Galatians 5 - Introduction
1:4 world, (a-18) _ Aion_ . 'age,' 'course of this world.'... [ Continue Reading ]
1:4 world, (a-18) _ Aion_ . 'age,' 'course of this world.'... [ Continue Reading ]
5:1 freedom; (h-7) i.e. liberty as opposed to bondage. See 1 Corinthians 10:29 .... [ Continue Reading ]
5:4 profit (i-6) The word translated here 'deprived of all profit' is hard to translate. The active form means to render anything useless and unprofitable, or miss an opportunity; as 'annulled,' Ephesians 2:15 . Here it is passive and with the preposition ( _ apo_ ) 'from.' Hence it is to be deprive... [ Continue Reading ]
5:7 stopped (a-6) The proper sense is 'to stop by cutting off the way.' As 'hinder,' Romans 15:22 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:18 .... [ Continue Reading ]
5:8 persuasibleness (b-2) Or 'the persuasion.'... [ Continue Reading ]
5:10 whosoever (c-29) _ Hostis_ , including his character, as Matthew 7:24 .... [ Continue Reading ]
5:12 cut (d-7) Or 'mutilate.'... [ Continue Reading ]
5:13 to (e-6) _ Epi_ . the condition into which they are called; what characterizes their calling as a condition of its existence. see Notes, Romans 4:18 ; Romans 5:14 . serve (f-23) _ Douleuo_ , serve as a bondman, see Note, 1 Corinthians 4:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]
5:14 thyself; (g-17) See Leviticus 19:18 .... [ Continue Reading ]
5:16 in (h-5) The expression 'by the Spirit' occurs in vers. 18 and 25; but in ver. 16 'walk' refers to the general manner of life, as Romans 8:4 , so I have left 'in.' In vers. 18 and 25 'walk' refers to the rule or line followed, as ch. 6.16; Romans 4:12 ; Philippians 3:16 . It is characteristic o... [ Continue Reading ]
5:18 by (h-6) The expression 'by the Spirit' occurs in vers. 18 and 25; but in ver. 16 'walk' refers to the general manner of life, as Romans 8:4 , so I have left 'in.' In vers. 18 and 25 'walk' refers to the rule or line followed, as ch. 6.16; Romans 4:12 ; Philippians 3:16 . It is characteristic o... [ Continue Reading ]
5:25 by (h-4) by (h-11) The expression 'by the Spirit' occurs in vers. 18 and 25; but in ver. 16 'walk' refers to the general manner of life, as Romans 8:4 , so I have left 'in.' In vers. 18 and 25 'walk' refers to the rule or line followed, as ch. 6.16; Romans 4:12 ; Philippians 3:16 . It is charac... [ Continue Reading ]