Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Galatians 3:8
Preached before (RV 'beforehand')] proclaimed long in advance the central principle of the Christian gospel.
Preached before (RV 'beforehand')] proclaimed long in advance the central principle of the Christian gospel.
Verse 8. _THE SCRIPTURE, FORESEEING_] See the notes on Romans 4:3. As God intended to justify the heathen through faith, he preached the Gospel that contains the grand display of the doctrine of salv...
AND THE SCRIPTURE - The word Scripture refers to the Old Testament; see the note at John 5:39. It is here personified, or spoken of as foreseeing. The idea is, that he by whom the scriptures were insp...
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...
GALATIANS 3:1 TO GALATIANS 5:12. DOCTRINAL SECTION. PAUL SETS THE CHOICE BEFORE THEM CHRIST OR THE LAW AND ARGUES FOR ITS URGENCY. Galatians 3:1. It was a strange folly which could lead them to forget...
O senseless Galatians, who has put the evil eye on you--you before whose very eyes Jesus Christ was placarded upon his Cross? Tell me this one thing--did you receive the Spirit by doing the works the...
THE GIFT OF GRACE (Galatians 3:1-9)...
FORESEEING. Greek. _proeidon_. Only here and Acts 2:31, WOULD JUSTIFY. justifieth. Greek. _dikaioo_ App-191. HEATHEN. nations. Some as Gentiles, Galatians 3:14. THROUGH. Greek. _ek_, as...
St Paul's appeal here and elsewhere to the authority of the O.T. as the unerring, irreversible decision is very instructive. This authority depends on an inspiration which is _verbal_, though not _mec...
_Faith makes sons of Abraham and brings the blessing promised in him_ (Galatians 3:7) Ye perceive then that they who draw their spiritual life from faith—these and these only are sons of Abraham. (Gal...
ΠΡΟΪΔΟΥ͂ΣΑ ΔῈ. “The exact force of δέ, which is never _simply_ connective, and never loses _all_ shades of its true oppositive character, deserves almost more attentive consideration in these Epp. tha...
ΠΡΟΪΔΟΎΣΑ _aor. act. part. от_ ΠΡΟΟΡΆΩ (G4308) видеть заранее, предвидеть. Это слово указывает, что момент веры в Божьем методе оправдания является вневременным (Guthrie), ΔΊΚΑΙΟΙ _praes. ind. act. о...
DISCOURSE: 2060 THE GOSPEL PREACHED TO ABRAHAM Galatians 3:8. _The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the Gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee sha...
IN THEE SHALL ALL NATIONS BE BLESSED.— It may perhaps be asked, "What evidence there is that this promise meant the conversion of Jews and Gentiles to Christianity, rather than converting the Gentiles...
Justification by faith proved by the case of Abraham. Galatians 3:6-9 TEXT 3:6-9 (6) Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness. (7) Know therefore that they that ar...
_VERSE 8. AND THE SCRIPTURE, FORESEEING THAT GOD WOULD JUSTIFY THE HEATHEN THROUGH FAITH._ VERSE 8. Preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed....
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. AND, [ de (G1161)] - 'Moreove...
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...
3:8 blessed. (e-30) See Genesis 12:3 ....
The ‘*Scripture’ refers to the part of the Bible that we call the *Old Testament. In Genesis 12:3; Genesis 18:18; Genesis 22:18, you can read what God promised to Abraham. Abraham lived about 2000 yea...
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...
The universalism of the promise is accounted for by the fact that it is rested upon faith and not on works — thus showing a distinct prevision of a time when the whole world should be invited to claim...
(6-14) These prolific results are due to faith, and not to the Law; just as it was faith which won for Abraham that imputed righteousness. Faith was the cause, blessing the consequence, which extends...
CHAPTER 12 ABRAHAM'S BLESSING AND THE LAW'S CURSE. Galatians 3:6 FAITH then, we have learnt, not works of law, was the condition on which the Galatians received the Spirit of Christ. By this gate th...
BY FAITH MEN BECOME SONS OF ABRAHAM AND INHERIT HIS BLESSING, WHEREAS THOSE WHO CLAIM IT ON THE SCORE OF OBEDIENCE TO LAW ARE SUBJECT TO THE CURSE OF A BROKEN LAW; FROM WHICH CHRIST REDEEMED US, GENTI...
δικαιοῖ : _justifieth_. The present tense is used because justification by faith, though not revealed to the Gentiles till Christ came, was an eternal truth of God's dealings with man, to be revealed...
RIGHTEOUSNESS BASED ON FAITH Galatians 3:1 The strong tendency of the Galatian Christians to depend upon ceremonies or upon legal obedience, _in addition_ to their faith in Christ, elicits in this c...
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...
