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Verse Galatians 5:26. _LET US NOT BE DESIROUS OF VAIN GLORY_]
κενοδοξοι. _Let us not be vain glorious_-boasting of our
attainments; vaunting ourselves to be superior to others; or seeking
honour from...
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LET US NOT BE DESIROUS OF VAINGLORY - The word used here
(κενόδοξοι kenodoxoi) means “proud” or “vain” of
empty advantages, as of birth, property, eloquence, or learning. The
reference here is probab...
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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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GALATIANS 5:13 TO GALATIANS 6:10. Practical appendix to the epistle;
in the form of guarding the doctrine of free grace against antinomian
abuse....
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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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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, fidelity, gentleness, self-control. There is no law which
condemns thing; like that. Those who belong to Jesus Christ hav...
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DESIROUS OF VAIN GLORY. Greek. _kenodoxos_. Only here. Compare
Philippians 2:3.
PROVOKING. Greek. _prokaleomai_. Only here.
ENVYING. Greek. _phthoneo_. Only here....
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To soften the rebuke, St Paul uses the 1st pers. plur., including
himself with those by whom the warning is needed. A walk directed by
the Spirit of God will not lead to the display of strife and
vain...
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13–6:10. PRACTICAL. LIBERTY IS NOT LICENSE BUT SERVICE; NOT THE
FLESH BUT THE SPIRIT MUST BE THE AIM OF THE BELIEVER...
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25–6:6. _Life by the spirit brings unselfish care for others, e.g.
for one’s teachers_
(Galatians 5:25) Life by the spirit leads to a life in right relation
to others. (Galatians 5:26) We must all bew...
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ἈΛΛΉΛΟΙΣ אACD. ἀλλήλους is read by W.H. margin with
BG*.
26. ΜῊ ΓΙΝΏΜΕΘΑ, in contrast to the preceding suggestion of
harmony. Observe the humility and tact whereby St Paul writes as
though he himself...
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ΓΙΝΏΜΕΘΑ _praes. conj. med. (dep.) от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ
(G1096) становиться; побудительный _conj._
используется с отр.
ΚΕΝΌΔΟΞΟΣ (G2755) пустое прославление,
тщетная слава, тщеславие. Речь идет о
человеке, ко...
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ENVYING ONE ANOTHER.— Whether the _vain-glory_ and _envying_ here
were about their _spiritual gifts,_ (a fault whereof the _Corinthians_
were guilty, as we may see at large 1 Corinthians 12:13, 1 Cori...
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TEXT 5:24-26
(24) And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with
the passions and the lusts thereof. (25) If we live by the Spirit, by
the Spirit let us also walk. (26) Let us not be...
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_VERSE 26. LET US NOT BE DESIROUS OF VAIN GLORY._
To desire vainglory is to desire lies, because when one person praises
another he tells lies. What is there in anybody to praise? But it is
different...
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Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying
one another.
'Let us not BECOME' [ ginometha (G1096)]. While not asserting that the
Galatians are "vain-glorious" now, he says t...
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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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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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VAINGLORY] indulging in rivalry and jealousy. PROVOKING] to strifes of
opinion. ENVYING] cherishing grudges....
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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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This verse may refer back to the problems in verse 15. But it is
important for every Christian and every *church. The answer is to let
the Holy Spirit control us.
CIRCUMCISE ~ to cut off the loose sk...
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LET US NOT BE. — Strictly, _Let us not become._ When he left the
Galatian Church St. Paul was satisfied with their condition, but he
fears that they will change. The warning that he addresses to them...
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(16-26) To follow the guidance of the Spirit is to obtain a double
release: on the one hand, from the evil appetites and passions of the
flesh or of sense — which is the direct antithesis to the Spiri...
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CHAPTER 23
CHRIST'S SPIRIT AND HUMAN FLESH.
Galatians 5:16
LOVE is the guard of Christian freedom. The Holy Spirit is its guide.
These principles accomplish what the law could never do. It withheld...
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to Galatians 6:6. RULES OF CONDUCT DICTATED BY THE SPIRIT OF MUTUAL
LOVE....
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The English version _provoking_ introduces an idea of wanton
provocation which does not belong to the Latin _provocantes_, nor to
the Greek προκαλούμενοι, for this denotes challenges to
combat, and so...
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PRODUCE THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
Galatians 5:13
That Christ has freed us from the Law as a means of salvation does not
free us from moral restraint, but brings us under the constraint of a
higher law,...
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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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(18) Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another,
envying one another.
(18) He adds special exhortations according as he knew the Galatians
to be subject to different vices: and first...
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REFLECTIONS
SWEET are the properties of a justified state in Christ. Lord! I would
say, give me grace to stand fast in it. There is nothing changeable in
my Lord. His Person, his love, his righteousne...
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(19) Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these;
Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, (20) Idolatry,
witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions,
he...
