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Verse Galatians 1:24. _THEY GLORIFIED GOD IN ME._] Hearing now that I
preached that faith which before I had persecuted and endeavoured to
destroy, they glorified God for the grace which had wrought m...
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AND THEY GLORIFIED GOD IN ME - They praised God on my account. They
regarded me as a true convert and a sincere Christian; and they
praised God that he had converted such a persecutor, and had made hi...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. THE TESTIMONY OF PAUL CONCERNING HIS APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY AND THE
GOSPEL
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. The Introduction. (Galatians 1:1)_
2. The Rebuke. (Galatians 1:6)
3. Paul's Gospe...
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Not till he had been three years a Christian and a Christian preacher
did he come in contact with the earlier apostles; and then but
slightly. He visited Cephas at Jerusalem, spending a fortnight with...
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Then, three years after that, I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas,
and I stayed with him a fortnight. I saw no other apostle except
James, the Lord's brother. As for what I am writing to you--befor...
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THE TRUMPET CALL OF THE GOSPEL (Galatians 1:1-5)...
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GLORIFIED, &c.. were glorifying (Greek. _doxazo_, See p. 1511) God in
me, i.e. finding in Paul cause for glorifying God,...
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The conduct of the Judæan Christians is noteworthy, not only as in
marked contrast with that of the Judaizing party in Galatia, but as
testifying to the soundness of the Apostle's teaching. The Gospel...
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They only heard reports to the effect that, Our former persecutor is
now preaching the faith which he once was seeking to destroy....
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_A short visit to Jerusalem and then a long absence. Yet the churches
of Judaea, though they knew me not by sight, recognized me and my
work_
(Galatians 1:18) Then three years from my conversion I did...
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10–2:21. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE OF HIMSELF
10–12. _My one object is to please God, and to serve Christ, who
revealed to me the Gospel_
(Galatians 1:10) I say “now,” for my words show clearly that I
care n...
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ΚΑῚ ἘΔΌΞΑΖΟΝ. In this meaning, frequent in N.T. and LXX.
From Polybius onwards in the passive voice only (see Nägeli.
_Wortschatz_, p. 61). The tense suggests that they found continued
cause for δόξα....
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ΈΔΌΞΑΖΟΝ _impf. ind. part. от_ ΔΟΞΆΖΩ (G1392)
славить, возносить кого-л. в глазах
другого. _Impf._ значит: "они начали
славить и продолжили"
ΈΝ ΈΜΟ (G1722; G1473) во мне. Предлог
указывает на основу...
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DISCOURSE: 2053
GOD GLORIFIED IN HIS PEOPLE
Galatians 1:23. _They had heard only, that he which persecuted us in
times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. And they
glorified God in...
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IN ME.— _On my account._ Doddridge.
_INFERENCES.—_With what entire satisfaction may we depend upon the
divine authority of the Gospel which was delivered by the Apostle
Paul, who has testified, even u...
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c)
His visit to Jerusalem was not long enough for instruction in the
gospel. Galatians 1:18-24
TEXT 1:18-24
(18) Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas,
and tarried with him f...
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see note on vs 22...
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And they glorified God in me.
IN ME - in my person. 'Learning that the former wolf is now acting
the shepherd's part, they received occasion for joyful thanksgiving to
God in respect to me' (Theod...
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ST. PAUL MAINTAINS THE VALIDITY OF HIS APOSTLESHIP AND THE TRUTH OF
HIS GOSPEL
1-5. The Apostle sends greetings from himself and the brethren with
him to the Churches of Galatia, reminding them at th...
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THEY GLORIFIED, etc.] They considered Saul's conversion not as a great
gain to the Church, but as a great victory of grace. IN ME] in my
case....
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CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE
GALATIANS
_HELEN POCOCK_
ABOUT PAUL’S LETTER TO THE GALATIANS
THE WRITER
Paul wrote this letter. His name used to be Saul. He was called Saul
until Acts 13:9, when he was...
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Paul had changed completely. The *churches in Judea heard reports
about Paul. They were pleased to hear what God was doing in Paul’s
life. So they praised God because God had changed Paul so much. Thi...
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(18-24) Nor did that consultation with the elder Apostles, which had
hitherto been impossible, take place when, at last, after the lapse of
three years, the Apostle did go up to Jerusalem. He saw inde...
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THEY GLORIFIED GOD IN ME. — This verse represents the proper
attitude of Christian hero-worship. An eminent Christian is like a
“city set on a hill.” But the admiration which he attracts does
not rest...
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CHAPTER 6
PAUL AND THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH.
Galatians 1:18
FOR the first two years of his Christian life, Paul held no
intercourse whatever with the Church at Jerusalem and its chiefs. His
relation wit...
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They glorified God in Saul, ascribing the change entirely to the grace
of God working on his heart....
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REPUDIATION OF CORRUPT MOTIVES. EVIDENCE FROM PAUL'S PERSONAL HISTORY
THAT HIS CONVERSION WAS DUE TO GOD, AND THAT HE WAS TAUGHT THE GOSPEL
BY GOD INDEPENDENTLY OF THE TWELVE AND OF JERUSALEM....
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FROM CHRIST, NOT FROM MEN
Galatians 1:18
Paul's first visit to Peter must have been of absorbing interest.
Doubtless the two traversed together the holy scenes of the Lord's
ministry, and Peter told...
