The false teachers were *Jews. They wanted the *Gentile Christians to obey the *Jewish laws. However, the false teachers did not manage to obey all the *Jewish laws themselves. But they were proud. And they wanted people to admire their work.
Verse 13. _NEITHER THEY THEMSELVES WHO ARE CIRCUMCISED_] They receive circumcision and profess Judaism, not from a desire to be conformed to the _will of God_; but _Judaism_ was popular, and the more...
FOR NEITHER THEY THEMSELVES WHO ARE CIRCUMCISED - The Jewish teachers, or perhaps all Jews. It was true in general that the Jews did not wholly and entirely obey the Law of Moses, but it is probable t...
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
Autograph postscript. Large letters need not be literally meant in late Greek; but what else can the word mean here? How large a letter (AV) is not a legitimate translation. Probably the reason is bad...
BURDEN-BEARING (Galatians 6:1-5)...
See in what large letters I am writing in my own handwriting. Those who wish to make a pretentious display from the merely human point of view are trying to compel you to get yourselves circumcised, b...
NEITHER. Greek. _oude_. KEEP. Compare Romans 2:26. TO HAVE YOU. that you should be. THAT. Greek. _hina_, as in Galatians 6:12. GLORY. Greek. _kauchaomai_. See Romans 2:17
He justifies the imputation of a bad motive, by a fact which cannot be denied. The Judaizers could not pretend that they so complied with the terms of the Law as perfectly to fulfil its requirements....
AUTOGRAPHIC SUMMARY _the autograph continuing till_ Galatians 5:18 _A contrast of the aims of the false teachers and of his own. The cross as the means of the new creation in believers is all import...
ΟἹ ΠΕΡΙΤΕΜΝΌΜΕΝΟΙ אACDKP vulg. syrr. οἱ περιτετμημένοι B(G)L Westcott and Hort marg. 13. ΟΥ̓ΔῈ ΓᾺΡ. I attribute this unworthy reason of fear to them, for etc. ΟἹ ΠΕΡΙΤΕΜΝΌΜΕΝΟΙ. See notes on Textual...
ΠΕΡΙΤΕΜΝΌΜΕΝΟΙ _praes. pass. part. от_ ΠΕΡΙΤΈΜΝΩ (G4059) делать обрезание, ΦΥΛΆΣΣΟΥΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΦΥΛΆΣΣΩ (G5442) хранить, блюсти, ΚΑΥΧΉΣΩΝΤΑΙ _aor. conj. med. (dep.) от_ ΚΑΥΧΆΟΜΑΙ (G2744...
THAT THEY MAY GLORY IN YOUR FLESH.— "May glory in this mark of circumcision, fixed in your flesh, and boast of the many converts to Judaism which they have had the interest and address to make." See o...
TEXT 6:11-13 (11) See with how large letters I write unto you with mine own hand. (12) As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be...
_ VERSE 13. FOR NEITHER THEY THEMSELVES WHO ARE CIRCUMCISED KEEP THE LAW; BUT DESIRE TO HAVE YOU CIRCUMCISED, THAT THEY MAY GLORY IN YOUR FLESH._...
For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. 'For not even do they who are having themselves circumcised [ ho...
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...
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...
(11-18) Concluding section of the Epistle, written in the Apostle’s own hand. These Judaising teachers only wish to have you circumcised as a matter of outside show, in order to disguise their own pro...
Their insincerity is shown by the fact that they are not really careful to observe the Law. What they do is only to serve as a blind, that they may be able to point to your mutilated flesh as the visi...
CHAPTER 28 THE FALSE AND THE TRUE GLORYING. Galatians 6:11 THE rendering of Galatians 6:11 in the Authorised Version is clearly erroneous (see how large a letter). Wickliff, guided by the Latin Vulg...
περιτεμνόμενοι. The present participle is more appropriate than the perfect περιτετμημένοι, which is read by some MSS.: for the author has in mind the adoption of a system, as in Galatians 5:3....
Paul impugns the sincerity of the agitators: their affected zeal for the Law was a pretext with a view to disarming Jewish enmity: they urged the circumcision of Gentiles also to gratify their own van...
THE APOSTLE WRITES THE PERORATION WITH HIS OWN HAND, DENOUNCING THE MOTIVES OF THE PHARISAIC PARTY. AFFIRMING HIS OWN ABSOLUTE RELIANCE ON THE CROSS AND THE NEW LIFE OF THE SPIRIT, AND CONCLUDING WITH...
GLORYING IN THE CROSS ALONE Galatians 6:11 Paul usually dictated his letters, but this was written with his own hand. The characters were large and clear, Galatians 6:11, r.v. Perhaps this was due to...
