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TELL ME ... - In order to show fully the nature and the effect of the
Law, Paul here introduces an illustration from an important fact in
the Jewish history. This allegory has given great perplexity t...
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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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GALATIANS 4:21 TO GALATIANS 5:1. The new thing he tries is an
allegorising spiritualising application of an OT story. Slave-born
Ishmael mocked (Genesis 21:10 *) free-born Isaac, and the son of the
sl...
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THE DAYS OF CHILDHOOD (Galatians 4:1-7)...
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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 written in it that
Abraham had two sons; one was the son of the slave girl and...
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The Allegory of the two Covenants, pointing to liberty only in Christ
21. The final argument is an appeal to Scripture, to that very _law_to
which the Galatians were desiring to subject themselves. If...
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21–5:1. _Another appeal, based upon the principles underlying the
history of Hagar and Sarah, and the birth of Isaac. Christ set us
free; stand fast therefore in this freedom_
(Galatians 4:21) You wis...
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Although St Paul is at a loss about the Galatians (Galatians 4:20) he
will try yet another method. He appeals to the very Law itself under
which they were wishing to be. The argument of the following...
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ΛΈΓΕΤΕ _praes. act. imper. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004)
говорить,
ΘΈΛΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΘΈΛΩ (G2309), _см._
Galatians 4:20. _Praes. part._ используется для
описания текущей характерной черты,
ΕΊΝΑΙ _p...
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_GALATIANS 4:21_.— The Apostle exhorts the Galatians to _stand fast
in the liberty with which Christ hath made them free;_ shewing those
who are so zealous for the law, that if they mind what they rea...
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Sarah and Hagar Galatians 4:21-31
TEXT 4:21-24
(21) Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the
law? (22) For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the
handmaid, and on...
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_ VERSE 21. TELL ME, YE THAT DESIRE TO BE UNDER THE LAW, DO YE NOT
HEAR THE LAW?_...
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Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
DESIRE - of your own accord madly courting that which must condemn
you.
DO YE NOT HEAR - do ye not consider the inner sense of...
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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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THE BONDAGE OF THE LAW. FREEDOM IN CHRIST
1-7. Under the Law we were in bondage; under the Gospel we have
received the freedom of sons.
PARAPHRASE. '(1) The heir before he comes of age can no more en...
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The very Law in which the Judaisers trust is shown to be against their
contentions....
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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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Paul became stricter again in the rest of this chapter. He was a *Jew.
He had studied the *Jewish law. He understood it very well. He knew
about the law’s strict demands on people who obeyed it. The l...
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(21-31) The next eleven verses contain an elaborate argument from the
history of the two sons of Abraham, as types of the two covenants, in
further proof that freedom is the essential character of the...
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YE THAT DESIRE TO BE UNDER THE LAW. — A direct appeal to those who
were inclined to give way to the Judaising party.
DO YE NOT HEAR THE LAW? — “Hear” is probably to be taken in the
sense of “give heed...
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CHAPTER 19
THE STORY OF HAGAR.
Galatians 4:21 - Galatians 5:1
THE Apostle wishes that he could "change his voice" (Galatians 4:20).
Indeed he has changed it more than once. "Any one who looks closel...
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PATRIARCHAL HISTORY IS EMPLOYED TO ILLUSTRATE THE PERSECUTION OF
CHRISTIANS, WHO ARE THE PROMISED SEED OF ABRAHAM, BY JEWS WHO ARE HIS
SEED AFTER THE FLESH. HAGAR AND HER SON, SARAH AND HER SON, FURNI...
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“CHILDREN OF PROMISE”
Galatians 4:21
In this allegory of Sarah and Hagar, it is important to notice that
Paul is not dealing with the principle of evil within our hearts, but
with the attempt to min...
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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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(6) Tell me, ye that (u) desire to be under the law, do ye not hear
the law?
(6) The false apostles urged this, that unless the Gentiles were
circumcised Christ could profit them nothing at all, and a...
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(20) I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for
I stand in doubt of you. (21) В¶ Tell me, ye that desire to be under
the law, do ye not hear the law? (22) For it is written, that...
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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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21._Tell me_. Having given exhortations adapted to touch the feelings,
he follows up his former doctrine by an illustration of great beauty.
Viewed simply as an argument, it would not be very powerful...
