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Verse Galatians 5:2. _IF YE BE CIRCUMCISED_] By circumcision you take
on you the whole obligation of the Jewish law, and consequently
profess to seek salvation by means of its observances; and therefo...
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BEHOLD, I PAUL SAY UNTO YOU - I, who at first preached the gospel to
you; I, too, who have been circumcised, and who was formerly a
strenuous assertor of the necessity of observing the laws of Moses;...
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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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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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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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BEHOLD. Greek. _ide_. App-133.
UNTO. to.
IF. Greek. _ean_. App-118.
BE CIRCUMCISED. undergo circumcision.
SHALL. will.
NOTHING. Greek. _oudeis_....
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(Third Division of the Epistle.)
Practical Exhortations based on the preceding Doctrinal Teaching...
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St Paul here speaks with the Apostolic authority which he had
vindicated at the opening of the Epistle, but which he has hitherto
kept in abeyance while using argument, and remonstrance, and entreaty....
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ἼΔΕ. As interjection here only in St Paul’s writings. Contrast
ἰδού, Galatians 1:20, also ἴδετε, Galatians 6:11. For
ἴδε with even a plural see Matthew 26:65.
ἘΓῺ ΠΑΥ͂ΛΟΣ....
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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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2–6. _The effect of circumcision and of faith contrasted_
(Galatians 5:2) See! I, I Paul (accused of preaching circumcision,
Galatians 5:11) say to you that, so far from circumcision being
necessary,...
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DISCOURSE: 2078
SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS REPROVED
Galatians 5:2. _Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be
circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. For I testify again to
every man that is circumcis...
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BEHOLD,— This word is used to fix their attention. _I, Paul;_—"I,
the same Paul, who am reported to preach circumcision,—_testify
again,_ (Galatians 5:3.)—continue my testimony, _to every man;_ to
you...
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Alternatives of Entanglement and Freedom Galatians 5:2-6
TEXT 5:2-6
(2) Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision,
Christ will profit you nothing. (3) Yea, I testify again to ever...
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_VERSE 2. BEHOLD, I PAUL SAY UNTO YOU, THAT IF YE BE CIRCUMCISED,
CHRIST SHALL PROFIT YOU NOTHING._...
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Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall
profit you nothing.
BEHOLD - i:e., mark what I say.
I PAUL. However you disparage me, I give my personal authority as
enough...
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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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BE CIRCUMCISED] RV 'Receive circumcision' as essential to salvation.
CHRIST.. PROFIT.. NOTHING] because you thereby reject Him as sole and
sufficient Saviour....
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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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Paul wanted to emphasise what he was writing in this section. If a man
became a *Jew, someone *circumcised him. This was the mark that he was
a *Jew. Most *Jews did not believe that Jesus Christ was G...
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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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(2-6) There can be no compromise between Christianity and Judaism. If
you accept the one you must give up the other. Circumcision is a
pledge or engagement to live by the rule of the Law. That rule mu...
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BEHOLD, I PAUL. — The strong personality of the Apostle asserts
itself; instead of going into an elaborate proof, he speaks with
dogmatic authority, as though his bare word were enough.
SHALL PROFIT Y...
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CHAPTER 20
SHALL THE GALATIANS BE CIRCUMCISED?
Galatians 5:2
SHALL the Galatians be circumcised, or shall they not? This is the
decisive question. The denunciation with which Paul begins his letter,...
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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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ἐγὼ. The Apostle finds it necessary to express pointedly his own
personal judgment on the effect of circumcision in consequence of
false reports which had been circulated that he had given some
sancti...
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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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(1) Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be (a) circumcised, Christ
shall profit you nothing.
(1) Another entreaty in which he plainly witnesses that justification
of works, and justification of f...
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If you converted from heathenism be circumcised, it must be by
believing and professing it necessary, which is false doctrine, and
the Christ will profit you nothing: not that the practice of those
ce...
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(1) В¶ Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath
made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. (2)
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ s...
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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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2._Behold, I Paul_. He could not have pronounced a severer threatening
than that it would exclude them entirely from the grace of Christ. But
what is the meaning of this, that Christ will _profit noth...
