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Verse 23. _THEY HAD HEARD ONLY_] As a _persecutor_ of the Church of
Christ, I was well known; and as a _convert to Christ_ I was not less
so. The fame of both was great, even where I was personally un...
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BUT THEY HAD HEARD ONLY ... - They had not seen me; but the remarkable
fact of my conversion had been reported to them. It was a fact that
could hardly be concealed; see the note at Acts 26:26....
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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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HAD HEARD. were hearing: i.e. kept hearing. These are strong
Imperfects.
THE FAITH. Greek. _pistis_ App-150.
DESTROYED. Same as "wasted", Galatians 1:13....
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They only heard reports to the effect that, Our former persecutor is
now preaching the faith which he once was seeking to destroy....
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_the faith_ Three principal senses attach to this word in the N. T.:
(1) Truth, or truthfulness, trustworthiness; e.g. Romans 3:3, "the
faith of God."
(2) Belief of, or confidence in a Person or thi...
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ἈΚΟΎΟΝΤΕΣ. Presumably from members of the Church at
Jerusalem in particular (thus suggesting that his preaching was not
contradictory to that of the elder Apostles), as well as from other
Christian tr...
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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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ΆΚΟΎΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191)
слышать,
ΉΣΑΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть,
ΔΙΏΚΩΝ _praes. act. part. см._ Galatians 1:13. Subst. part.
используется для выделения
особенности...
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DISCOURSE: 2053
GOD GLORIFIED IN HIS PEOPLE
Galatians 1:23. _They had heard only, that he which persecuted us in
times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. And they
glorified God in...
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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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see note on vs 22...
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But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past
now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
[ Akouontes (G191) eesan (G2258)] 'They were hearing:' reports were
reaching them...
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THEY HAD HEARD ONLY] that was all the knowledge they had of me.
PREACHETH THE FAITH] proclaims the necessity of trust in Christ as the
sole essential to salvation....
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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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Paul had changed completely. The *churches in Judea heard reports
about Paul. They were pleased to hear what God was doing in Paul’s
life. So they praised God because God had changed Paul so much. Thi...
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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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HAD HEARD. — Rather, _were hearing._
THE FAITH. — Not quite, as yet, “the body of Christian
doctrine,” which was in process of forming rather than already
formed, but the one cardinal doctrine of fai...
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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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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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About ten years of the life of Paul, between his flight from Jerusalem
to Tarsus and his return to Jerusalem for the Apostolic Council, are
here passed over. They were spent, partly in and around Tars...
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_The faith_ seems to be here identified with the living body of
believers, for this verse describes Saul as making havoc of _the
faith_, while Galatians 1:13 applies that term to the _Church_....
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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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But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now
preacheth the (p) faith which once he destroyed.
(p) The doctrine of faith....
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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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23._Which once he destroyed_. This does not mean that _faith _(36) may
actually be destroyed, but that he lessened its influence on the minds
of weak men. Besides, it is the will, rather than the deed...
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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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BUT THEY HAD HEARD ONLY,.... What they knew of the apostle was only by
hearsay; they had never seen him, nor heard him preach, nor conversed
with him, only had it reported to them;
THAT HE WHICH PERS...
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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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BUT THEY HAD HEARD ONLY THAT HE WHICH PERSECUTED US IN TIMES PAST NOW
PREACHETH THE FAITH WHICH ONCE HE DESTROYED....
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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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When they heard that he was now preaching the faith, they rejoiced.
NOTE: "The faith" refers to the entire system of belief, including all
things believed by the early Christians....
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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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Though those churches in the country of Judea had never seen Paul's
person, yet they had heard of him:
1. That he had been a persecutor of those which professed the doctrine
of the gospel, which he h...
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but they only heard say, He that once persecuted us now preacheth the
faith of which he once made havoc...
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Galatians 1:23 But G1161 were G2258 (G5713) hearing G191 (G5723) only
G3440 G3754 formerly G4218 persecuted...
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‘Then I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia, and I was still
unknown by face to the churches of Judea which were in Christ, but
they only heard say, ‘He who once persecuted us now preaches the...
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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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Galatians 1:23. THEY WERE HEARING (kept hearing) expresses the idea of
duration better than ‘heard.'
THE FAITH _is_ used here in the passive or objective sense=the
gospel, the Christian religion (not...
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THEY ONLY HEARD
(μονον ακουοντες ησαν). Periphrastic imperfect,
"They were only hearing from time to time."THAT ONCE PERSECUTED US
(ο διωκων ημας ποτε). Present active articular
participle, a sor...
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Galatians 1:23
The Conversion of St. Paul.
I. The change that was made in Saul was of the most extraordinary
kind, and not to be accounted for by any of those sudden transitions
which one sometimes s...
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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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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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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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THEY KNEW ONLY. Although they did not know Paul personally, they had
certainly heard of him and what he had tried to do in the past (Acts
9:1-2). Try to imagine how they must have felt when they heard...
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_But they had heard._
TRUE FAME
True glory takes root and spreads! All false pretences, like perishing
flowers, fall to the ground: nor can any counterfeit last long.
(_Cicero._)
THE WIDENING SUCCE...
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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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1 Corinthians 15:8; 1 Timothy 1:13; Acts 9:13; Acts 9:20; Acts 9:26
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They had heard [α κ ο υ ο ν τ ε ς η σ α ν]. Correlative
with I was unknown, verse 22. Note the periphrasis of the participle
with the substantive verb, expressing duration. They were hearing all
the t...
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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...