George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Galatians 6:10
The household of the faith: those who profess the same true faith. (Witham) --- We are more bound to assist Christians than Jews; Catholics than heretics. (St. Jerome, q. 1. ad Hedibim.)
The household of the faith: those who profess the same true faith. (Witham) --- We are more bound to assist Christians than Jews; Catholics than heretics. (St. Jerome, q. 1. ad Hedibim.)
GALATIANS 6:10 evrgazw,meqa {A} Although several otherwise strong witnesses read the indicative evrgazo,meqa (A B2 L P _al_), intrinsic probability as well as significant external attestation favors...
Verse 10. _AS WE HAVE - OPPORTUNITY_] While it is the _time_ of _sowing_ let us sow the good seed; and let our love be, as the love of Christ is, _free, manifested to all_. Let us help all who need h...
AS WE HAVE THEREFORE OPPORTUNITY, LET US DO GOOD UNTO ALL MEN - This is the true rule about doing good. “The opportunity to do good,” said Cotton Mather, “imposes the obligation to do it.” The simple...
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 t
GALATIANS 5:13 TO GALATIANS 6:10. Practical appendix to the epistle; in the form of guarding the doctrine of free grace against antinomian abuse....
Last safeguard: the natural law of God's universe stands. Those who propose to make the gospel of grace an excuse for laxity think they can laugh in their sleeves at the Creator, but You-' ve gut to g...
He who is being instructed in the word must share in all good things with him who is giving instruction. Don't deceive yourselves; no one can make a fool of God; whatever a man sows this he will also...
BURDEN-BEARING (Galatians 6:1-5)...
AS. therefore. So than in proportion as. OPPORTUNITY. The same as season, Galatians 6:9. UNTO. Greek. _pros_. App-104 OF THE HOUSEHOLD. Greek. _oikeios_. Only here, Ephesians 2:19; 1 T
A noble practical conclusion from what precedes. The time of reaping is -God's own" the season of sowing, ours. But that season is presented to us as -opportunity." If we ask how we are to recognise...
These verses, which are an exhortation to the exercise of liberality towards the Teachers of the Church, do not seem to have any obvious connexion with what has gone before. They _may_have been sugges...
7–10. _Show such kindness, for the Harvest will come_ (Galatians 6:7) Refusal to help others is, in reality, mocking God, who does avenge every insult, and bring the harvest of each man’s sowing. (Gal...
13–6:10. PRACTICAL. LIBERTY IS NOT LICENSE BUT SERVICE; NOT THE FLESH BUT THE SPIRIT MUST BE THE AIM OF THE BELIEVER...
ἜΧΩΜΕΝ אB* 17. ἔχομεν, Text. Rec. with nearly all other authorities. So even in ἐργαζώμεθα, the next word, AB3LP read -ο-. So also Galatians 6:12 διώκονται is read by ACGKLP. 10. ἌΡΑ ΟΥ̓͂Ν, “according...
АРА (G686) итак, затем. Делает вывод из предыдущего, ΈΡΓΑΖΏΜΕΘΑ _praes. conj. med. (dep.) от_ ΕΡΓΆΖΟΜΑΙ (G2038) быть действенным, эффективно работать. Побудительный _conj._, "давайте трудиться" ΟΊΚΕ...
UNTO THEM WHO ARE OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH.— "To them who are united to us in the bonds of Christian faith and love; and who, on that account, as belonging to one family, and heirs of the same hope,...
TEXT 6:9, 10 (9) And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. (10) So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and espe...
_VERSE 10. AS WE HAVE THEREFORE OPPORTUNITY, LET US DO GOOD UNTO ALL MEN, ESPECIALLY UNTO THEM WHO ARE OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH._ In this verse the Apostle summarizes his instructions on the proper s...
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. So then [ ara (G686) oun (G3767)], according (i:e., in proportion) as we have...
5 There is a contrast here between a burden and a load. Burden is from the element meaning _ heavy_. Both of these elements occur together in Mat_23:4 "heavy loads". In Mat_11:30 our Lord did not say...
