Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Galatians 6:16
And as many as walk according to this rule, peace [be] on them, and mercy, and upon the (n) Israel of God.
(n) Upon the true Israel, whose praise is from God and not from men; (Romans 2:29).
And as many as walk according to this rule, peace [be] on them, and mercy, and upon the (n) Israel of God.
(n) Upon the true Israel, whose praise is from God and not from men; (Romans 2:29).
Verse 16. _AS MANY AS WALK ACCORDING TO THIS RULE_] Τῳ κανονι τουτῳ· _This canon_; viz. what is laid down in the preceding verses, that redemption is through the sacrifice of Christ; that circumcisi...
AND AS MANY AS WALK - As many as live, for so the word walk is used in the Scriptures. According to this rule. Greek: “This canon”; see the word explained in the notes at 2 Corinthians 10:13. PEACE BE...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. Concerning the Restoration of a brother. (Galatians 6:1)_ 2. Concerning Reaping and Sowing. (Galatians 6:6) 3. The conclusion. (Galatians 6:11) Practical exhortations conclude t
Autograph postscript. Large letters need not be literally meant in late Greek; but what else can the word mean here? How large a letter (AV) is not a legitimate translation. Probably the reason is bad...
BURDEN-BEARING (Galatians 6:1-5)...
See in what large letters I am writing in my own handwriting. Those who wish to make a pretentious display from the merely human point of view are trying to compel you to get yourselves circumcised, b...
WALK. shall walk. Greek. _stoicheo_. See Galatians 5:25. ACCORDING TO. by. No preposition. Dative case. RULE. Greek. _kanon_. See 2 Corinthians 10:13, ON. Greek. _epi_. App-104. UPON. Same as "on...
_as many as walk_ See note on ch. Galatians 5:25. Some commentators attach to this verb a different sense, -as many as conform to this rule". But the A.V. gives what is probably a correct rendering. T...
ΚΑῚ ὍΣΟΙ. Without restriction; whatever their nationality or past or even present behaviour. The καί makes an apodosis in thought though not in form; if a new creation then peace and mercy. ΤΩ͂Ι ΚΑΝΌΝ...
AUTOGRAPHIC SUMMARY _the autograph continuing till_ Galatians 5:18 _A contrast of the aims of the false teachers and of his own. The cross as the means of the new creation in believers is all import...
ΚΑΝΌΝΙ _dat. от_ ΚΑΝΏΝ (G2583) палка, межа, шаблон. Об этом слове _см._ 2 Corinthians 10:13. ΣΤΟΙΧΉΣΟΥΣΙΝ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΣΤΟΙΧΈΩ (G4748) идти по линии, идти по правилам (_см._ Gala
AND AS MANY AS WALK, &C.— St. Paul having asserted, in the foregoing verse, that it is the _new creation_ alone which qualifies men to be proper members of the kingdom of Christ, and puts them into th...
TEXT 6:14-16 (14) But far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world. (15) For neither is circumcisi...
_ VERSE 16. AND AS MANY AS WALK ACCORDING TO THIS RULE, PEACE BE ON THEM, AND MERCY._ This is the rule by which we ought to live, "that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousne...
And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. AS MANY - contrasting with the "as many," . rule [canon] - a straight rule, to detect crookedne...
5 There is a contrast here between a burden and a load. Burden is from the element meaning _ heavy_. Both of these elements occur together in Mat_23:4 "heavy loads". In Mat_11:30 our Lord did not say...
6:16 walk (k-6) See Note, ch. 5.25....
PRACTICAL EXHORTATIONS. THE APOSTLE'S GLORYING 1-5. The nature and requirements of the law of love. PARAPHRASE. '(1) If sin overcome one of your number, try to correct the fault in a temper of gentle...
THIS RULE] the test of acceptance with God mentioned in the previous v. ISRAEL] the true spiritual Israel: cp. Galatians 3:9; Romans 4:13....
CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE GALATIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 6 CHRISTIANS SHOULD HELP EACH OTHER V1 My Christian brothers and sisters, a *sin may overcome someone. Those among you whom the Holy Spir...
Paul started this letter with a similar prayer in 1:3. Paul had just described how Christians in Galatia should live. And if they lived in that way, they would be at *peace with God. They would be at...
ACCORDING TO THIS RULE. — The word for “rule” is the same that afterwards received a special application in the phrase, “Canon of Scripture.” It meant originally a carpenter’s rule, or the line that a...
(11-18) Concluding section of the Epistle, written in the Apostle’s own hand. These Judaising teachers only wish to have you circumcised as a matter of outside show, in order to disguise their own pro...
CHAPTER 29 RITUAL NOTHING: CHARACTER EVERYTHING. Galatians 6:15 VERSE 14 (Galatians 6:14) comprehends the whole theology of the Epistle, and Galatians 6:15 brings to a head its practical and ethical...
THE APOSTLE WRITES THE PERORATION WITH HIS OWN HAND, DENOUNCING THE MOTIVES OF THE PHARISAIC PARTY. AFFIRMING HIS OWN ABSOLUTE RELIANCE ON THE CROSS AND THE NEW LIFE OF THE SPIRIT, AND CONCLUDING WITH...
κανόνι. Men need a rule to guide their lives as the surveyor or the carpenter for the right adjustment of his work. This rule was supplied to the Jew by the Law in a code of morals, but the Spirit qui...
GLORYING IN THE CROSS ALONE Galatians 6:11 Paul usually dictated his letters, but this was written with his own hand. The characters were large and clear, Galatians 6:11, r.v. Perhaps this was due to...
