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Verse 15. _IF YE BITE AND DEVOUR ONE ANOTHER_] These Churches seem to
have been in a state of great distraction; there were continual
altercations among them. They had fallen from the grace of the Go...
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BUT IF YE BITE - The word used here (δάκνω daknō), means,
properly, to bite, to sting; and here seems to be used in the sense of
contending and striving - a metaphor not improbably taken from dogs
a...
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III. THE WALK OF THE JUSTIFIED BELIEVER,
AS NOT UNDER THE LAW, BUT UNDER GRACE
CHAPTER 5
_ 1. Stand fast! Be not entangled! (Galatians 5:1)_
2. Exhortations and the law of love. (Galatians 5:7)
3....
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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....
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First safeguard. They are free indeed, and as Christians are done with
Law; but love will save them from indulging lower impulses. Love (as
Jesus taught, Mark 12:31 and parallels) includes everything...
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AN OLD STORY AND A NEW MEANING (Galatians 4:21-31 ; Galatians 5:1)
5:1 Tell me this--you who want to be subject to the law, you listen
to it being read to you, don't you? Well, then, it stands writte...
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As for you, brothers, it was for freedom that you were called, only
you must not use this freedom as a bridgehead through which the worst
side of human nature can invade you, but in love you must serv...
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BITE. Greek. _dakno_. Only here.
DEVOUR. Greek. _katesthio_. See 2 Corinthians 11:20.
TAKE HEED. Greek. _blepo_. App-133.
THAT... NOT = lest. Greek. _me_. App-105.
CONSUMED. Greek. _analisko_, Only...
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13–15. _I say, you were called for freedom. But do not forget that
true freedom implies service to others_
(Galatians 5:13) I speak so strongly about those that are confounding
you, for _you_ were cal...
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13–6:10. PRACTICAL. LIBERTY IS NOT LICENSE BUT SERVICE; NOT THE
FLESH BUT THE SPIRIT MUST BE THE AIM OF THE BELIEVER...
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ΕἸ ΔῈ�[141] ΚΑῚ ΚΑΤΕΣΘΊΕΤΕ. A glimpse of the
strife engendered through the false teaching. You are like beasts or.
dogs when being fed.
[141] Is affixed to a word it means that all the passages are
m...
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ΔΆΚΝΕΤΕ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΔΆΚΝΩ (G1143)
кусать,
ΚΑΤΕΣΘΊΕΤΕ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΤΕΣΘΊΩ (G2719)
съедать. Оба гл. в настоящем времени
конативны, выражают попытку (Burton);
формы индикатива испол...
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B.
LIMITATIONS AND POWER OF FREEDOM Galatians 5:13-26
1.
No fleshly License Galatians 5:13-15
TEXT 5:13-15
(13) For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your
freedom for an occasion...
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_ VERSE 15. BUT IF YE BITE AND DEVOUR ONE ANOTHER TAKE HEED THAT YE BE
NOT CONSUMED ONE OF ANOTHER._...
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But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not
consumed one of another.
BITE - backbite the character.
DEVOUR - the substance, by extortion, etc. (; ; .) Bite, the act o...
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1 This paragraph is the summary and conclusion of the doctrinal
argument. Tersely, he puts the case. Which shall it be _ Christ _ or _
circumcision_!' No half hearted allegiance here, no serving of tw...
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BITE AND DEVOUR] in party strife. CONSUMED] as respects your personal
and collective Christian life.
16-26. The spiritual and the carnal life contrasted.
PARAPHRASE. '(16) In the life which is foster...
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THE NATURE OF CHRISTIAN LIBERTY
1-12. The futility of seeking justification by attempting to comply
with the demands of the Mosaic Law; the inconsistency of works and
faith as methods of salvation.
P...
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CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE
GALATIANS
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 5
CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE
V1 We have freedom because Christ has made us free. Be certain that
you remain free. You must not allow yourselv...
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The false teachers had caused trouble in Galatia. As a result, the
Christians were fighting and arguing with each other. The word
‘hurt’ means to bite. It also means to speak in a way that hurts a
per...
