Verse Galatians 3:2. Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law] This may refer to the miraculous gifts of the Spirit, which were very common in the apostolic Church. Did ye receive these extraordinary gifts in consequence of your circumcision, and observing the Mosaic precepts? or was it by the hearing of the Gospel, prescribing faith in Christ crucified? It may also refer to the spirit of adoption, and consequently to their sonship.
THIS ONLY WOULD I LEARN OF YOU - I would ask this of you; retaining still the language of severe reproof. The design here, and in the following verses, is, to prove to them that the views which they h...
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)...
WOULD. Greek. _thelo_. App-102. OF. Greek. _apo_. App-104. SPIRIT. App-101. BY. Greek. _ek_. App-104. THE. Omit. FAITH. Greek. pistil. App-160., Compare Romans 10:16; Romans 10:17....
Here the Apostle makes a personal appeal to their own experience. He might have adduced other arguments to shew the excellence of faith. But he confines himself to one question, which they alone could...
(Second Division of the Epistle.) The Doctrine of Justification by Faith discussed and illustrated...
ΜΑΘΕΙ͂Ν. Luther insists on its strongest meaning, “Go to now, answer me, I pray you, which am your scholar (for ye are so suddenly become Doctors, that ye are my masters and teachers)” (p. 98b). But d...
_Your very reason, and your own experience, should tell you the all-importance of faith_ (Galatians 3:1) Unreasoning Galatians! who hath “overlooked” you? when you had a full counter charm—Jesus Chri...
ΜΆΘΕΙ Ν _aor. act. inf. от_ ΜΑΝΘΆΝΩ (G3129) учиться, ΈΛΆΒΕΤΕ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983) получать, ΆΚΌΗ (G189) слушание....
RECEIVED YE THE SPIRIT, &C.— There is no doubt but that it was on their becoming Christians that they received the Spirit; and therefore that it could not be ascribed to the law, to which they were st...
PART TWO JUSTIFICATION: NOT BY LAW BUT BY FAITH IN CHRIST 3:1-4:31 A. JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH PROVED. Galatians 3:1-14 1. By reception of the Holy Spirit Galatians 3:1-5 TEXT 3:1-5 (1) O foolish G...
_VERSE 2. THIS ONLY WOULD I LEARN OF YOU, RECEIVED YE THE SPIRIT BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW, OR BY THE HEARING OF FAITH?_ "You cannot say that you received the Holy Spirit by the Law. As long as you were...
This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 'Was it by the works of the law that ye received the Spirit (manifested by miracles, ; ; ;...
2 Paul's method in Jerusalem seems to have taken into account the low spiritual state and prejudices of the Jewish believers. It would have been practically impossible to impress the whole company wit...
THIS ONLY] one question will reveal your error and inconsistency. RECEIVED YE, etc.] Of course the latter was the case....
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...
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...
Most of the Christians in Galatia were not *Jews. They did not know the *Jewish laws. But they had received the Holy Spirit. It happened when they trusted Christ. God gave the Holy Spirit to the Chris...
THIS ONLY. — The Apostle considers a single argument enough. He will only place the present conduct of the Galatians in contrast with their past, and ask how they can possibly reconcile the two. RECEI...
III. (1-5) Whence this strange relapse? It is not as if you were ignorant of better things. The crucified Saviour, the one great object of faith, has been preached before you in a way too plain to be...
CHAPTER 11 THE GALATIAN FOLLY. Galatians 3:1. AT the beginning of chap. 3 falls the most marked division of this Epistle. So far, since the exordium, its course has been strictly narrative. The Apos...
WHAT SENSELESS FOLLY IS IT FOR YOU, WHO HAD THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST SET PLAINLY BEFORE YOUR EYES, TO RESORT NOW TO CIRCUMCISION! THINK ONLY HOW IT WAS THAT YOU RECEIVED THE SPIRIT: WAS IT BY OBEDIEN...
The Apostle appeals with confidence to the personal experience of his converts. They were themselves conscious of having received on their conversion gifts of the Spirit. Whence then came the inward c...
