GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:1 Direct Appeals to the Galatians.
Paul gives several reasons why the Galatians should resist false
teachers.
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:2 LET ME ASK. Using rhetorical
questions, Paul shows that it is illogical for the Galatians to seek a
fuller Christian life by keeping the law. RECEIVE THE SPIRIT refers to
the new covenant activity of the Holy Spirit that comes after saving
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:6 Paul issues a second direct appeal
to the Galatians: it is not just their own experience of receiving the
gospel by faith that should teach them that salvation is not by the
law but by grace. Rather, the OT example of Abraham also teaches that
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:10 Those WHO RELY ON WORKS OF THE LAW
are under a CURSE. They are “cursed” (“condemned”) because
they break the law (Galatians 2:18).
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:11 Habakkuk 2:4 shows that
righteousness cannot be achieved through the law.
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:12 Paul uses Leviticus 18:5 to show
that THE LAW IS NOT OF FAITH. Paul probably means the same thing here
as in Romans 10:5 (where Leviticus 18:5 is equated with “the
righteousness that is based on the _law_”; compare Philippians 3:9).
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:13 The divine CURSE is the result of
disobedience (v. Galatians 3:10). But the burden of the curse has been
lifted by Christ’s work on the cross.
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:14 The coming of the powerful
SPIRIT—the living presence of God— is a key benefit of the new
covenant (see Isaiah 44:3; Galatians 5:1).
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:15 A covenant or a will cannot be
changed. The promises made TO ABRAHAM AND TO HIS OFFSPRING were not
changed when God gave Moses the law.
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:16 God spoke PROMISES to ABRAHAM on
several occasions. Paul probably refers to Genesis 13:15 and Genesis
17:8. AND TO YOUR OFFSPRING. Here Paul sees that the truest
fulfillment of these OT promises comes to ONE “offspring,” Christ.
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:17 CAME 430 YEARS AFTERWARD. Paul is
apparently referring to the Septuagint translation of Exodus 12:40,
“The dwelling of the children of Israel... in Egypt and in Canaan
was 430 years.” This would mean 430 years from Abraham to the exodus
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:19 The law was never intended to last
forever. Now that the promised Messiah has come, those who believe in
him are sons of God.
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:20 Because GOD IS ONE, his ultimate
revelation comes not through an intermediary but from him alone. This
assumes that whatever comes from Christ comes from the one true God,
for Christ is fully God.
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:22 The law (THE SCRIPTURE), instead of
giving “life” (v. Galatians 3:21) with God, IMPRISONED EVERYTHING
UNDER SIN (compare Romans 3:9). Rather than enabling all Israelites to
receive the promise, the law was given so that the single
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:23 BEFORE FAITH CAME. By “faith”
Paul means new covenant faith in Christ (see v. Galatians 3:22). Since
Paul uses Abraham as an example of justification by faith (vv.
Galatians 3:6, Galatians 3:14, Galatians 3:18), he cannot mean that
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:24 The LAW, as GUARDIAN, had positive
functions. It restrained and exposed sin and promised Christ’s
coming.
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:26 YOU ARE ALL SONS OF GOD. Life under
the law was slavery. Life in Christ is marked by the freedom that
comes from being God’s “sons.” The Greek word used for
“sons” is a legal term used in the adoption and inheritance laws
of first-century Rome. Here and elsewhere in... [ Continue Reading ]
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:27 Having been BAPTIZED, believers
have gone down into death. They have died to the old era of law, sin,
and death (Romans 6:3; Galatians 2:19; Galatians 6:14). They have come
up out of the water as participants in the new creation (2 Corinthians
5:17). PUT ON CHRIST. A... [ Continue Reading ]
GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 3:28 NEITHER JEW NOR GREEK. In the new
creation, the distinction between Jew and Gentile is removed (see
Ephesians 2:11). Certainly these Galatians 1:1 do not have to become
Jews to be Christians (see Galatians 3:14). THERE IS NEITHER SLAVE NOR
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