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(13-15) The Judaisers would deserve such a fate; for they are undoing
the whole object with which you were called. You were called, not to
legal bondage, but to _freedom._ This caution only is needed:...
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CHAPTER 22
THE PERILS OF LIBERTY.
Galatians 5:13
OUR analysis has drawn a strong line across the middle of this
chapter. At Galatians 5:13 the Apostle turns his mind in the ethical
direction. He has...
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If the spirit of mutual love does not prevent Christian brethren from
preying on one another, they are in danger of utter destruction....
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FREEDOM IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF CHRISTIAN LIFE, TO BE USED NOT FOR
SELF-INDULGENCE, BUT FOR WILLING SERVICE TO THE LAW OF LOVE....
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PRODUCE THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
Galatians 5:13
That Christ has freed us from the Law as a means of salvation does not
free us from moral restraint, but brings us under the constraint of a
higher law,...
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The whole law of liberty is stated in the sentences, "For freedom did
Christ set us free," "stand fast therefore," and "be not entangled
again in a yoke of bondage."
He then refers first to circumcis...
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(14) But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not
consumed one of another.
(14) An exhortation to the duties of charity, by the profit that
follows from it, because no men proved w...
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(6) For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor
uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. (7) Ye did run well;
who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? (8) This...
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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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15._But if ye bite and devour one another_. From the nature of the
subject, as well as from the language employed, we may conjecture that
the Galatians had disputes among themselves; for they differed...
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It is in this liberty, the liberty of Christ, alluding to the free
woman and Jerusalem above, that they were to stand fast, and not put
themselves again under the yoke of the law. If they took that gr...
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BUT IF YE BITE AND DEVOUR ONE ANOTHER,.... Another reason inducing to
love is taken from the pernicious consequences of a contrary spirit
and conduct. The allusion is to beasts of prey falling upon an...
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But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not
consumed one of another.
Ver. 15. _But if ye bite, &c._] _Si collidimnr, frangimur, _ If we
clash, we break. Dissolution is the daughte...
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_Ye have been called_ By the gospel; _into liberty_ From the bondage
of the Mosaic ceremonies, as well as of sin and misery: _only use not
liberty for an occasion of the flesh_ So as to nourish or gra...
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IF YE BITE AND DEVOUR; contend with and injure one another....
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BUT IF YE BITE AND DEVOUR ONE ANOTHER, TAKE HEED THAT YE BE NOT
CONSUMED ONE OF ANOTHER.
Paul here finds it necessary to deny a charge of the false teachers
that he himself was still preaching circumc...
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The service of love as opposed to the service of the flesh:...
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LIBERTY TO BE PRACTICED
(vs.1-6)
Chapter 4 dealt with the perfect freedom introduced by God Himself
through Christ, freedom given to all who have been redeemed by His
precious blood, freedom from the...
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I COULD WISH THAT THOSE WHO TROUBLE YOU WOULD EVEN CUT THEMSELVES OFF!
Judiazing teachers should be cut off.
Romans 16:17 - "Mark them"
2 Timothy 3:5 - "turn away"
Titus 1:10-11 - "mouths stopped...
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13-15 The gospel is a doctrine according to godliness, 1 Timothy 6:3,
and is so far from giving the least countenance to sin, that it lays
us under the strongest obligation to avoid and subdue it. Th...
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This lets us know, that there were great contentions and divisions
amongst the members of this church, whether (which is probable)
occasioned by their differences in and about the doctrine of
justific...
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But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not
consumed one of another. [Do not think because you are free that you
are therefore free to do evil. As a contrast to the spirit of liber...
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Cyprian Epistle VI
From abuse and revilings also I entreat you to abstain, for "revilers
do not attain the kingdom of God; "[20]...
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Galatians 5:15 But G1161 if G1487 bite G1143 (G5719) and G2532 devour
G2719 (G5719) another G240 beware...
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FREEDOM IS NOT TO BE MISINTERPRETED AS LICENCE. THEY MUST WALK IN LOVE
AND BY THE SPIRIT (GALATIANS 5:13).
Paul now goes on to deal with the charge that the Gospel he is
presenting gives men licence t...
