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GALATIANS 3:19 no,moj* tw/n paraba,sewn ca,rin prosete,qh {A}
Inattentive copyists have produced several quite idiosyncratic
readings: D* reads, “It was established on account of traditions”;
F G _al...
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Verse 19. _WHEREFORE THEN_ SERVETH _THE LAW?_] If the law does not
annul the Abrahamic covenant, and cannot confer salvation on its
votaries, why did God give it? This was a very natural objection, an...
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WHEREFORE THEN SERVETH THE LAW? - This is obviously an objection which
might be urged to the reasoning which the apostle had pursued. It was
very obvious to ask, if the principles which he had laid do...
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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...
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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...
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THE GIFT OF GRACE (Galatians 3:1-9)...
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Why, then, have the law at all? The law was added to the situation to
define what transgressions are, until the seed should come, to whom
the promise, which still holds good, had been made. That law w...
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TRANSGRESSIONS. Greek. _parabasis_. See Romans 4:15. Compare App-128.
1,
THE... MADE. Literally it has been promised.
ANGELS. Compare Lout. Gal 33:2.Acts 7:53; Hebrews 2:2,
MEDIATOR. Greek. mesites
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The Purpose and Use of the Law in relation to the Justification of the
Sinner
19. If then the promise is not affected by the law, so that no new
condition of justification is imposed by it, the questi...
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19–22. _The true place and purpose of the Law. It was subordinate to
the promise, and preparatory, by developing the sense of sin_
(Galatians 3:19) (If the inheritance is by the Promise, not by the
La...
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ΠΑΡΑΒΆΣΕΩΝ ΧΆΡΙΝ. A curious text is given in G Irenint.
Ambrosiaster by omitting χάριν and reading πράξεων: Quid
ergo lex factorum? disposita per angelos in manu mediatoris posita est
usque dum veniat...
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DISCOURSE: 2063
THE USES OF THE LAW
Galatians 3:19. _Wherefore the serveth the law?_
PERHAPS, of all the subjects connected with religion, there is not one
so rarely unfolded to Christian auditories...
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_GALATIANS 3:19_.— In answer to the objection, _To what then serveth
the law?_ the Apostle shews that the law was not contrary to the
promise; but since all men were guilty of transgression, Galatians...
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Superiority of the Gospel to the Law seen in that the law was a
temporary arrangement. Galatians 3:19-29
TEXT 3:19, 20
(19) What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions,
till the see...
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_VERSE 19. WHEREFORE THEN SERVETH THE LAW?_
The Jews believed if they kept the Law they would be saved. When they
heard that the Gospel proclaimed a Christ who had come into the world
to save sinners...
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Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of
transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was
made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
WHEREFORE T...
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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...
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3:19 transgressions, (b-12) i.e. in order to bring evil into relief by
transgressions....
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Inferior character of the Law shown (1) by its aim to make
transgressions abound, cp. Romans 3:20; Romans 4:15; Romans 5:20;
Romans 7:7 and (2) by its mediation through
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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...
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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...
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The Christians in Galatia may have wanted to know why God gave his
laws. God’s laws show what God’s holy standards are. Those laws
clearly describe what is right and wrong behaviour. Before God gave
h...
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WHEREFORE THEN SERVETH THE LAW? — Literally, _What then is the Law?_
What is its object or function? If it did not affect the promise, what
did it do? The Apostle proceeds to answer this question.
IT...
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If such was not the function of the Law — if it had _no_ power to
modify the promise — what was its true function? It was a sort of
measure of police. Its object was to deal with transgressions. It wa...
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CHAPTER 14
THE DESIGN OF THE LAW.
Galatians 3:19
"WHAT then is the law?" So the Jew might well exclaim. Paul has been
doing nothing but disparage it.-"You say that the Law of Moses brings
no righteo...
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THE LAW WAS A TEMPORARY ENACTMENT ORDAINED TO DEAL WITH THE OFFENCES
WHICH IT DENOUNCES UNTIL THE COMING OF THE PROMISED SEED. THE GOD FROM
WHOM IT PROCEEDED WAS THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, BUT HE PROMULGATED...
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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...
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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...
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(22) Wherefore then [serveth] the law? It was added because of (o)
transgressions, (p) till the seed should come to whom the promise was
made; (23) [and it was] (q) ordained by (r) angels in the hand...
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(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...
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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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When we are told that the law has no influence in obtaining
justification, various suggestions immediately arise, that it must be
either useless, or opposed to God’s covenant, or something of that
sor...
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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...
