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Verse 20. _BEFORE GOD I LIE NOT._] This he speaks in reference to
having seen only _Peter_ and _James_ at Jerusalem; and consequently to
prove that he had not learned the Gospel from the assembly of t...
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BEHOLD, BEFORE GOD I LIE NOT - This is an oath, or a solemn appeal to
God; see the note at Romans 9:1. The design of this oath here is to
prevent all suspicion of falsehood, It may seem to be remarkab...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. THE TESTIMONY OF PAUL CONCERNING HIS APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY AND THE
GOSPEL
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. The Introduction. (Galatians 1:1)_
2. The Rebuke. (Galatians 1:6)
3. Paul's Gospe...
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Not till he had been three years a Christian and a Christian preacher
did he come in contact with the earlier apostles; and then but
slightly. He visited Cephas at Jerusalem, spending a fortnight with...
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THE TRUMPET CALL OF THE GOSPEL (Galatians 1:1-5)...
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Then, three years after that, I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas,
and I stayed with him a fortnight. I saw no other apostle except
James, the Lord's brother. As for what I am writing to you--befor...
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BEHOLD. Greek. _idou_. App-193.:...
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Considering that the vital question of St Paul's credentials was at
stake, we need not wonder at this solemn asseveration and appeal to
the judgment of God....
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10–2:21. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE OF HIMSELF
10–12. _My one object is to please God, and to serve Christ, who
revealed to me the Gospel_
(Galatians 1:10) I say “now,” for my words show clearly that I
care n...
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_A short visit to Jerusalem and then a long absence. Yet the churches
of Judaea, though they knew me not by sight, recognized me and my
work_
(Galatians 1:18) Then three years from my conversion I did...
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Ἃ ΔῈ ΓΡΆΦΩ ὙΜΙ͂Ν κ.τ.λ. “It is a matter of life
and death to the Apostle to prove his independence of the twelve”
(Jowett). St Paul’s asseveration refers primarily to what he has
already stated about...
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ΨΕΎΔΟΜΑΙ _praes. ind. med. (dep.)_ (G5574) лгать.
Сравнение заявления Павла с присягой,
которая давалась перед римскими
судебными заседаниями, _см._ J. W. Sampley,
"Before God, I Do Not Lie' (Gal. 1:2...
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BEFORE GOD, I LIE NOT.— A revelation of the facts and doctrines of
Christianity immediately from Jesus Christ himself, without the
assistance of any human teacher, so wonderfully agreeing in all its
b...
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c)
His visit to Jerusalem was not long enough for instruction in the
gospel. Galatians 1:18-24
TEXT 1:18-24
(18) Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas,
and tarried with him f...
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_ VERSE 20. NOW THE THINGS WHICH I WRITE UNTO YOU, BEHOLD, BEFORE GOD,
I LIE NOT._...
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ST. PAUL MAINTAINS THE VALIDITY OF HIS APOSTLESHIP AND THE TRUTH OF
HIS GOSPEL
1-5. The Apostle sends greetings from himself and the brethren with
him to the Churches of Galatia, reminding them at th...
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CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE
GALATIANS
_HELEN POCOCK_
ABOUT PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIANS
THE WRITER
Paul wrote this letter. His name used to be Saul. He was called Saul
until Acts 13:9, when he was...
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Paul wanted to convince the Christians in Galatia that he was not
lying. The false teachers did not like what Paul taught about Jesus.
So they lied about Paul. But Paul knew that he was innocent. And...
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(18-24) Nor did that consultation with the elder Apostles, which had
hitherto been impossible, take place when, at last, after the lapse of
three years, the Apostle did go up to Jerusalem. He saw inde...
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A solemn asseveration of the truth of these statements as to the
extent of the Apostle’s relation with the elder disciples....
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CHAPTER 6
PAUL AND THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH.
Galatians 1:18
FOR the first two years of his Christian life, Paul held no
intercourse whatever with the Church at Jerusalem and its chiefs. His
relation wit...
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REPUDIATION OF CORRUPT MOTIVES. EVIDENCE FROM PAUL'S PERSONAL HISTORY
THAT HIS CONVERSION WAS DUE TO GOD, AND THAT HE WAS TAUGHT THE GOSPEL
BY GOD INDEPENDENTLY OF THE TWELVE AND OF JERUSALEM....
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The solemnity of this appeal to God in attestation of His truth marks
at once the importance which Paul attached to his independence of
human teachers, and the persistency of the misrepresentation to...
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FROM CHRIST, NOT FROM MEN
Galatians 1:18
Paul's first visit to Peter must have been of absorbing interest.
Doubtless the two traversed together the holy scenes of the Lord's
ministry, and Peter told...
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In the beginning of most of his epistles Paul definitely declares his
apostleship. In this instance, in a parenthesis, he defends that
declaration more emphatically than in any other introduction. The...
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Now the things which I write unto you, behold, (o) before God, I lie
not.
(o) This is a type of an oath....
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(13) For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews'
religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and
wasted it: (14) And profited in the Jews' religion above many...
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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...
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20._Now the things which I write to you_. This affirmation extends to
the whole narrative. The vast earnestness of Paul on this subject is
evinced by his resorting to an oath, which cannot lawfully be...
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The epistle to the Galatians sets before us the great source of the
afflictions and conflicts of the apostle in the regions where he had
preached the glad tidings; that which was at the same time the...