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In the beginning of most of his epistles Paul definitely declares his
apostleship. In this instance, in a parenthesis, he defends that
declaration more emphatically than in any other introduction. The...
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(13) For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews'
religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and
wasted it: (14) And profited in the Jews' religion above many...
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REFLECTIONS
SWEET testimony to my Lord in the account here given by his servant,
of his call to the Apostleship! No man could commission to the office,
Paul knew. And it was Paul's joy to consider, th...
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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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24._And they glorified God in me _(37) This was an evident proof that
his ministry was approved by all the churches of Judea, and approved
in such a manner, that they broke out into admiration and pra...
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The epistle to the Galatians sets before us the great source of the
afflictions and conflicts of the apostle in the regions where he had
preached the glad tidings; that which was at the same time the...
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AND THEY GLORIFIED GOD IN ME. Or "for me"; on his account; for the
wonderful grace bestowed on him and wrought in him; for the surprising
change that was made in him, that of a persecutor he should be...
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And they glorified God in me.
Ver. 24. _And they glorified God_] "Whoso offereth praise, he
glorifieth me," Psalms 50:23. God accounts himself as it were to
receive a new being, by those inward conce...
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_Now the things which I write unto you_ With respect to all these
circumstances of them; _I lie not_ As I affirm before God, who
searcheth the heart, and from whom nothing is hid. _Afterward_
Departin...
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GLORIFIED GOD IN ME; praised God for the change which he had wrought
in me. When persecutors of Christ become his friends, and labor to
promote the cause which before they sought to destroy, they stri...
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AND THEY GLORIFIED GOD IN ME.
Just how long Paul remained in Arabia cannot be ascertained; many
commentators believe that his trip was only of short duration, his
activity in Damascus occupying the gr...
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Paul's visit to Jerusalem:...
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INTRODUCTION: PAUL'S CREDENTIALS
(vs.1-5)
Paul writes as an apostle, a sent-one entrusted by God to carry an
authoritative message to which Christians must fully bow. "Not from
men" (v.1). No human i...
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When they heard that he was now preaching the faith, they rejoiced.
NOTE: "The faith" refers to the entire system of belief, including all
things believed by the early Christians....
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15-24 St. Paul was wonderfully brought to the knowledge and faith of
Christ. All who are savingly converted, are called by the grace of
God; their conversion is wrought by his power and grace working...
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And they praised God on his behalf, for working so great a change in
him....
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and they glorified God in me. [The term "three years" may be taken to
mean three full years, or one year and parts of two others. Assuming
that Paul was converted in A. D. 37, the visit to Jerusalem t...
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‘Then I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia, and I was still
unknown by face to the churches of Judea which were in Christ, but
they only heard say, ‘He who once persecuted us now preaches the...
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Galatians 1:24. IN ME, in my case, or example, not on my account. The
Christian hero-worship gives all the glory to God. Chrysostom: ‘He
does not say, they marvelled at me, they were struck with admir...
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_Apostolical Call and Authority of Paul._
Paul now enters upon his apology. He defends first his independent
apostolical dignity (Galatians 1:11 to Galatians 2:11). and proves
that he was called direc...
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THEY GLORIFIED
(εδοξαζον). Imperfect, kept on doing it.IN ME
(εν εμο). In my case as in Galatians 1:16....
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Galatians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by
Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)_
Paul begins this Epistle by stating his commission as an apostl...
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Galatians 1:11. But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel that was
preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man,
neither was I taught it, but the revelation of Jesus Christ. Fo...
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CONTENTS: The Gospel Paul preached, a revelation not tradition.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Peter, James.
CONCLUSION: The Gospel declared by the apostles was by revelation of
Jesus Christ. It is...
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Galatians 1:1. _Paul an apostle, not of men, neither by man._ Paul was
not a member of the church of the firstborn, suckled with her breasts,
and edified by her ministry. Christ had specially appeared...
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AND SO THEY PRAISED GOD. This shows they accepted Paul's conversion to
Christ as genuine!!! This contrasts with the attitude of the
_circumcision party!_...
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_And they glorified God in me._
GOD’S GLORY IN THE SOUL
I. In the act of conversion God is glorified. It is strange how many
misapplications of this word “conversion” prevail in the world and
the Chu...
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SAINT PAUL'S EPISTLE TO
THE GALATIANS
CHAPTER 1
CONTENTS
The Galatians were Gentiles who emigrated from Gaul into Greece, and
so were called Gallo-Greeks. Suidas thinks that these Gauls were
Sennon...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Galatians 1:24. THEY GLORIFIED GOD IN ME.—He does not say, adds
Chrysostom, they marvelled at me, they praised me, they were struck
with admiration of me, but he attr...
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EXPOSITION
GALATIANS 1:1
_The_ _introductory greeting. _The style of this greeting, compared
with those found in St. Paul's other Epistles, gives indications of
his having addressed himself to the co...
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Galatia was not a city. It was a territory. It encompassed an area
that is now in Turkey. There were several churches founded by Paul in
Galatia. And following Paul's evangelistic efforts through the...
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2 Corinthians 9:13; 2 Thessalonians 1:10; 2 Thessalonians 1:12; Acts
11:18;...
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In me. The sense is different from that in verse 16, see note. Here
the meaning is that they glorified God as the author and source of
what they saw in me....
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TURNING FROM GRACE
Galatians 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Our study of today carries us into some very vital relationships
relative to salvation. We are all willing to grant that works hold a
vital place...
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In me — That is, on my account....