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Verse Galatians 4:2. _BUT IS UNDER TUTORS_] επιτροπους.
_Guardians_ and _governors_; οικονομους. those who have the
_charge_ of the _family._ These words are nearly similar; but we may
consider the fi...
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BUT IS UNDER - Is subject to their control and direction.
TUTORS - The word tutor with us properly means instructor. But this is
not quite the sense of the original. The word (επίτροπος
epitropos); p...
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CHAPTER 4
_ 1. Under the law in the state of minority. (Galatians 4:1)_
2. The Son revealed to redeem. (Galatians 4:4)
3. Because ye are Sons; the Spirit of Sonship. (Galatians 4:6)
4. The backslid
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An heir may be either one who is entering on his inheritance or one
who is hereafter to enter on it. In a sense, the Christian inheritance
is always future; heaven lies ahead. And the NT, with its str...
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This is what I mean--so long as the heir is an infant there is no
difference between him and a slave, although he is owner of
everything, but he is under the control of stewards and overseers
until th...
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THE DAYS OF CHILDHOOD (Galatians 4:1-7)...
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UNDER. Greek. _hupo_. App-104.
TUTORS. Greek. _epitropos_. Elsewhere, Matthew 20:8; Luke 8:3
(steward).
GOVERNORS. Greek. _oikonomos_. See Luke 16:1 (steward).
TIME APPOINTED. Greek. prothesmio
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_tutors and governors_ GUARDIANS AND STEWARDS, the one having the
charge of his person, the other the management of his estate.
_the time appointed of the father_ the time fixed before by his father
f...
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23–4:7. _The contrast between our former state of pupillage under
the Law, and our present state in Christ, full sonship_
This is brought out under two aspects:
I. Galatians 3:23-29. The preparative c...
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ἈΛΛʼ ὙΠῸ ἘΠΙΤΡΌΠΟΥΣ ἘΣΤῚ, Matthew 20:8;
Luke 8:3[114]. See Appendix, note C. ἐπ. = any person to whom
authority is committed, whether a Procurator, e.g. Cumanus in Joseph.
_Ant._ xx. 6. 2 (§ 132), or...
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ΕΠΊΤΡΟΠΟΣ (G2012) попечитель, общий
термин для определения человека,
заботящегося о доверенном ему
ребенке; может быть юридическим
термином для определения наставника
(Betz; Ridderbos).
ΟΊΚΟΝΌΜΟΣ (G3...
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C.
ILLUSTRATION AS TO WHY THE LAW PRECEDED AND MUST GIVE WAY TO THE
GOSPEL. Galatians 4:1-31
1.
Childhood and manhood. Galatians 4:1-11
TEXT 4:1-4
(1) But I say that so long as the heir is a child...
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_VERSE 2. BUT IS UNDER TUTORS AND GOVERNORS UNTIL THE TIME APPOINTED
OF THE FATHER._...
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Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing
from a servant, though he be lord of all;
NOW I SAY - a phrase introducing a continued explanatory argument
(Ellicott). God's s...
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1 The place of an infant heir differs from that of a slave in right
but not in fact. Though entitled to all, he is treated as though
master of nothing. He is watched by guardians, and supervised by
st...
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CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE
GALATIANS
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 4
YOU ARE GOD’S SONS, YOU ARE NOT SLAVES
V1 I will continue what I was saying to you. A young son will receive
the property that his fath...
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Each society has a time for a young boy to become a man. In Paul’s
days, it was a very important event. As soon as a boy became a man, he
had full legal rights. Until that time, other people had to ma...
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(1-7) A further description, continued from the last chapter, of the
state of wardship, with its restraints and servitude, compared with
that Christian freedom — the freedom of sons — to which the
Gal...
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UNDER TUTORS AND GOVERNORS. — The distinction between these two
terms is that between guardians of the person and stewards of the
property. It would be better to translate, _guardians and stewards._
U...
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CHAPTER 16
THE HEIR'S COMING OF AGE.
Galatians 4:1
THE main thesis of the Epistle is now established. Gentile Christians,
Paul has shown, are in the true Abrahamic succession of faith. And
this devo...
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THERE WERE IN THE GENTILE WORLD ALSO BEFORE CHRIST CHILDREN OF GOD IN
BONDAGE TO HUMAN RULE, THAT KNEW NOT THE UNSEEN FATHER IN HEAVEN WHO
WAS ORDERING THEIR LIVES. THEY WERE LIKE ORPHAN CHILDREN, WHO...
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LIVE AS SONS, NOT AS BONDMEN
Galatians 4:1
The Apostle often uses the word _elements_ or “rudiments,”
Galatians 4:3; Galatians 4:9;...
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He now declared the process of freedom. "God sent forth His Son...
under the law." Thus the law He kept was justified, and He lived
thereby. But more than this, He bore its penalty, and so procured
ju...
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But is under tutors and governors (a) until the time appointed of the
father.
(a) This is added because he that is always under a tutor or governor
may hardly be considered a freeman....
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(1) В¶ Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth
nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; (2) But is under
tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. (3)...
