Galatians 3:27 Meaning and Commentary Galatians 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ Not that it is to be imagined that these churches of Galatia, or any of the primitive churches, consisted of baptized and unbaptized persons; for this would be acting contrary to...
Galatians 4:21 Meaning and Commentary Galatians 4:21 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 under the law: but these men ...
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians (1535) by Martin Luther Translated by Theodore Graebner (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1949) PROJECT WITTENBERG Chapter 1 ___ VERSE 1. Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father,...
commentary on Galatians: "the surer we are of the liberty purchased for us by Christ, the more we neglect the Word, prayer, well-doing, and suffering" (Luther's Commentary on Galatians, translated by Theodore Graebner, p. 214). Interestingly, among the obvious works of the flesh—fornicat...
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - And the Law is not of faith (ὁ δὲ νόμος οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ πίστεως); but the Law is not "by faith." This is closely connected with the latter part of the preceding verse, as forming another portion of the proof whi...
Lightfoot (chapter iii of Introduction to Commentary) placed Galatians in the 2nd group of the epistles between 2 Corinthians and Romans, upon considerations drawn from "the style and character" of the epistle. His argument might be strengthened by a detailed linguistic analysis (see III , 1-3...
Its meaning is stronger: "to uproot and overthrow." Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - I would they were even cut off which trouble you (ὄφελονκαὶ ἀποκόψονται οἱ ἀναστατοῦντες ὑμᾶς); would to God they would make themselves even...
For the meaning of Jesus Christ’s death was made as clear to you as if you had seen a picture of his death on the cross.2Let me ask you this one question: Did you receive the Holy Spirit by obeying the law of Moses? Of course not! You received the Spirit because you believed th...
With its methodological rigor, precisely focused inquiry, and persuasive argumentation, this study makes a strong case that biblical sacrifice cannot be reduced to a single meaning. The various sacrificial languages of the Hebrew Bible are best understood by attending closely to their particularity and...
2:14 as "to become Jews (through circumcision)," for which there is shown to be ancient support in the commentary of AmbrosiasterEslerPhilipFingentaconnectBiblical Interpretation A Journal of Contemporary Approaches―Making and Breaking an Agreement Mediterranean Style: A New Reading of Galatians 2...