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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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BEHOLD, I PAUL SAY UNTO YOU,.... The apostle proceeds to give some
reasons and arguments to enforce the above exhortation and dissuasion:
the first of which is introduced with a note of attention, "be...
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Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall
profit you nothing.
Ver. 2. _Behold I Paul_] _q.d._ As true as I am Paul, and do write
these things.
_ Christ shall profit you no...
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_Behold, I Paul_ A divinely-commissioned apostle of Christ; _say, that
if ye be circumcised_ And seek to be justified by that rite, or if you
depend on any part of the ceremonial law, as your righteou...
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IF YE BE CIRCUMCISED; that is, circumcised as a profession of your
dependence for salvation on the law of Moses. Acts 15:1. It was not
against the simple rite of circumcision that the apostle contende...
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BEHOLD, I, PAUL, SAY UNTO YOU THAT IF YE BE CIRCUMCISED, CHRIST SHALL
PROFIT YOU NOTHING....
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CHRISTIAN LIBERTY AN INCENTIVE TO HOLINESS OF LIFE.
Christian liberty opposed to legal bondage:...
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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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STAND FAST THEREFORE IN THE LIBERTY BY WHICH CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE,
AND DO NOT BE ENTANGLED AGAIN WITH A YOKE OF BONDAGE.
Fast - three uses of this word:
1 - With speed, haste
2 - Go without food...
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1-6 Christ will not be the Saviour of any who will not own and rely
upon him as their only Saviour. Let us take heed to the warnings and
persuasions of the apostle to stedfastness in the doctrine and...
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It is manifest that the apostle is speaking here concerning
circumcision, looked upon as necessary to justification, now under the
gospel state. For under the Old Testament undoubtedly Christ profited...
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Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ
will profit you nothing. [By the use of an exclamation followed by his
name, Paul calls attention to the sentence, or decree, whic...
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Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics
Writing also to the Galatians, he inveighs against such men as
observed and defend circumcision and the (Mosaic) law.[346]
Tertullian On Modesty
Even if...
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Galatians 5:2 Indeed G2396 I G1473 Paul G3972 say G3004 (G5719) you
G5213 that G3754 if G1437 circumcised...
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‘Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision Christ
will be of no benefit to you. Yes, I testify again to every man who
receives circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole Law....
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Galatians 5:2. BEHOLD, I, PAUL, SAY UNTO YOU, THAT IF YE BE
CIRCUMCISED (suffer yourselves to be circumcised), CHRIST WILL PROFIT
YOU NOTHING. Your course is pot only foolish, but dangerous, yea
ruino...
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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 PAUL
(εγω Παυλος). Asserts all his personal and apostolic
authority. For both words see also 1 Thessalonians 2:16; 2 Corinthians
10:1; Colossians 1:23;...
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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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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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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, PAUL, TELL YOU THIS. "As a true apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ I
tell you this true fact: If you let yourselves be circumcised as if it
were necessary for this to be done in order for you to be s...
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_If ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing._
THE LAW AND GRACE
I. God will deal with us either altogether by works or altogether by
Christ; these things cannot be mixed.
II. To piece up...
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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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_If ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing._ If you trust
to circumcision as necessary to salvation, Christ and His religion
will be of no avail to you; but you seem to be putting your tru...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Galatians 5:2. IF YE BE CIRCUMCISED.—Not simply as a national rite,
but as a symbol of Judaism and legalism in general; as necessary to
justification. CHRIST SHALL PRO...
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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 16:21; 1 Thessalonians 2:18; 2 Corinthians 10:1; Acts
15:1;...
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Behold [ι δ ε]. Imperative singular, appealing to each individual
reader. I Paul. Comp. 2 Corinthians 10:1; Ephesians 3:1; Colossians
1:23. Asserting his personal authority.
If ye be circumcised [ε α...
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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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If ye be circumcised — And seek to be justified thereby. Christ —
The Christian institution. Will profit you nothing — For you hereby
disclaim Christ, and all the blessings which are through faith in...
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That is, "Behold,. Paul, your apostle, do positively declare, and
expressly tell you, the Galatians, and all other Christians converted
by me to Christianity, that IF YE BE CIRCUMCISED, that is, join...