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...
This only would I learn of you, Received ye the (b) Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of (c) faith? (b) Those spiritual graces and gifts, which were a seal as it were to the Galatians...
Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law? As if he said, you esteem it a great favour to have received those spiritual gifts of working miracles, &c. When you were made Christians, had you t...
(1) В¶ 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? (2) This only would I learn of...
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...
2._This one I wish to learn from you. _He now proceeds to support his cause by additional arguments. The first is drawn from their experience, for he reminds them in what manner the gospel was introdu...
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...
THIS ONE THING WOULD I LEARN OF YOU,.... Though there were many things he could have put to them, yet he would only ask this one question, which, if rightly attended to, and honestly answered, must ex...
This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Ver. 2. _Or by the hearing of faith_] The manna of the Spirit comes down from heaven in the...
_This only would I learn of you_ That is, this one argument might convince you; _received ye the Spirit_ In his gifts and graces, in his witness and fruits. See Galatians 4:6; Galatians 5:22. _By the...
THIS ONLY WOULD I LEARN OF YOU; as much as to say, The answer to this question will abundantly convict you of your folly. THE SPIRIT; the Holy Spirit, in his sanctifying and miraculous influences. B...
SALVATION IS NOT OF WORKS, BUT BY FAITH. Paul appeals to the experience of the Galatians:...
THIS ONLY WOULD I LEARN OF YOU, RECEIVED YE THE SPIRIT BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW OR BY THE HEARING OF FAITH?...
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...
Multiple Choice: How did you receive the Spirit of God: A. By works of the law? B. By hearing of faith?...
1-5 Several things made the folly of the Galatian Christians worse. They had the doctrine of the cross preached, and the Lord's supper administered among them, in both which Christ crucified, and the...
By THE SPIRIT here is understood the gifts of the Spirit, which were either such as were common to all believers, (such as faith, love, &c.), or else such as were peculiar to some, and those not all b...
This only would I learn from you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? [Romans 1:5; Romans 16:26. I need ask you but one test question to utterly condemn your co...
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‘Oh foolish Galatians. Who has bewitched you before whose eyes Jesus Christ was set forth as crucified among you? This only would I learn from you. Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law o...
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 3:2. Paul appeals to their own experience at their conversion, which alone should be sufficient to convince them of the error of their present position. THIS ONLY, among other concessions wh...
THIS ONLY (τουτο μονον). Paul strikes at the heart of the problem. He will show their error by the point that the gifts of the Spirit came by the hearing of faith, not by works of the law....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
TELL ME. "Since you think The Law is superior to the Good News of God's act in Christ to set men free, let me ask you this question. You have God's Spirit living in you (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). Tell m...
_Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?_ THE HEARING OF FAITH I. What faith? 1. A historical (James 2:19). 2. Dogmatical (Acts 8:13; Acts 8:23;...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:1 Direct Appeals to the Galatians. Paul gives several reasons why the Galatians should resist false teachers. ⇐
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:2 LET ME ASK. Using rhetorical questions, Paul shows that it is illogical for the Galatians to seek a fuller Christian life by keeping the law. RECEIVE THE SPIRIT refers...
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 3:1. WHO HATH BEWITCHED YOU?—Fascinated you, as if overlooked by the evil eye, so that your brain is confused. The Galatians were reputed to possess acute in...
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...
1 Corinthians 12:7; 1 Peter 1:12; 2 Corinthians 11:4; Acts 10:44;...
This only. I will convince you of your error by this one point. Do you owe the gifts of the Spirit to the works of the law, or to the message of faith ? Received ye, etc. The answer lies in the quest...
This only would I learn of you — That is, this one argument might convince you. Did ye receive the witness and the fruit of the Spirit by performing the works of the law, or by hearing of and receivin...
Our apostle having prepared the Galatians' attention, by. very smart and sharp reprehension in the foregoing verse, returns to the subject of justification by faith without the works of the law, which...