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WHEREFORE WHY THEN SERVETH THE LAW?.... If this be the case, might an
objector say, why was the law given? what ends and purposes are to be
served by it? of what use can it be? there had as good been...
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Wherefore then _serveth_ the law? It was added because of
transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was
made; _and it was_ ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
Ver. 19. _...
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Gal. 3:19, 20. "It was added because of transgressions, till the seed
should come to whom the promise was made. And it was ordained by
angels in the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator is not a mediato...
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_Wherefore then serveth the law_ If the inheritance was not by the
law, but by the promise, as a free gift, for what purpose was the law
given, or what significancy had it? _It was added because of
tr...
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WHEREFORE THEN SERVETH THE LAW? why was it added? BECAUSE OF
TRANSGRESSIONS; the Jews were so prone to forsake God, worship idols,
and commit all sorts of abominations, that the law was added to
restr...
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WHEREFORE, THEN, SERVETH THE LAW? IT WAS ADDED BECAUSE OF
TRANSGRESSIONS, TILL THE SEED SHOULD COME TO WHOM THE PROMISE WAS
MADE; AND IT WAS ORDAINED BY ANGELS IN THE HAND OF A MEDIATOR....
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PROOFS FOR THE LIBERTY OF A CHRISTIAN FROM THE NATURE AND MEANING OF
THE LAW.
The secondary office of the Law:...
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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...
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The promise was not part of law. It was before the law. It was for all
who have the faith of Abraham.
Why did God give the law?
1.It was ADDED to existing law
2.Because of sin in Israel
3.To bring...
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19-22 If that promise was enough for salvation, wherefore then
serveth the law? The Israelites, though chosen to be God's peculiar
people, were sinners as well as others. The law was not intended to...
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WHEREFORE THEN SERVETH THE LAW? Some might say: To what purpose was
the law given? As if there could be no use of it unless it were
available to justification. IT WAS ADDED BECAUSE OF TRANSGRESSIONS;...
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What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the
seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; and it was
ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator....
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III
It was added, until the seed should come to whom the promise was made;
[and it was] ordained by angels in the hand of a Mediator."[53]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Bo...
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Galatians 3:19 purpose G5101 then G3767 law G3551 added G4369 (G5681)
because G5484 transgressions G3847 till G891
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‘What then is the Law? It was added because of transgressions until
the seed should come to whom the promise has been made, ordained
through angels by the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator is not of...
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WHAT THEN WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW? (GALATIANS 3:19).
He now raises the question as to what the purpose of the Law is....
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_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...
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Galatians 3:19. WHAT THEN IS THE LAW? Since the law has properly
nothing to do with the Christian salvation, the question arises: To
what end was it then given at all, what is its use and import? The...
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WHAT THEN IS THE LAW?
(τ ουν ο νομοσ?). Or, why then the law? A pertinent question
if the Abrahamic promise antedates it and holds on afterwards.IT WAS
ADDED BECAUSE OF TRANSGRESSIONS
(των παραβασ...
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WHEREFORE THEN
The answer is sixfold:
(1) The law was added because of transgressions, that is, to give to
sin the character of transgression.
(a) Men had been sinning before Moses, but in the abse...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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WHAT WAS? "Why did God give The Law??? To restrain sin by clearly
showing what wrongdoing is!!! But it was temporary and was meant to
last only until Abraham's _descendant_ came." BY ANGELS. See Hebre...
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_Wherefore then serveth the law?_
It was added because of trasgressions_._
THE FUNCTION OF THE LAW
Of what use, then, is the law, if (as you assert) it is not simply a
codicil to--a substitute for--...
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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...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Galatians 3:19. WHEREFORE THEN SERVETH THE LAW?—As it is of no avail
for justification, is it either useless or contrary to the covenant of
God? IT WAS ADDED BECAUSE O...
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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...
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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...
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1 Timothy 1:8; 1 Timothy 1:9; Acts 7:38; Acts 7:53; Deuteronomy 18:15
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Wherefore then serveth the law ? [τ ι ο υ ν ο ν ο μ ο ς].
Lit. what then is the law, or, why then the law ? What is its meaning
and object? A natural question of an objector, since, according to
Paul'...
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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...
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It — The ceremonial law. Was added — To the promise. Because of
transgressions — Probably, the yoke of the ceremonial law was
inflicted as a punishment for the national sin of idolatry, Exodus
32:1, a...
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Here an objection is moved: Some might be ready to say, "If the law,
that is, works done in obedience to the law, do not justify, then the
law given by Moses upon Mount Sinai, is in vain, and to no pu...