6:10 good (f-10) This supposes more positive activity of service than 'doing good,' in ver. 9, which is the character of conduct. 'Let us do good' here is the service and labour in which it is shown....
PRACTICAL EXHORTATIONS. THE APOSTLE'S GLORYING 1-5. The nature and requirements of the law of love. PARAPHRASE. '(1) If sin overcome one of your number, try to correct the fault in a temper of gentle...
A conclusion from the certainty of reaping if we faint not. OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH] members of the Christian family whose bond of union is faith. 11-18. The true ground of glorying. PARAPHRASE. '...
CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE GALATIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 6 CHRISTIANS SHOULD HELP EACH OTHER V1 My Christian brothers and sisters, a *sin may overcome someone. Those among you whom the Holy Spir...
So Paul encouraged the Christians to serve other people. Christians can help all kinds of people. But they always should remember to help other Christians too. This verse links with 2:10. PAUL’S FINA...
(6-10) Special exhortation to liberality in the support of teachers, grounded upon the fact that we shall all receive, in the harvest at the end of the world, according as we have sown during the time...
AS WE HAVE THEREFORE OPPORTUNITY. — “Therefore” is emphatic, and should come first. It introduces a summary conclusion from the preceding argument. _Therefore_ (or, _so then_)_, as we have opportunity...
CHAPTER 27 SOWING AND REAPING. Galatians 6:6 EACH shall bear his own burden (Galatians 6:5)-but let there be communion of disciple with teacher in all that is good. The latter sentence is clearly in...
GOD'S JUDGMENT IS UNERRING. THOSE WHO SOW EITHER TO THE FLESH OR TO THE SPIRIT SHALL ALIKE REAP THE HARVEST FOR WHICH THEY HAVE SOWN. BUT FAINT NOT IN WELLDOING, FOR WE SHALL IN DUE TIME REAP LIFE ETE...
καιρὸν. The last verse affirmed that there is a due season for the spiritual harvest as well as the earthly; the same analogy suggests the existence of a spiritual seedtime also, which we are bound to...
OUR OWN AND OTHERS' BURDENS Galatians 6:1 The spirit of the world gloats over sin; the Spirit of Christ leads us to restore the sinner. Our first thought should never be of revenge or contempt, or of...
Having dealt with the conduct of liberty thus broadly, the apostle now made some detailed application of the principles enunciated, giving an important illustration pertinent to the whole question of...
(8) As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all [men], especially unto them who are of the household of faith. (8) Those that are of the household of faith, that is, those who are joine...
(6) Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. (7) Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. (8) For he t...
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...
10._While we have opportunity. _The metaphor is still pursued. Every season is not adapted to tillage and sowing. Active and prudent husbandmen will observe the proper season, and will not indolently...
Here is the answer to those who then sought, and now seek, to bring in law for sanctification and as a guide: the strength and the rule for holiness are in the Spirit. The law does not give the Spirit...
AS WE HAVE THEREFORE OPPORTUNITY,.... Or "ability", so the phrase is sometimes used z; as occasion requires, objects offer, as there is ability of well doing, and that continues; while the time of lif...
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all _men_, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. Ver. 10. _As we have therefore opportunity_] Catch at it, as the echo catcheth...
_And_ Having then such a prospect of felicity before us; _let us not be weary_ Greek, μη εκκακωμεν, _let us not be discouraged_, or _flag; in well-doing_ Or in sowing to the Spirit, whatever labour an...
The apostle urges unselfish service:...
AS WE HAVE, THEREFORE, OPPORTUNITY, LET US DO GOOD UNTO ALL MEN, ESPECIALLY UNTO THEM WHO ARE OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH. These single admonitions are not brought in as abruptly as might appear at firs...
CONCERN FOR THOSE WHO FAIL (vs.1-5) The Galatians may have considered themselves spiritual because they were legal-minded. There is a good test for this. What about a person overtaken in a fault? Sha...
THEREFORE, AS WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY, LET US DO GOOD TO ALL, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO ARE OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH. Opportunity - a fitting time All men - saint or sinner, Christian or not First prior...
