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Ask a Question(Ge 16:3-16; 21:2). Abraham--whose sons ye wish to be (compare Ro 9:7-9). a bond maid...a free woman--rather, as Greek, "the bond maid...the free woman."
bite--backbite the character. devour--the substance by injuring, extortion, &c. (Hab 1:13; Mt 23:14;2Co 11:20). consumed, &c.--Strength of soul, health of body, character, and resources, are all...
availeth--The oldest manuscripts read, "is" (compare Ga 5:6). Not only are they of no avail, but they are nothing. So far are they from being matter for "glorying," that they are "nothing." But...
In preaching the gospel, the apostle sought to bring persons to the obedience, not of men, but of God. But Paul would not attempt to alter the doctrine of Christ, either to gain their favour, or...
So then--The oldest manuscripts read, "Wherefore." This is the conclusion inferred from what precedes. In Ga 3:29 and Ga 4:7, it was established that we, New Testament believers, are "heirs." If,...
Translate as Greek, "They were hearing": tidings were brought them from time to time [Conybeare and Howson]. he which persecuted us in times past--"our former persecutor" [Alford]. The designation...
we--The oldest manuscripts and versions are divided between "we" and "ye." "We" better accords with Ga 4:26, "mother of us." children of promise--not children after the flesh, but through the...
tell...before--namely, before the event. I...told you in time past--when I was with you. you--who, though maintaining justification by the law, are careless about keeping the law (Ro 2:21-23). not...
Solemn asseveration that his statement is true that his visit was but for fifteen days and that he saw no apostle save Peter and James. Probably it had been reported by Judaizers that he had...
Connect these verses together, and read with most of the oldest manuscripts "But" in the beginning of Ga 2:16: "We (I and thou, Peter) by nature (not by proselytism), Jews, and not sinners as...
they which are of faith--as the source and starting-point of their spiritual life. The same phrase is in the Greek of Ro 3:26. the same--these, and these alone, to the exclusion of all the other...
after the flesh--born according to the usual course of nature: in contrast to Isaac, who was born "by virtue of the promise" (so the Greek), as the efficient cause of Sarah's becoming pregnant out...
"If ye are led (give yourselves up to be led) by (Greek) the Spirit, ye are not under the law." For ye are not working the works of the flesh (Ga 5:16, 19-21) which bring one "under the law" (Ro...
temperance--The Greek root implies self-restraint as to one's desires and lusts. against such--not persons, but things, as in Ga 5:21. no law--confirming Ga 5:18, "Not under the law" (1Ti 1:9, 10)....
(2Th 3:13). And when we do good, let us also persevere in it without fainting. in due season--in its own proper season, God's own time (1Ti 6:15). faint not--literally, "be relaxed." Stronger than...
remember the poor--of the Jewish Christians in Judea, then distressed. Paul and Barnabas had already done so (Ac 11:23-30). the same--the very thing. I...was forward--or "zealous" (Ac 24:17; Ro...
they--and they alone. of faith--(See on Ga 3:7, beginning). with--together with. faithful--implying what it is in which they are "blessed together with him," namely, faith, the prominent feature of...
The oldest manuscripts read, "in liberty (so Alford, Moberley, Humphry, and Ellicott. But as there is no Greek for 'in,' as there is in translating in 1Co 16:13; Php 1:27; 4:1, I prefer 'It is FOR...
Brethren--Place it, as Greek, "last" in the sentence, before the "Amen." After much rebuke and monition, he bids them farewell with the loving expression of brotherhood as his last parting word...
begun--the Christian life (Php 1:6). in the Spirit--Not merely was Christ crucified "graphically set forth" in my preaching, but also "the Spirit" confirmed the word preached, by imparting His...
Where, &c.--Of what value was your congratulation (so the Greek for "blessedness" expresses) of yourselves, on account of your having among you me, the messenger of the Gospel, considering how...
They--your flatterers: in contrast to Paul himself, who tells them the truth. zealously--zeal in proselytism was characteristic especially of the Jews, and so of Judaizers (Ga 1:14; Mt 23:15; Ro...
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...
be as I am--"As I have in my life among you cast off Jewish habits, so do ye; for I am become as ye are," namely, in the non-observance of legal ordinances. "The fact of my laying them aside among...
The answer to the question in Ga 3:5 is here taken for granted, It was by the hearing of faith: following this up, he says, "Even as Abraham believed," &c. (Ge 15:4-6; Ro 4:3). God supplies unto...
faith--namely, that just mentioned (Ga 3:22), of which Christ is the object. kept--Greek, "kept in ward": the effect of the "shutting up" (Ga 3:22; Ga 4:2; Ro 7:6). unto--"with a view to the...
For--Greek, "Yea, more"; "Moreover." I testify...to every man--as well as "unto you" (Ga 5:2). that is circumcised--that submits to be circumcised. Such a one became a "proselyte of righteousness."...