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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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TELL ME, YE THAT DESIRE TO BE UNDER THE LAW,.... Not merely to obey
it, as holy, just, and good, from a principle of love, and to testify
subjection and gratitude to God; so all believers desire to bc...
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Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
Ver. 21. _Ye that desire, &c._] That are ambitious of slavery, of
beggary, Galatians 4:9. How many have we at this day that rejoic...
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Gal. 4:21-23. "Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not
hear the law? For it is written, that Abraham had two sons; the one by
a bond maid, the other by a free woman. But he who was of t...
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_Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law_ Of Moses, as the rule of
your justification; _do ye not hear the law?_ Regard what it says? how
it teaches that Abraham's children, by faith, who are heir...
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HEAR THE LAW; attend to and receive the instruction which may be drawn
from this portion of it to which I invite your attention....
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An urgent appeal to an Old Testament example:...
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TELL ME, YE THAT DESIRE TO BE UNDER THE LAW, DO YE NOT HEAR THE LAW?...
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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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TELL ME, YOU WHO DESIRE TO BE UNDER THE LAW, DO YOU NOT HEAR THE LAW?
22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a
bondwoman, the other by a freewoman.
Notice Abraham's age:
75 - P...
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21-27 The difference between believers who rested in Christ only, and
those who trusted in the law, is explained by the histories of Isaac
and Ishmael. These things are an allegory, wherein, beside t...
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TELL ME, YE THAT DESIRE TO BE UNDER THE LAW; you that cannot be
content to receive Jesus Christ alone, for justification; but have a
mind to maintain a necessity of obedience to the law of circumcisio...
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Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?...
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Tertullian Against Marcion Book V
ai," in relation to the synagogue of the Jews, according to the law,
"which gendereth to bondage"-"the other gendereth" (to liberty, being
raised) above all principal...
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Galatians 4:21 Tell G3004 (G5720) me G3427 desire G2309 (G5723) be
G1511 (G5750) under G5259 law...
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‘Tell me, you who desire to be under the Law, do you not hear the
Law?'
So some of the Galatians want to come ‘under the Law', being
circumcised, observing the Feasts and Feast days, using ritual
wash...
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A LESSON FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW (GALATIANS 4:21).
Paul now turns to the Old Testament for examples of what he is trying
to say....
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The Apostle resumes his argument for the superiority of the gospel
over the law, and illustrates the difference of the two by an
allegorical interpretation of the history of Sarah and Hagar, and
their...
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Galatians 4:21. TELL ME. This makes the question more urgent and
compels the Judaizing Galatians to an evangelical answer.
YE THAT DESIRE TO BE UNDER LAW, DO YE NOT HEAR THE LAW? Ye who are so
anxiou...
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THAT DESIRE TO BE UNDER THE LAW
(ο υπο νομον θελοντες εινα). "Under law" (no
article), as in Galatians 3:23; Galatians 4:4, legalistic system. Paul
views them as on the point of surrender to legalis...
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Galatians 4:12. _Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye
are: ye have not injured me at all._
He had told them the gospel, and other teachers had come in and
alienated their affections. H...
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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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DO YOU NOT HEAR? "The Law itself teaches that Abraham's descendants by
faith, who will receive all God has for his sons, are not slaves to
The Law!...
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_Tell me._
THE VALUE OF A POINTED QUESTION
The question that prompts us to tell what we know sharpens our
knowledge; and, similarly, the question that makes us tell what we are
doing may greatly infl...
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 4:21 Paul again emphasizes the
difference between being a free child of God and being a slave to the
law, sin, and false gods. Abraham’s son Ishmael—technically the
firstbo...
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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 4:24. WHICH THINGS ARE AN ALLEGORY.—Under the things
spoken of—the two sons, with their contrast of parentage and
position—there lies a spiritual meaning.
G...
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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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Galatians 3:10; Galatians 3:23; Galatians 3:24; Galatians 4:9; Joh
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Tell me. He plunges into the subject without introduction, and with a
direct appeal.
Desire [θ ε λ ο ν τ ε ς]. Are bent on being under the law. See
on verse 9. Under the law [υ π ο ν ο μ ο ν]. For no...
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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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Do ye not hear the law — Regard what it says....
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Our apostle here proceeds to the end of this chapter, in showing the
Galatians that it was the design of God, at the coming of Christ, to
abolish the legal dispensation, and free men from the servitud...