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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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The relative position therefore of the Jew (even though he were godly)
before the coming of Christ, and of the believing Jew or Gentile when
Christ had been revealed, is clearly set forth; and in the...
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BUT IS UNDER TUTORS AND GOVERNORS,.... The word rendered "tutors", is
adopted by the Jewish Targumists and Rabbins into their language; and
by the former is used x for any ruler and governor, civil or...
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But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the
father.
Ver. 2. _But is under tutors_] Those under the law were but
alphabetaries (rudimentaries) in comparison of those under the go...
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The apostle, having established the consolatory doctrine that
believers, in every age and country of the world, are heirs of the
promises made to Abraham and to his seed, goes on in this chapter to
an...
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THE TIME APPOINTED; for his taking possession of his inheritance....
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THE SONSHIP OF THE BELIEVERS OPPOSED TO THE BONDAGE OF THE LAW.
The believers sons and heirs through Christ:...
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BUT IS UNDER TUTORS AND GOVERNORS UNTIL THE TIME APPOINTED OF THE
FATHER....
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HOW CHILDREN ARE ADOPTED AS SONS
(vs.1-7)
The first few verses of chapter 4 give us the distinctive Christian
position in more detail. This position is the result of promise
accomplished, as contrast...
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NOW I SAY _THAT_ THE HEIR, AS LONG AS HE IS A CHILD, DOES NOT DIFFER
AT ALL FROM A SLAVE, THOUGH HE IS MASTER OF ALL,
We do not enter God's family by adoption. We enter by being born
again. Adoption...
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1-7 The apostle deals plainly with those who urged the law of Moses
together with the gospel of Christ, and endeavoured to bring believers
under its bondage. They could not fully understand the meani...
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The heir, (mentioned in the former verse), though he be an heir of a
great estate, yet is not presently possessed of it; but he is by his
father kept under tutors and governors, until the time which h...
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but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed of the
father....
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Galatians 4:2 but G235 is G2076 (G5748) under G5259 guardians G2012
and G2532 stewards G3623 until G891 appointed...
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IF WE ARE HIS WE ARE NOW ALL FULL SONS OF GOD (GALATIANS 4:1).
Now he comes to the very heart of the matter, and that is that in
Jesus Christ, all who are His now become full grown, adult, children
o...
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‘But I say that as long as the heir is a child he does not differ in
any way from a bondservant, even though he may be lord of all, but is
under guardians and stewards until the term appointed by the...
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Galatians 4:2. UNDER GUARDIANS (including the tutor or pedagogue) AND
STEWARDS, who control the person and the property of the minor till he
becomes of age, which the Hebrew law fixed at thirteen year...
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_The State of Adoption contrasted with the State of Slavery under the
Law_.
The Apostle proceeds to give a fuller exposition of the divine sonship
and heirship, ch. Galatians 3:29, and shows that the...
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UNDER GUARDIANS
(υπο επιτροπους). Old word from επιτρεπω, to
commit, to intrust. So either an overseer (Matthew 20:8) or one in
charge of children as here. It is common as the guardian of an orphan...
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Galatians 4:1. Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child,
differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; but is
under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father....
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CONTENTS: Believers full redemption from the law. Sonship through the
Spirit. Dangers of lapsing into legality. Impossibility of mixing law
and grace.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Abra...
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Galatians 4:1. _The heir, as long as he is a child,_ and a minor,
_differeth_ _nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all._ He is
under guardians, till the year appointed by the will of his fath...
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WHILE HE IS YOUNG. "An orphan son, before he reaches the age of legal
maturity, is treated just like a slave, and there are men who take
care of him (guardians) and who manage his affairs (trustees),...
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_Now this I say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth
nothing from a servant._
READING LIFE
There is nothing final in the character of this world. But all betrays
infancy. Everything is...
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 4:1 When a son is too young to receive
his inheritance, he has no more status than a SLAVE. (On Roman slaves,
or bondservants, see note on 1 Cor. 7:21.) This was the situat...
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CHAPTER 4
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
i. He continues the argument of the preceding chapter that the Jews,
like children and slaves, were under the Jewish law as a pædagague,
while Christians, as sons o...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Galatians 4:1. THE HEIR, AS LONG AS HE IS A CHILD.—An infant, one
under age. DIFFERETH NOTHING FROM A SERVANT.—A slave. He is not at
his own disposal. He could not pe...
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EXPOSITION
GALATIANS 4:1
NOW I SAY (λέγω δέ). A form of expression usual with the
apostle when introducing a new statement designed either to explain or
elucidate something before said (of. Galati...
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Now I say, That an heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing
from a servant, though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and
governors until the time appointed of the father (Galatians 4:1-2...
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Tutors [ε π ι τ ρ ο π ο υ ς]. Better, guardians. See on Luke
8:3. Only here in Paul. A general term, covering all to whom
supervision of the child is intrusted, and should not be limited to
paidagwgov...
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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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TURNING UNTO LAW-WORKS
Galatians 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. It is passing strange that, after we have come to know salvation by
grace, we could turn back to the beggarly elements of salvation by
law...
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But is under tutors — As to his person. And stewards — As to his
substance....