Galatians 6:18

Brethren. Place it, as the Greek, last, before the "Amen." After much rebuke, he bids them farewell with the loving expression of brotherhood as his parting word (note, ). BE WITH YOUR SPIRIT - the spiritual nature, which, I trust, will keep down the flesh (; ; )....

18._The grace _(105) _of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit_. His prayer is not only that God may bestow upon them his grace in large measure, but that they may have a proper feeling of it in their hearts. Then only is it truly enjoyed by us, when it comes to our _spirit_. We ought therefore to entreat that God would prepare in our souls a habitation for his grace. Amen. END OF THE COMMENTARIES ON THE EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS....

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 blessings are, peace and mercy. Peace with God and our conscience, and all the comforts of this life, as far as they are needful. And mercy, an interest in the free love and favour of God in Christ, the spring and fountain of all other blessings. The written word of God is the rule we are to go by, both in its doctrines and precepts. May his grace ever be with our spirit, to sanctify, quicken, and cheer us, and may we always be ready to maintain the honour of that which is indeed our life. The apostle had in his body the marks of the Lord Jesus, the scars of wounds from persecuting enemies, for his cleaving to Christ, and the doctrine of the gospel. The apostle calls the Galatians his brethre...

Verse Galatians 6:18. _THE GRACE_] Favour, benevolence, and continual influence of the Lord Jesus, _be with your spirit_ - may it live in your heart, enlighten and change your souls, and be conspicuous in your life! _AMEN._] So let it be; and the prayer which I offer up for you on earth, may it be registered in heaven! _UNTO THE GALATIANS, WRITTEN FROM ROME._] This, or the major part of it, is wanting in the best and most ancient MSS. _Written from_ _Rome_ is wanting in ACDEFG, and others. _Claudius Antissiodor_, has εγραφη απ' Εφεσου· _Written from Ephesus_. Some add, _by the_ _hands of Paul_, others, _by Titus_. The SYRIAC has, _The end of the_ _Epistle to the Galatians, which was written from the city of Rome_. The AETHIOPIC, _To the Galatians_. The COPTIC, Wr

BRETHREN, THE GRACE ... - See the note at Romans 16:20....

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 overtaken in some trespass. _"Brethren;" the compellation so introduced betokens a somewhat pathetic urgency: el. above, Galatians 3:15; Galatians 4:31; Galatians 5:11. But Philippians 3:13,...

BRETHREN,.... So he calls them, to testify his affection for them, notwithstanding their infirmity and instability, and the roughness with which he had treated them; and to show his great humility and condescension in owning the relation, and putting them on a level with himself, which the pride of the false teachers would not suffer them to do. THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOUR SPIRIT: which is his concluding benediction and usual salutation and token in all his epistles: he wishes that more gifts of grace might be bestowed upon them; that the Gospel of the grace of God might be continued with them; that the love of Christ might be shed abroad in their hearts; that they might receive out of his fulness grace for grace; that there might be an increase of grace in their souls; that it might abound in them, and they grow in the exercise of it: he does not pray that the law o...

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._ Paul puts that in connection with the support of those who are teachers of the truth, and I have sometimes thought that, in certain churches where God's ministers have been starved, it was not very wonderful that the people should be starved, too. They thought so little about the pastor that they left him in need, so it was not strange that, as they sowed little, they reaped little. One of these misers said that his religion did not cost him more than a shilling a year, and somebody replied that he thought it was a shilling wasted on a bad thing, for his poor religion was not worth even that small amount....

GALATIANS 6:18 _Subscription_ (_a_) The subscription in a A B* C 33 466 is pro.j Gala,taj. Other subscriptions include: (_b_) pro.j Gala,taj evgra,fh (P &fei) avpo. ~Rw,mhj Bc K P 1908, followed by the Textus Receptus; (_c_) pro.j Gala,taj evplhrw,qh D; (_d_) evtele,sqh evpistolh. pro.j Gala,taj F G; (_e_) te,loj th/j pro.j Gala,taj\ evgra,fh (42 add de,) avpo. ~Rw,mhj L 42; (_f_) evgra,fh avpo. ~Rw,mhj u`po. Pau,lou kai. tw/n avdelfw/n pro.j Gala,taj oi` (for h`...

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 the defense of the gospel. The previous chapter stated that they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh and its lusts. In the beginning of this chapter the treatment to be accorded to a man (a brother) who has been overtaken in a fault is given. The law would demand the cutting off of such a one. It is harsh and merciless. But grace bears a different message. “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself,