QUESTIONS ON GALATIANS, CHAPTER FIVE Completion: 1. For freedom did ___________ set us free. 2. I Paul say unto you, that if ye receive ___________ Christ will profit you nothing. 3. Every man that accepts circumcision, is a ___________ to do the whole law. 4. Ye who are justified by the la... [ Continue Reading ]
PART THREE APPEAL TO STEADFASTNESS, FAITHFULNESS AND DUTY 5:1-6:18 A. LIBERTY OF THE GOSPEL Galatians 5:1-12 1. Freedom and Responsibility Galatians 5:1 TEXT 5:1 (1) For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage. PARAPHRASE 5:1 1 Be... [ Continue Reading ]
Alternatives of Entanglement and Freedom Galatians 5:2-6 TEXT 5:2-6 (2) Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing. (3) Yea, I testify again to every man that receiveth circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. (4) Ye are severed from... [ Continue Reading ]
A Word of Protest Galatians 5:7-12 TEXT 5:7-9 (7) Ye were running well; who hindered you that ye should not obey the truth? (8) This persuasion came not of him that calleth you. (9) A little leaven Ieaveneth the whole lump. PARAPHRASE 5:7-9 7 At first ye made great progress in the doctrine and p... [ Continue Reading ]
TEXT 5:10-12 (10) I have confidence to you-ward in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be. (11) But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? then hath the stumblingblock of the cross been don... [ Continue Reading ]
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 to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another. (14) For the whole law is fulfilled in... [ Continue Reading ]
Victory over the flesh Galatians 5:16-26 TEXT 5:16-18 (16) But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. (17) For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that... [ Continue Reading ]
TEXT 5:19, 20 (19) Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, (20) idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties. PARAPHRASE 5:19, 20 19 Now, the works produced by the lust of the flesh are manifest:... [ Continue Reading ]
SPECIAL STUDY THE WORKS OF THE FLESH AND THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT Galatians 5:19 Adultery is found only in the KJV, since it is missing in the oldest and best Greek manuscripts. The sin itself is prohibited by the more general word fornication. Fornication (_porneia_por NY ah) includes all forms of... [ Continue Reading ]
TEXT 5:21 (21) envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practice such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. PARAPHRASE 5:21 21 Inward grievings at the happiness of others; the taking of men's lives unjustly, and th... [ Continue Reading ]
TEXT 5:22, 23 (22) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, (23) meekness, self-control; against such there is no law. PARAPHRASE 5:22, 23 22 But the fruit which reason enlightened by the Spirit of God produceth, is love to God and man; jo... [ Continue Reading ]
TEXT 5:24-26 (24) And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof. (25) If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk. (26) Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another. PARAPHRASE 5:24-26 24 Besides, they... [ Continue Reading ]