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NOW THE THINGS WHICH I WRITE UNTO YOU,.... Concerning his education,
his religion, his principles and practices before conversion;
concerning his call by the grace of God, the revelation of Christ in...
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Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
Ver. 20. _Behold, before God, I lie not_] This he solemnly sweareth
for their satisfaction. An oath may be lawfully taken to help...
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_Now the things which I write unto you_ With respect to all these
circumstances of them; _I lie not_ As I affirm before God, who
searcheth the heart, and from whom nothing is hid. _Afterward_
Departin...
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NOW THE THINGS WHICH I WRITE UNTO YOU, BEHOLD, BEFORE GOD, I LIE NOT....
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Paul's visit to Jerusalem:...
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INTRODUCTION: PAUL'S CREDENTIALS
(vs.1-5)
Paul writes as an apostle, a sent-one entrusted by God to carry an
authoritative message to which Christians must fully bow. "Not from
men" (v.1). No human i...
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Paul went where he was not personally known. Fame is not needed to
preach the Gospel....
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15-24 St. Paul was wonderfully brought to the knowledge and faith of
Christ. All who are savingly converted, are called by the grace of
God; their conversion is wrought by his power and grace working...
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Whether those words, BEFORE GOD, make this sentence an oath, is not
material to determine; they are either an oath, or a very serious
asseveration. If the apostle designed to call God for a witness, t...
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Now touching the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I
lie not....
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Galatians 1:20 Now G1161 which G3739 write G1125 (G5719) you G5213
indeed G2400 (G5628) before G1799 God...
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PAUL DECLARES HIS CREDENTIALS AND STATES HIS CASE (GALATIANS 1:11 -
GALATIANS 2:21).
Paul will now make clear to them what his credentials are. If they
ask, why should they listen to him, he will now...
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‘Now concerning the things about which I am writing to you, behold,
before God I am not lying.'
He is so concerned that they believe the truth of what he is saying
that he confirms his complete hones...
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Galatians 1:20. This solemn asseveration refers to the statement
Galatians 1:18-19. Judaizing opponents had probably spread the report
in Galatia that Paul spent a much longer time in Jerusalem, and w...
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_Apostolical Call and Authority of Paul._
Paul now enters upon his apology. He defends first his independent
apostolical dignity (Galatians 1:11 to Galatians 2:11). and proves
that he was called direc...
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I LIE NOT
(ου ψευδομα). So important does he deem the point that he
takes solemn oath about it....
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Galatians 1:20
Men-pleasing.
I. Deliverance from the fear of men and from the necessity of always
seeking to please men may be taken as a general description of the
liberty of Christians; while, on t...
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Galatians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by
Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)_
Paul begins this Epistle by stating his commission as an apostl...
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Galatians 1:11. But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel that was
preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man,
neither was I taught it, but the revelation of Jesus Christ. Fo...
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CONTENTS: The Gospel Paul preached, a revelation not tradition.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Peter, James.
CONCLUSION: The Gospel declared by the apostles was by revelation of
Jesus Christ. It is...
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Galatians 1:1. _Paul an apostle, not of men, neither by man._ Paul was
not a member of the church of the firstborn, suckled with her breasts,
and edified by her ministry. Christ had specially appeared...
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WHAT I WRITE IS TRUE. Paul affirms that he is _in fact_ a divinely
appointed apostle of Christ, and calls God to be his witness that he
speaks the truth!!!...
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_I lie not._
TRUTHFULNESS; ITS VIOLATION
Untruthfulness is something more than direct and deliberate
misstatement, _e.g., _by the practice of making excuses for faults in
conduct which do not fairly...
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 1:19 NONE OF THE OTHER APOSTLES EXCEPT
JAMES. This implies that James was among “the apostles,” though he
was not one of the original 12 (see note on 1 Cor. 9:4–5)....
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 1:10 Indirect Appeal: Paul’s Ministry
and the Gospel. Paul received the gospel directly from Jesus Christ
(see Acts 9:1;...
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SAINT PAUL'S EPISTLE TO
THE GALATIANS
CHAPTER 1
CONTENTS
The Galatians were Gentiles who emigrated from Gaul into Greece, and
so were called Gallo-Greeks. Suidas thinks that these Gauls were
Sennon...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Galatians 1:24. THEY GLORIFIED GOD IN ME.—He does not say, adds
Chrysostom, they marvelled at me, they praised me, they were struck
with admiration of me, but he attr...
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EXPOSITION
GALATIANS 1:1
_The_ _introductory greeting. _The style of this greeting, compared
with those found in St. Paul's other Epistles, gives indications of
his having addressed himself to the co...
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Galatia was not a city. It was a territory. It encompassed an area
that is now in Turkey. There were several churches founded by Paul in
Galatia. And following Paul's evangelistic efforts through the...
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2 Corinthians 11:10; 2 Corinthians 11:11; 2 Corinthians 11:31; Romans
9:1...
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I lie not. Comp. Romans 9:1; 2 Corinthians 11:31; 1 Timothy 2:7....
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TURNING FROM GRACE
Galatians 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Our study of today carries us into some very vital relationships
relative to salvation. We are all willing to grant that works hold a
vital place...
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Observe, here, that St. Paul, having to do with the false apostles and
the seduced Galatians, whom, he had just cause to suspect, would not
(as they ought) give much credit to his word; he asserts the...