1-31 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 closely may see that there is much change and alteration of feeling in what the Apostle has previou... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 20 SHALL THE GALATIANS BE CIRCUMCISED? Galatians 5:2 SHALL the Galatians be circumcised, or shall they not? This is the decisive question. The denunciation with which Paul begins his letter, the narrative which follows, the profound argumentation, the tender entreaty of the last two Chapte... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 21 THE HINDERERS AND TROUBLERS. Galatians 5:7 THE Apostle's controversy with the Legalists is all but concluded. He has pronounced on the question of circumcision. He has shown his readers, with an emphasis and clearness that leave nothing more to be said, how fearful is the cost at which... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 22 THE PERILS OF LIBERTY. Galatians 5:13 OUR analysis has drawn a strong line across the middle of this chapter. At Galatians 5:13 the Apostle turns his mind in the ethical direction. He has dismissed "the troublers" with contempt in Galatians 5:12; and until the close of the Epistle does... [ Continue Reading ]
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 liberty, and yet did not give purity. The Spirit of love and of sonship bestows both, establishing... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 24 THE WORKS OF THE FLESH. Galatians 5:19 THE tree is known by its fruits: the flesh by its "works." And these works are "manifest." The field of the world-"this present evil world" Galatians 1:4 -exhibits them in rank abundance. Perhaps at no time was the civilised world so depraved and g... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 25 THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT. Galatians 5:22 "THE tree is known by its fruits." Such was the criterion of religious profession laid down by the Founder of Christianity. This test His religion applies in the first instance to itself. It proclaims a final judgment for all men; it submits itse... [ Continue Reading ]