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‘But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you are not
consumed one by another.'
On the other hand, if we bite and devour each other by what we say and
do, and there appears to be a hint...
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_Warning' against the Abuse of Freedom, and Exhortation to Brotherly
Love._
In the spirit of true Christian wisdom and moderation, the Apostle now
warns the readers against the danger of abusing Chri...
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Galatians 5:15. BUT IF YE BITE AND DEVOUR ONE ANOTHER, like wild
beasts. How applicable this to all sectarian and partisan strifes
which turn the church into a battle-field and impair its force agains...
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IF YE BITE AND DEVOUR ONE ANOTHER
(ε αλληλους δακνετε κα κατεσθιετε).
Condition of first class assumed as true. Two common and old verbs
often used together of wild animals, or like cats and dogs.T...
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Galatians 5:13. _For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only
use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one
another._
Do not turn your liberty into license. The apostle...
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Remember, beloved brethren, that the Epistle to the Galatians is one
in which Paul, with especial clearness, proves the doctrine of
justification by faith alone. So much is this the case, that the
fam...
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Galatians 5:1. Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ
had made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Chris...
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Galatians 5:1. _Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ
hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of
bondage._
«You are not under the law, but under grace. Do not subje...
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CONTENTS: Liberty of the believer in Christ, apart from the law.
Conflict of flesh and the Spirit. Christian character the result of
the Spirit's work not self-effort.
CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit...
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Galatians 5:1. _Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ
hath made us free,_ by the redemption he has procured through the
shedding of his own most precious blood. The liberty of your cele...
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BUT IF YOU ACT LIKE ANIMALS. "But if, in _your frantic action_ either
for or against The Law, you begin to act like animals, hurting and
harming one another as you bite and devour each other, _watch o...
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_But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not
consumed one of another._
UNCHARITABLE CONTENTIONS IN THE CHURCH OF GOD
I. There ever were, are, and will be, differences among God’s...
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CHAPTER 5
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
i. S. Paul proceeds to urge the Galatians not to submit to the yoke of
the Old Law, lest they be deprived of the fruits of Christ's
righteousness, since in Him neit...
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_But_ _if ye bite and devour one another._ Beware, if you attack one
another with calumnies, lest you be mutually consumed. Two men
calumniating and enviously pursuing each other are like two dogs
fig...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Galatians 5:13. USE NOT LIBERTY FOR AN OCCASION TO THE FLESH.—Do not
give the flesh the handle or pretext for its indulgence, which it
eagerly seeks for. BY LOVE SERV...
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EXPOSITION
GALATIANS 5:1
GALATIANS 5:2
BEHOLD, I PAUL SAY UNTO YOU (ἴδε, ἐγὼ Παῦλος
λώγω ὑμῖν); _lo_,_ I Paul say unto you. _The adverbial
exclamation ἴδε, found in St. Paul's writings on...
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Shall we turn now to Galatians chapter five. The whole concept is: how
do I establish a righteous standing before God? Can I be righteous by
keeping the law? Or am I righteous by my simple faith in Je...
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1 Corinthians 3:3; 1 Corinthians 6:6; 2 Corinthians 11:20; 2
Corinthians 12:20;...
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Bite and devour [δ α κ ν ε τ ε κ α ι κ α τ ε σ θ ι ε
τ ε]. Strong expressions of partisan hatred exerting itself for
mutual injury. Daknein to bite, N. T. o. In LXX metaphorically, Micah
3:5; Habakkuk...
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THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
Galatians 5:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Much is written about the Holy Spirit in the Word of God. The Epistles
of Paul are freighted with many marvelous messages relative to the
Sp...
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THE GRACES OF THE SPIRIT'S INDWELLING
Galatians 5:14
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The works of the flesh are manifest. It is not necessary for anyone
to draw upon his imagination to describe the works of...
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But if — On the contrary, in consequence of the divisions which
those troublers have occasioned among you, ye bite one another by evil
speaking. And devour one another — By railing and clamour. Take h...
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The apostle, to enforce the foregoing exhortation to mutual love,
urges here the dangerous effects which their animosities and strifes,
with their controversies and contentions, would most certainly
p...