul, puts his name to it, as to all his epistles, excepting that to the Hebrews, if that be his, being neither afraid nor...
Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) Ver. 1. _Who raised him from the dead_] And by the same almighty power causeth d...
_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...
NOT OF MEN; not deriving my office from men. NEITHER BY MAN; not appointed by man. Being about to contend against a fundamental error, he asserts in the strongest terms his full apostolical authority...
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...
He was not chosen or selected by men. He was appointed to this office by Jesus Christ....
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...
Courier New; GALATIANS CHAPTER 1 GALATIANS 1:1 After saluting the churches of Galatia, GALATIANS 1:6,7 Paul testifieth his surprise that they should so soon have forsaken the truth of the gospel w...
Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians But may the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ Himself, who is the Son of God, and our everlasting High Priest, build you up in faith and...
Galatians 1:1 Paul G3972 apostle G652 not G3756 from G575 men G444 nor G3761 through G1223 man G444 but...
PAUL'S INTRODUCTORY GREETING (GALATIANS 1:1). ‘Paul, an Apostle, not from men neither through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father who raised him from the dead. Paul as usual begins with...
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...
Galatians 1:1. contains the text of the first two Chapter s: namely, the divine mission and independent apostolic authority of Paul, which the Judaizers denied, but which is clearly proved by the foll...
NOT FROM MEN, NEITHER THROUGH MEN (ουκ απ' ανθρωπων ουδε δι' ανθρωπου). The bluntness of Paul's denial is due to the charge made by the Judaizers that Paul was not a genuine apostle because not one...
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...
FROM PAUL. When we know the attempt to discredit Paul that had taken place in Galatia, these opening words seem _stark!_ WHOSE CALL TO BE AN APOSTLE. Paul emphasizes, that like the Twelve, his appoint...
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....
_Paul, an apostle, not of men._ That is, because the other Apostles were sent by Christ while still mortal, Paul by Christ when wholly deified, and therefore in every way immortal. So says S. Augustin...
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 1:1; 1 Peter 1:21; 1 Timothy 1:11; 2 Corinthians 3:1;...
An apostle. This title is prefixed to Romans, 1st and 2nd Corinthians, Ephesians, Colossians. Here with special emphasis, because Paul's apostleship had been challenged. Of men - by man [α π α ν θ ρ ω...
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...
Paul, an apostle — Here it was necessary for St. Paul to assert his authority; otherwise he is very modest in the use of this title. He seldom mentions it when he mentions others in the salutations wi...
The penman of this epistle is here described by his name, PAUL: by his office, AN APOSTLE; and by his commission to that office, which was not human, but altogether divine, even from GOD THE FATHER BY...