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Verse 12. _I WOULD THEY WERE EVEN CUT OFF WHICH TROUBLE YOU._] This
saying has puzzled many, and different interpretations of the place
have been proposed by learned men.
At first sight it seems as...
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I WOULD THEY WERE EVEN CUT OFF - That is, as I understand it, from the
communion of the church. So far am I, says Paul, from agreeing with
them, and preaching the necessity of circumcision as they do,...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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WERE, &c.. even dismembered themselves. Reference to the rite
practised by the Phrygians in the worship of Cybele. Compare Mark
9:43, (Revised Version would even cut themselves off)
TROUBLE. Greek. _...
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The Apostle gives vent to his righteous indignation.
_they were even cut off_ Two explanations of this expression are
given. All expositors however agree in translating the verb as a
_middle_, not as...
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ὌΦΕΛΟΝ. This shortened form of ὤφελον has become
virtually a particle, _utinam_, both in the LXX. (Exodus 16:3) and in
the N.T., with a past tense (1 Corinthians 4:8; 2 Corinthians 11:1;...
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_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...
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_Another, but sharper, appeal and warning. The observance of the Law
is inconsistent with faith in Christ
_...
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ΌΦΕΛΟΝ (G3785) я бы, о если бы; устойчивое
сочетание в роли частицы, вводящей
выражение недостижимых желаний (BAGD,
181f). Здесь используется с FUT. _ind._ для
выражения достижимого желания, хотя
выпо...
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I WOULD THEY WERE EVEN CUT OFF WHICH TROUBLE YOU.— _Who subvert_ or
_unsettle you._ It by no means agrees with the gentle genius of
Christianity to suppose that this Apostle, who understood it so well...
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TEXT 5:10-12
(10) I have confidence to you-ward in the Lord, that ye will be none
otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment,
whosoever he be. (11) But I, brethren, if I stil...
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_VERSE 12. I WOULD THEY WERE EVEN CUT OFF WHICH TROUBLE YOU._
Paul does right to curse these troublers of the Galatians, wishing
that they were cut off and rooted out of the Church of God and that
the...
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I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
THEY ... WHICH TROUBLE YOU, [ anastatountes (G387)] - turning upside
down (Acts 17:6): setting up what ought to be down, and down what
ought to be...
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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...
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5:12 cut (d-7) Or 'mutilate.'...
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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...
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WERE EVEN CUT OFF] RV 'would even cut themselves off,' RM 'would even
mutilate themselves'; i.e. would even go beyond circumcision, like the
priests of Cybele, whom the Galatians had formerly worshipp...
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CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE
GALATIANS
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 5
CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE
V1 We have freedom because Christ has made us free. Be certain that
you remain free. You must not allow yourselv...
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Paul was very angry with the false teachers. In some *Gentile
religions, the male priests cut off their male sex parts. The *Jewish
law did not allow any such behaviour. Paul was saying that the false...
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I WOULD THEY WERE EVEN CUT OFF. — The Authorised version is
undoubtedly wrong here. The words may mean “cut themselves off,”
_i.e.,_ from your communion, but it seems far best to take the words,
with...
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(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...
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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,...
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ὄφελον. This adverb occurs also in 1Co 4:8, 2 Corinthians 11:1;
Revelation 3:15. In all three places it expresses dissatisfaction with
the actual position, “Would that it were otherwise”. But it
acqui...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(11) I would they were even cut off which (g) trouble you.
(11) An example of a true pastor inflamed with the zeal of God's
glory, and love for his flock.
(g) For those that preach the Law cause men...
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(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...
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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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12._Would that they were even cut off_. His indignation proceeds still
farther, and he prays for destruction on those impostors by whom the
Galatians had been deceived. The word, “cut off,” appears to...
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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...
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I WOULD THEY WERE EVEN CUT OFF WHICH TROUBLE YOU. These words are a
solemn wish of the apostle's with respect to the false teachers, or an
imprecation of the judgment of God upon them; that they might...
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I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
Ver. 12. _I would they were even cut_] Not circumcised only, cut
round, but cut off, _Non circumcidantur modo, sed et abscindantur._
(Chrys.)
_ That...
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_And I, brethren_ If, as my enemies insinuate; _I yet preach
circumcision_ As necessary to salvation, and urge it upon the
believing Gentiles; _why do I yet suffer persecution_ From the Jews,
as one a...
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The service of love as opposed to the service of the flesh:...
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I WOULD THEY WERE EVEN CUT OFF WHICH TROUBLE YOU....
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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...
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I COULD WISH THAT THOSE WHO TROUBLE YOU WOULD EVEN CUT THEMSELVES OFF!
Judiazing teachers should be cut off.
Romans 16:17 - "Mark them"
2 Timothy 3:5 - "turn away"
Titus 1:10-11 - "mouths stopped...
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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...
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I wish that God would some way or other put an end to these that
trouble you. This Paul speaketh not out of hatred to their persons,
but out of a zeal to the glory of God, and a just indignation again...
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Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul
How should he not, when he himself experiences the same? "I would,"
says he, "that they were even cut off which trouble you."[113]
Tertullian On Modesty
wishing ev...
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Galatians 5:12 wish G3785 trouble G387 (G5723) you G5209 even G2532
off G609 (G5698)
cut -...
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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...
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‘I would that those who trouble you would even cut themselves off.'
NEB puts this in this way, ‘as for these agitators, they had better
go the whole way and make eunuchs of themselves' (i.e. like the...
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Galatians 5:12. I WISH THAT THEY WHO ARE UNSETTLING YOU WOULD EVEN GO
ON TO ABSCISSION; that the circumcisers would not stop with the half
measure of circumcision, but go beyond it even to abscission...
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_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...
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I WOULD
(οφελον). Would that, used as conjunction in wishes. See on 1
Corinthians 4:2; 2 Corinthians 11:1. Here a wish about the future with
future indicative.THEY WHICH UNSETTLE YOU
(ο αναστατουν...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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I WISH. Both the TEV and the NIV give the _literal_ translation of
what Paul actually said. Paul is speaking in _bitter irony!_ The
_Expositor's Greek Testament_ says: "APOKOPSONTAI. This word was
hab...
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_I would they were even cut off that trouble you._
REASONS FOR PAUL’S INDIGNATION
Not content with argument he charges the Judaizers with what is base,
cowardly, and corrupt. They are mean and time-s...
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 5:1 Those who turn to the law for
salvation cut themselves off from salvation.
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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...
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_I would that they were even cut off which trouble you._ Cut off from
the Church and your fellowship, lest they corrupt the whole. Cf. 1
Corinthians 5:3. This is the obvious meaning, and one befitting...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 5:13; Acts 15:1; Acts 15:2; Acts 15:24; Acts 5:5;...
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They were cut off [α π ο κ ο ψ ο ν τ α ι]. More correctly,
would cut themselves off. Perhaps the severest expression in Paul's
Epistles. It turns on the practice of circumcision. Paul says in
effect :...
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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...
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I would they were even cut off — From your communion; cast out of
your church, that thus trouble you....
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The apostle's meaning is, "That it were very fit, were it seasonable,
that those which had thus seduced them, should be excommunicated and
and cut off from the church's communion.
Where note, 1. How i...