Having dealt with the conduct of liberty thus broadly, the apostle now made some detailed application of the principles enunciated, giving an important illustration pertinent to the whole question of...
(11) В¶ Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand. (12) As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffe...
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...
16._And as many as walk according to this rule_. “May they enjoy all prosperity and happiness!” This is not merely a prayer in their behalf, but a token of approbation. His meaning therefore is, that...
Here is the answer to those who then sought, and now seek, to bring in law for sanctification and as a guide: the strength and the rule for holiness are in the Spirit. The law does not give the Spirit...
AND AS MANY AS WALK ACCORDING TO THIS RULE,.... Or canon; meaning not the canon of the Scriptures in general, which is the perfect rule, and only standard of faith and practice; according to which we...
And as many as walk according to this rule, peace _be_ on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. Ver. 16. _According to this rule_] viz. Of the new creature. Or the doctrine of this Epistle. _...
_For in Christ Jesus_ (See on Galatians 5:6,) _neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision_ To prove that we are accepted of God, and possessed of genuine religion; _but a new creature...
THIS RULE; the truth which he had declared. THE ISRAEL OF GOD; all his true worshippers....
Conclusion:...
AND AS MANY AS WALK ACCORDING TO THIS RULE, PEACE BE ON THEM AND MERCY, AND UPON THE ISRAEL OF GOD....
CONCERN FOR THOSE WHO FAIL (vs.1-5) The Galatians may have considered themselves spiritual because they were legal-minded. There is a good test for this. What about a person overtaken in a fault? Sha...
BUT GOD FORBID THAT I SHOULD BOAST EXCEPT IN THE CROSS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, BY WHOM THE WORLD HAS BEEN CRUCIFIED TO ME, AND I TO THE WORLD. Glory in the cross - Praise God This is where the glo...
16-18 A new creation to the image of Christ, as showing faith in him, is the greatest distinction between one man and another, and a blessing is declared on all who walk according to this rule. The b...
AND AS MANY AS WALK ACCORDING TO THIS RULE; he either meaneth the rule of Scripture, the whole word of God; or the doctrine which he had taught them throughout this Epistle, or what he had said in the...
And as many as shall walk by this rule, peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. [Upon all who walk by the rule which I have just stated--the rule which rejects carnal ordinances, an...
Galatians 6:16 And G2532 as G3745 walk G4748 (G5692) to G2583 this G5129 rule G2583 peace G1515 and...
‘And as many as shall walk by this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and on the Israel of God.' His letter is finished. He has made clear his Gospel. And now on those of the Galatians who walk by ‘t...
Galatians 6:16. AND AS MANY AS SHALL WALK ACCORDING TO THIS RULE, etc. Rising above all earthly distinctions to the height of Christian contemplation, Paul pronounces a benediction to all who walk acc...
BY THIS RULE (τω κανον τουτω). For κανων, see on 2 Corinthians 10:13; 2 Corinthians 10:15....
Galatians 6:6. _Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap._ Pa...
CONTENTS: The regenerated life as a brotherhood of believers. CHARACTERS: Holy Spirit, God, Christ, Paul. CONCLUSION: The new life in Christ Jesus is not simply one of being good, but of doing good....
Galatians 6:1. _If a man,_ a brother, _be overtaken in a fault,_ by wine, or passion, or some indiscretion, through surprise, or when off his guard. The offender is a brother, who when so overtaken co...
WHO FOLLOW THIS RULE. "To you believing Gentiles who follow this rule (Galatians 6:15) and who come to God by being a new creature in Christ, may peace and mercy be with you, and with all God's people...
_And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God._ THE CHRISTIAN’S WALK AND RULE 1. Christianity is a walk; a free and voluntary motion, an unifor...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 6:16 ISRAEL OF GOD. In contrast to the children of the “present Jerusalem” (Galatians 4:25), the true people of God are the believing
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 6:11 Final Warning. Paul summarizes the main themes of the letter and challenges the reader to stay true to the gospel. To require circumcision is to deny the cross and the...
CHAPTER 6 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He exhorts the Galatians to good works, especially works of mercy towards Christians, particularly doctors and catechists. He bids them not to seek for the prais...
_And as many as walk according to this rule._ The rule laid down by S. Paul as to justification, and the relation of Judaism to Christianity. _Peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God._...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 6:16. AS MANY AS WALK ACCORDING TO THIS RULE.—Of life: a straight rule to detect crookedness. UPON THE ISRAEL OF GOD.—Not the Israel after the flesh, but th...
EXPOSITION GALATIANS 6:1 BRETHREN, IF (or, _although_)_ _A MAN BE OVERTAKEN IN A FAULT (ἀδελφοί ἐὰν καὶ προληφθῇ ἄνθρωπος ἔν τινι παραπτέματι);_ brethren_',_ if even a man hath been over...
Bretheren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted (Galatians 6:1). The Bible does seem t...
1 Chronicles 12:18; 1 Peter 2:5; Galatians 1:3; Galatians 3:29;...
Rule [κ α ν ο ν ι]. P o. See on 2 Corinthians 10:13; 2 Corinthians 10:16; 2 Corinthians 10:9; 2 Corinthians
And as many as walk according to this rule — Glorying only in the cross of Christ. Being crucified to the world. And, Created anew. Peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel, that is, the Chur...
Observe here, 1. The nature of Christianity described: it is. walk. Now. walk is. motion,. free and voluntary motion, an uniform and even motion: it is. progressive motion, and. constant motion. Obse...