6-11 Many excuse themselves from the work of religion, though they may make a show, and profess it. They may impose upon others, yet they deceive themselves if they think to impose upon God, who know...
AS WE HAVE THEREFORE OPPORTUNITY; as we have objects before us, or as God gives us time and ability. LET US DO GOOD UNTO ALL MEN; let it be our business to harm none, but to supply the necessities of...
So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith. [And let us who are sowing in this latter manner not...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I "As, then, we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to the household of faith."[18] Tertullian Against Marcion Book V and "as we have opportunity,...
Galatians 6:10 Therefore G686 G3767 as G5613 have G2192 (G5719) opportunity G2540 do G2038 (G5741) good...
‘So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good towards all men, and especially towards those who are of the household of faith.' ‘Opportunity' is kairos, which also means time. Thus...
IN THE END WE MUST FACE UP TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR BEHAVIOUR (GALATIANS 6:7). Paul warns us all to remember that in the end we will have to give account for our behaviour. Walking with Christ is n...
_Miscellaneous Exhortations_. The Apostle exhorts the Galatians to deal gently with a weak brother, to bear the brother's burden, to be on their guard against conceit, to be liberal to their teachers...
Galatians 6:10. SO THEN AS WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY (lit.,?. seasonable time). Each opportunity for doing good is an angel that offers us his services. If neglected, it may never return. LET US DO GOOD UNT...
AS WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY (ως καιρον εχωμεν). Indefinite comparative clause (present subjunctive without αν). "As we have occasion at any time."LET US WORK THAT WHICH IS GOOD (εργαζωμεθα το αγαθον)....
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._ Pa...
Galatians 6:1. _Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted._ When Christians fal...
Galatians 6:1. _Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault,_ He is a slow traveler; he is not speeding swiftly on the way to heaven, so the fault overtakes him. Had he been quicker of pace, he might...
CONTENTS: The regenerated life as a brotherhood of believers. CHARACTERS: Holy Spirit, God, Christ, Paul. CONCLUSION: The new life in Christ Jesus is not simply one of being good, but of doing good....
Galatians 6:1. _If a man,_ a brother, _be overtaken in a fault,_ by wine, or passion, or some indiscretion, through surprise, or when off his guard. The offender is a brother, who when so overtaken co...
WE SHOULD DO GOOD TO EVERYONE. "We should do good to everyone, whatever their country or religion should be or whatever their physical appearance. But we do have a special responsibility to those who...
_As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men._ OPPORTUNITY, MAN’S TREASURE If_ time _be as “the grass,” fading and fleeting, _opportunity _is as “the flower of the grass,” more fadi...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 6:1 Paul illustrates a life of love in the Spirit. ⇐ ⇔...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 6:10 While believers await their rewards (vv. Galatians 6:7) they should DO GOOD. The primary focus should be on serving other believers, but
CHAPTER 6 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He exhorts the Galatians to good works, especially works of mercy towards Christians, particularly doctors and catechists. He bids them not to seek for the prais...
_Let us do good unto all men._ While the time of sowing lasts, let us do good to all not only to catechists, but to all even to the heathen, though specially to our fellow-Christians, who are members...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 6:6. COMMUNICATE UNTO HIM THAT TEACHETH IN ALL GOOD THINGS.—Go shares with him in the good things of this life. While each bears his own burden he must think...
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 over...
Bretheren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted (Galatians 6:1). The Bible does seem t...
1 John 3:13; 1 John 5:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; 1 Timothy 6:17;...
As we have opportunity [ω ς κ α ι ρ ο ν ε χ ω μ ε ν]. As there is a proper season for reaping, there is likewise a proper season for sowing. As this season comes to us, let us sow to the Spirit by doi...
RULES FOR THE RIGHTEOUS Galatians 6:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. We have a message sent to saints. It is all in vain for the unsaved to seek to serve the Saviour. The wicked have never been called into...
Therefore as we have opportunity — At whatever time or place, and in whatever manner we can. The opportunity in general is our lifetime; but there are also many particular opportunities. Satan is quic...