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...
For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in (l) your flesh. (l) That they have entangled you in Judaism, and yet he dwells...
He tells them the false teachers would have them circumcised first, to avoid _persecution from the Jewish party; and secondly to glory in having made them their proselytes. (Witham)_...
(11) В¶ Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand. (12) As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffe...
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...
13._For neither they who hold by circumcision keep the law_. The old version and Erasmus translate thus: _who are circumcised_. But Paul appears to me to refer to teachers only; and for this reason I...
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...
BUT NEITHER THEY THEMSELVES THAT ARE CIRCUMCISED,.... That is, the pleaders for, and preachers of circumcision, whether they themselves were actually circumcised, or not; it means those that were of t...
For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. Ver. 13. _Keep the law_] Romans 2:23. Jerome doubteth not to prono...
The sum of all is this: _As many as desire to make a fair show_ Or appearance; that is, to preserve a fair character; _in the flesh_ In external things, or with respect to their observing the Jewish r...
GLORY IN YOUR FLESH; in having induced you to be circumcised, and thus to join their party....
CONCLUDING REMARKS. Paul's love in contrast to the behavior of the false teachers:...
FOR NEITHER THEY THEMSELVES WHO ARE CIRCUMCISED KEEP THE LAW, BUT DESIRE TO HAVE YOU CIRCUMCISED THAT THEY MAY GLORY IN YOUR FLESH....
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...
AS MANY AS DESIRE TO MAKE A GOOD SHOWING IN THE FLESH, THESE _WOULD_ COMPEL YOU TO BE CIRCUMCISED, ONLY THAT THEY MAY NOT SUFFER PERSECUTION FOR THE CROSS OF CHRIST. False teachers - Acts 15:1 Are t...
12-15 Proud, vain, and carnal hearts, are content with just so much religion as will help to keep up a fair show. But the apostle professes his own faith, hope, and joy; and that his principal glory...
In this the hypocrisy of your false teachers discovereth itself, that whereas, by their being circumcised, they had declared themselves debtors to the whole law, and under an obligation entirely to ke...
For not even they who receive circumcision do themselves keep the law; but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. [In taking the pen in his own hand it was natural tha...
Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II also, to augment that (beauty) when (naturally) given them, and to strive after it when not (thus) given? Some one will say, "Why, then, if voluptuousness b...
Galatians 6:13 For G1063 not G3761 those G846 circumcised G4059 (G5746) keep G5442 (G5719) law G3551 but...
‘FOR THOSE WHO RECEIVE CIRCUMCISION DO NOT EVEN THEMSELVES KEEP THE LAW. BUT THEY DESIRE TO HAVE YOU CIRCUMCISED THAT THEY MAY GLORY IN YOUR FLESH.' Let them consider the second fact. That those who t...
THE FINAL SUMMARY - WHAT THE CHRISTIAN SHOULD GLORY IN (GALATIANS 6:11). Having summarised Christian behaviour Paul now turns their attention to what they should be glorying in. Here Paul takes the l...
Galatians 6:13. FOR NOT EVEN THEY WHO ARE CIRCUMCISED KEEP THE LAW (in all its details, comp. Galatians 5:3), BUT THEY DESIRE TO HAVE YOU CIRCUMCISED, THAT THEY MAY GLORY IN YOUR FLESH. The advocates...
THEY WHO RECEIVE CIRCUMCISION (ο περιτεμνομενο). Present causative middle of περιτεμνω, those who are having themselves circumcised. Some MSS. read ο περιτετμημενο), "they who have been circumcised...
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...
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...
EVEN THOSE. "Those of the circumcision party do not obey The Law themselves! They are really hypocrites when they try to force you to be circumcised. They only want to be able to boast that you submit...
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 6:11 Final Warning. Paul summarizes the main themes of the letter and challenges the reader to stay true to the gospel. To require circumcision is to deny the cross and the...
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...
_For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law_. They do not proselytise from zeal for the law, for they do not themselves observe it, but to obtain the praise of the Jews for having co...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Galatians 6:11. YE SEE HOW LARGE A LETTER I HAVE WRITTEN WITH MINE OWN HAND.—At this point the apostle takes the pen from his amanuensis, and writes the concluding pa...
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 Corinthians 3:21; 1 Corinthians 5:6; 2 Corinthians 11:18; 2 Peter 2:19;...
Neither they themselves who are circumcised [ο υ δ ε - ο ι π ε ρ ι τ ε μ ν ο μ ε ν ο ι α υ τ ο ι]. For neither, translate not even. Const. themselves with keep the law. The persons referred to are the...
For neither they themselves keep the whole law — So far are they from a real zeal for it. But yet they desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh — That they may boast of you as...