(7) And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, [saying], (8) In thee shall all nations be (f) blessed. (7) The third, tha...
(6) В¶ Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. (7) Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. (8) And the scripture, for...
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...
8._The scripture foreseeing_. What he had said in a general manner is now applied expressly to the Gentiles; for the calling of the Gentiles was a new and extraordinary occurrence. Doubts existed as t...
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...
AND THE SCRIPTURE FORESEEING,.... This seems to agree with the Jewish forms or citing passages of Scripture, מה ראה הכתוב, "what does the Scripture foresee?" and מה ראתה תורה, n "what does the law for...
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, _saying_, In thee shall all nations be blessed. Ver. 8. _And the Scripture for...
_He therefore_ Namely, God; _that ministereth to you the Spirit_ Who is continually giving you additional supplies of grace by the Spirit; _and worketh miracles_, &c. Bestows the extraordinary gifts o...
FORESEEING; the Holy Ghost foreseeing, and in the Scriptures foretelling, that God would justify Gentiles as he did Abraham. IN THEE; as the spiritual father of all that believe. Genesis 12:3; Genesis...
Paul brings Scripture-proof for his position:...
AND THE SCRIPTURE, FORESEEING THAT GOD WOULD JUSTIFY THE HEATHEN THROUGH FAITH, PREACHED BEFORE THE GOSPEL UNTO ABRAHAM, SAYING, IN THEE SHALL ALL NATIONS BE BLESSED....
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...
All salvation comes by faith in Jesus (Jew and Gentile). Reference is made here to Genesis 12:3...
6-14 The apostle proves the doctrine he had blamed the Galatians for rejecting; namely, that of justification by faith without the works of the law. This he does from the example of Abraham, whose fa...
The Holy Ghost in Scripture (by whose inspiration the Scripture was written) foreseeing, or knowing, the counsels and designs of God, that the heathen (when the fulness of times as to them should come...
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all the nations be blessed. [Genesis 12:3]...
Tertullian On the Flesh of Christ of Abraham, "And in thy seed shall all nations of the earth be blessed," he adds, "He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is C...
Galatians 3:8 And G1161 Scripture G1124 foreseeing G4275 (G5631) that G3754 God G2316 justify G1344 (G5719) Gentile
‘And the Scripture, foreseeing that by faith God accounts as righteous the Gentiles, preached the Gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “in you shall all the nations be blessed”. So then those who are...
PAUL CONFIRMS WHAT HE HAS SAID BY POINTING OUT THAT EVERY BLESSING THEY HAVE RECEIVED WAS RECEIVED THROUGH FAITH (GALATIANS 3:1). Paul now reminds the Galatians of how they first came to Christ, and w...
Galatians 3:8. THE SCRIPTURE, personified, as in Galatians 3:22, for the author of the Scripture. JUSTIFIETH, now when Paul wrote, and at all times. It is the normal present indicating the only way...
FORESEEING (προιδουσα). Second aorist active participle of προοραω. The Scripture is here personified. Alone in this sense of "sight," but common with λεγε or ειπεν (says, said) and really in verse...
Galatians 3:7 Abraham. "God," says the text, "preached the Gospel to Abraham." The very oath sworn to him by his Maker was, according to the Epistle to the Hebrews, designed to show to the heirs of p...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
SAW AHEAD OF TIME. "Since God had already decided to put men right with himself by faith, the scripture tells about it." THE GOOD NEWS. The promise that through Abraham, God would bless all the people...
_And the Scripture foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith._ THE SCRIPTURE FORESEEING I. God foresaw that He would justify the heathen through faith. II. Foreseeing this issue,...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:6 Paul issues a second direct appeal to the Galatians: it is not just their own experience of receiving the gospel by faith that should teach them that salvation is not b...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:1 Direct Appeals to the Galatians. Paul gives several reasons why the Galatians should resist false teachers. ⇐
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...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 3:6. EVEN AS ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD.—Where justification is there the Spirit is, so that if the former comes by faith the latter must also. Galatians 3:8. PRE...
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...
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...
2 Timothy 3:15; Acts 15:15; Acts 2:25; Acts 2:26; Acts 2:35;...
The scripture [η γ ρ α φ η]. See on 1 Timothy 5:18. The particular passage cited below. See on Mark 12:10; 2 John 1:5 :47 footnote. Foreseeing [π ρ ο ι δ ο υ σ α]. The passage of Scripture is personif...
And the scripture — That is, the Holy Spirit, who gave the scripture. Foreseeing that God would justify the gentiles also by faith, declared before — So great is the excellency and fulness of the scri...
Observe here, that because the former consequence from Abraham's justification to ours, might be questioned whether it holds in the Gentiles, who were not of Abraham's posterity; therefore the apostle...