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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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26._Let us not be desirous of vain-glory_, The special exhortations
which were addressed to the Galatians were not more necessary for them
than they are adapted to our own time. Of many evils existing...
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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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LET US NOT BE DESIROUS OF VAIN GLORY,.... Ambitious of being thought
wiser, and richer, and more valuable than others; of having the
preeminence in the management of all affairs, and of having honour,...
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Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying
one another.
Ver. 26. _Let us not be desirous of vain glory_] _Ingens dulcedo
gloriae_ (saith Aeneas Sylvius) _facilius contemnend...
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_If we live in_, or by, _the Spirit_ If we are indeed raised from the
death of sin, and made alive to God by the operation of his Spirit,
and if this spiritual life is continued to us by his indwellin...
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VAINGLORY; empty applause, which puffs up with pride.
PROVOKING ONE ANOTHER; by claims of superiority, or haughty, imperious
behavior.
ENVYING ONE ANOTHER; for any real or supposed excellence or
dis...
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The fruits of the Spirit:...
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LET US NOT BE DESIROUS OF VAINGLORY, PROVOKING ONE ANOTHER, ENVYING
ONE ANOTHER.
In contrast to the sins and vices which the apostle has enumerated
above, he here offers a brief, but comprehensive lis...
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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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LET US NOT BECOME CONCEITED, PROVOKING ONE ANOTHER, ENVYING ONE
ANOTHER.
If you are living in the Spirit, you will not:
1 - Seek "vain glory"
2 - Provoke each other, stir up, prod, poke
3 - Envy -...
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16-26 If it be our care to act under the guidance and power of the
blessed Spirit, though we may not be freed from the stirrings and
oppositions of the corrupt nature which remains in us, it shall no...
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LET US NOT BE DESIROUS OF VAIN-GLORY: ambition or vain-glory is a
natural corruption, disposing us to boast and commend ourselves, and
to seek the honour and applause of men. PROVOKING ONE ANOTHER; th...
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Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one
another....
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I "Let us not be desirous of
vainglory," says the apostle, "provoking one another, envying one
another."[96]
Tertullian Of Patience
There is, too, another chief s...
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Galatians 5:26 Let G1096 not G3361 become G1096 (G5741) conceited
G2755 provoking G4292 (G5734) another G240 envy
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‘Let us have no self-conceit, no provoking of one another, no envy
of one another.'
In contrast there are things, which are ever a danger, and are in
direct opposition to the Spirit, regardless of how...
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FREEDOM IS NOT TO BE MISINTERPRETED AS LICENCE. THEY MUST WALK IN LOVE
AND BY THE SPIRIT (GALATIANS 5:13).
Paul now goes on to deal with the charge that the Gospel he is
presenting gives men licence t...
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Galatians 5:26. LET US NOT BECOME VAINGLORIOUS, etc. This is the
opposite of humility (Philippians 2:3). ‘St. Paul works round again
to the subject of Galatians 5:15, and repeats his warning. It is cl...
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LET US NOT BE
(μη γινωμεθα). Present middle subjunctive (volitive), "Let
us cease becoming vainglorious" (κενοδοξο), late word only
here in N.T. (κενοσ, δοξα). Once in Epictetus in same
sense.PROVO...
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Galatians 5:13. _For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only
use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one
another._
Do not turn your liberty into license. The apostle...
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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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WE MUST NOT BE. These things destroy Christian community and
fellowship!...
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_Let us not be desirous of vainglory, provoking one another, envying
one another._
I. Disunion may exist in a Christian community.
II. Entire sympathy with Christ will heighten man’s appreciation of...
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 5:26 Paul probably refers to attitudes
that are causing problems in the Galatian churches (see v. Galatians
5:15). These also describe all who live according to the flesh ...
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 5:16 Life under the law expresses itself
in the works of the flesh, but those who live by the Spirit bear fruit
pleasing to God.
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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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_Let us not be desirous of vain-glory._ Whoever seeks the praises of
men seeks a vain thing. He pursues a bubble, swollen by wind, but void
of all substance. The only true and lasting glory which alon...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Galatians 5:22. THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT.—The singular _fruit_, as
compared with the plural _works_, suggests that the effect of the
Spirit’s inworking is one harmoniou...
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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 3:7; 1 Peter 5:5; Galatians 5:15; James 3:14; James 4:16
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Desirous of vainglory [κ ε ν ο δ ο ξ ο ι]. N. T. o. Better,
vainglorious. The noun kenodoxia vainglory only Philippians 2:3. In
LXX see Wisd. 14 14; 4 Macc. 2 15; 8 18. Originally, vain opinion,
error...
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THE GRACES OF THE SPIRIT'S INDWELLING
Galatians 5:14
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The works of the flesh are manifest. It is not necessary for anyone
to draw upon his imagination to describe the works of...
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Be not desirous of vain glory — Of the praise or esteem of men. They
who do not carefully and closely follow the Spirit, easily slide into
this: the natural effects of which are, provoking to envy the...