Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; NOW I SAY - a phrase introducing a continued explanatory argument (Ellicott). God's sending His Son to redeem us who were under the law (Galatians 4:4), and sending the Spirit of His S... [ Continue Reading ]
Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. HOWBEIT - contrast of their former with their present state. Appeal not to turn back from their privileges as free sons to legal bondage again. THEN - when ye were pagans before your adoption (Galatians 4... [ Continue Reading ]
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all. BE [BECOME: ginesthe (G1096 )] AS I AM - `as I, though a zealous Jew by birth (Galatians 1:14), in my life amend you cast on Jewish habits, so do ye; for I am become as ye are'-namely, in not observing legal o... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first. HOW THROUGH INFIRMITY - rather [ di' (G1223) astheneian (G769)], 'yea [ de (G1161)], ye know that because of an infinity of my flesh preached,' etc. Some bodily sickness having defined him among them, contrar... [ Continue Reading ]
And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. MY TEMPTATION. 'Aleph (') A B Delta G f g, Vulgate, read 'your temptation.' My infirmity, which might have been a "temptation" to you, ye despised not - i:e., ye were... [ Continue Reading ]
Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me. WHERE ... - Where now is to be found your former felicitation [ tis (G5100) - ho (G3588) makarismos (G3108)] of yourselves, on your... [ Continue Reading ]
Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? Translate, 'So then am I become (in your eyes) your enemy by telling you the truth?' (; .) He had not been counted their enemy at his first visit: he implies that he had since then, before his now writing; so that the occasion of his... [ Continue Reading ]
They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. THEY - your flatterers: in contrast to Paul, who tells them the truth. ZEALOUSLY - zeal in proselytism characterized Jews and Judaizers (Galatians 1:14; Matthew 23:15; Romans 10:2). AFFECT YOU -... [ Continue Reading ]
But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you. GOOD [ kalon (G2570 )] TO BE ZEALOUSLY AFFECTED - rather, passive, to correspond to 'zealously court' (Galatians 4:17), 'to be zealously courted.' I find no fault with them for zealously court... [ Continue Reading ]
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, MY LITTLE CHILDREN (; ; ). My relation to you is not merely that of one zealously courting you (Galatians 4:17), but that of a father to his children (). I TRAVAIL IN BIRTH - i:e., like a mother in pain until h... [ Continue Reading ]
I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. [ eethelon (G2309) de (G1161), without an (G302)] 'I could indeed wish.' If circumstances permitted, I would gladly be with you. NOW - as I was twice already. Speaking face to face is so much more effective... [ Continue Reading ]
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? DESIRE - of your own accord madly courting that which must condemn you. DO YE NOT HEAR - do ye not consider the inner sense of Moses' words? The law itself sends you away from it to Christ. Do ye not heed it? Having sufficient... [ Continue Reading ]
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. (; .) ABRAHAM - whose sons ye wish to be (cf. Romans 9:7). A BOND MAID, THE OTHER BY A FREE WOMAN - Greek 'the well-known bond maid the free woman ' A BOND MAID, THE OTHER BY A FREE WOMAN - Greek, '... [ Continue Reading ]
But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. BUT. The two sons, though sprung from a common father, Abraham, were, notwithstanding, very different. AFTER THE FLESH (implying weakness) - born in the usual course of nature; in contrast to Isaa... [ Continue Reading ]
Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. WHICH THINGS, [ hatina (G3748)] - the which things; all which things; all the circumstances of the history. ARE AN ALLEGORY - `are allegorical;' i:e., have an... [ Continue Reading ]
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. Translate, 'For this word [ to (G3588)], Hagar, is (imports) mount Sinai in Arabia' (i:e., among the Arabians-in the Arabian tongue). Haurat, the traveler, says that to this day t... [ Continue Reading ]
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. This stands instead of the sentence which we should expect, to correspond to Galatians 4:24, 'one from mount Sinai.' But the other covenant answers to the heavenly Jerusalem above, which is (in the allegory) Sarah. JERUSALEM WH... [ Continue Reading ]
For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband. FOR - proof that 'she is the mother of us' (). THOU BARREN - Jerusalem above: the spiritual Gospel Church, the fruit... [ Continue Reading ]
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. WE. So A C Delta 'Aleph ('), Vulgate. But B G f g, 'ye.' "We" better accords with ; . CHILDREN OF PROMISE - not children after the flesh, but by virtue of promise (; ; ; ). "We ... are" so, and ought to continue so.... [ Continue Reading ]
But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. BUT - But our being "children of promise" does not exempt us from persecution. PERSECUTED, [ ediooken (G1377), used to persecute]. Ishmael 'mocked' [ tsachaquw (H6711), equivalent in... [ Continue Reading ]
Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman. NEVERTHELESS - BUT let not believers be disheartened at the prospect of persecution; for "Scripture saith," etc. Genesis 21:10; Genesis 21:12,... [ Continue Reading ]
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free. SO THEN [ ara (G686) oun (G3767), G. But 'Aleph (') B Delta, dio (G1352), 'Wherefore.' A C, heemeis (G2249) de (G1161), 'But we.' f g, Vulgate, itaque... [ Continue Reading ]