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Verse 18. IT IS _GOOD TO BE ZEALOUSLY AFFECTED_] It is well to have a
_determined mind_ and an _ardent heart_ in reference to things which
are laudable and good.
_NOT ONLY WHEN I AM PRESENT_] You we...
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BUT IT IS GOOD TO BE, ZEALOUSLY AFFECTED - The meaning of this is,
“Understand me: I do not speak against zeal. I have not a word to
say in its disparagement. In itself, it is good; and their zeal wou...
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CHAPTER 4
_ 1. Under the law in the state of minority. (Galatians 4:1)_
2. The Son revealed to redeem. (Galatians 4:4)
3. Because ye are Sons; the Spirit of Sonship. (Galatians 4:6)
4. The backslid
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An affectionate paragraph, reminding the Galatians how he had
conformed in every legitimate way (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 9:19 ff.) to
their customs, and begging them not to desert his faith. In the past,...
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Brothers, I entreat you, become as I am, because I became as you are.
I have no complaints against the way that once you treated me. You
know that it was because I was ill that I first preached the go...
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THE DAYS OF CHILDHOOD (Galatians 4:1-7)...
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NOT. Gr, _me_ App-105.
WHEN... PRESENT, Literally in (Gr, _en)_ my being present.
WITH. Gr, _pros_. App-104....
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In contrast to the simplicity of his own teaching, St Paul exposes the
party spirit by which the false teachers were actuated.
_They zealously affect you_ The sentence is abrupt, no persons being
name...
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Personal Appeal
The Apostle now makes a personal appeal, marked by deep affection and
earnestness. "Brethren, I beseech you, become as I am, free yourselves
from the trammels of the ceremonial law an...
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12–20. _A further appeal, based on his own behaviour among them, and
their treatment of him_
(Galatians 4:12) Become, as I became, free from the Law, like you
Gentiles, as you saw me when I was among...
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ΖΗΛΟΥ͂ΣΘΑΙ. for -αι אB read -ε, probably by mere
indifference to spelling, but it is read as an imperative by Jerome
and the Vulgate (aemulamini).
18. ΚΑΛῸΝ ΔῈ ΖΗΛΟΥ͂ΣΘΑΙ ἘΝ ΚΑΛΩ͂Ι
ΠΆΝΤΟΤΕ. “It is goo...
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ΖΗΛΟΫ́ΣΘΑΙ _praes. pass. inf._ (G2206).
ΠΆΝΤΟΤΕ (G3842) всегда; "но хорошо, когда к
тебе относятся всегда справедливо"
(Eadie).
ΠΑΡΕΪ́ΝΑΙ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΠΆΡΕΙΜΊ (G3918)
присутствовать. _Inf...
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DISCOURSE: 2073
THE NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF CHRISTIAN ZEAL
Galatians 4:18. _It is good to be zealously affected always in a good
thing_.
MEN act with energy in things that are agreeable to them. But...
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IN A GOOD THING,— That by the word καλω here, he means a
_person_ and _himself,_ the scope of the context evinces. In the
preceding verses he speaks only of himself, and the change of their
affection...
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TEXT 4:16-20
(16) So then am I become your enemy, by telling you the truth?
(17) They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut
you out, that ye may seek them. (18) But it is good to...
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_VERSE 18. BUT IT IS GOOD TO BE ZEALOUSLY AFFECTED ALWAYS IN A GOOD
THING, AND NOT ONLY WHEN I AM PRESENT WITH YOU._...
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But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and
not only when I am present with you.
GOOD [ kalon (G2570 )] TO BE ZEALOUSLY AFFECTED - rather, passive, to
correspond to 'zealous...
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1 The place of an infant heir differs from that of a slave in right
but not in fact. Though entitled to all, he is treated as though
master of nothing. He is watched by guardians, and supervised by
st...
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THE BONDAGE OF THE LAW. FREEDOM IN CHRIST
1-7. Under the Law we were in bondage; under the Gospel we have
received the freedom of sons.
PARAPHRASE. '(1) The heir before he comes of age can no more en...
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RV 'But it is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all
times.' I am glad that you are the objects of others' zeal and
interest, whether I am present or absent, provided your favour is
court...
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CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE
GALATIANS
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 4
YOU ARE GOD’S SONS, YOU ARE NOT SLAVES
V1 I will continue what I was saying to you. A young son will receive
the property that his fath...
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The false teachers had an interest in the Christians in Galatia. And
they wanted the Christians to have an interest in them. But their
reasons were evil. They wanted to control people.
The Christians...
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(17-20) All this eagerness to court your favour springs from an
interested motive: they wish to make a sect of you, in which they
shall be masters and courted in their turn. Not but that it is a good...
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IT IS GOOD TO BE ZEALOUSLY AFFECTED ALWAYS IN A GOOD THING. — A
disinterested zeal between teachers and taught is indeed good in
itself. The Apostle does not wish to dissuade the Galatians from that....
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CHAPTER 18
PAUL'S ENTREATY.
Galatians 4:12
THE reproof of the last paragraph ended in a sigh. To see Christ's
freemen relapsing into bondage, and exchanging their Divine birthright
for childish toys...
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DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE APOSTLE AT THE CHANGED FEELING OF HIS CONVERTS;
REMINISCENCES OF THE PAST; PATHETIC APPEAL TO OLD AFFECTION; PROTEST
AGAINST PRESENT ESTRANGEMENT....
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The substantive ζῆλος (probably derived from ζέειν, _burn_)
denotes some kind of passionate desire. Whether it was of good or evil
tendency depended on the nature of its object and the spirit in which...
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TRUTHFUL AND DEVOTED DEALING
Galatians 4:12
How great a loss is it when we allow ourselves to be diverted from the
simplicity of faith to trust in ceremonies, rites, and a prescribed
routine! Inevita...
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He now declared the process of freedom. "God sent forth His Son...
under the law." Thus the law He kept was justified, and He lived
thereby. But more than this, He bore its penalty, and so procured
ju...
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But [it is] good to be (s) zealously affected always in [a] good
[thing], and not only when I am present with you.
(s) He sets his own true and good love, which he earnestly held for
them, against th...
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He tells them this change come from the false teachers among them, who
with a false zeal would exclude them from a friendship and a
submission to St. Paul, and deprive them again of that Christian
lib...
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(7) Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son,
then an heir of God through Christ. (8) В¶ Howbeit then, when ye
knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods....
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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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18._But it is good to be the object of jealousy. _It is hard to say
whether this refers to himself or to the Galatians. Good ministers are
exhorted to cherish holy jealousy in watching over the church...
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The relative position therefore of the Jew (even though he were godly)
before the coming of Christ, and of the believing Jew or Gentile when
Christ had been revealed, is clearly set forth; and in the...
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BUT IT IS GOOD TO BE ZEALOUSLY AFFECTED,.... A zealous affection when
right is very commendable, as the instances of Phinehas, Elijah, John
the Baptist, and our Lord Jesus Christ show, and a contrary...
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But _it is_ good to be zealously affected always in _a_ good _thing_,
and not only when I am present with you.
Ver. 18. _To be zealously affected in a good thing_] In a good cause,
for a good end, an...
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_They zealously affect you_ The Judaizing teachers who are come among
you express an extraordinary regard for you; _but not well_ Their zeal
is not according to knowledge, neither have they a single e...
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As zeal in a good cause, united with judgment, is excellent and
adapted to give a person influence, false teachers often make great
professions, and express high regard for the welfare of the people....
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BUT IT IS GOOD TO BE ZEALOUSLY AFFECTED ALWAYS IN A GOOD THING, AND
NOT ONLY WHEN I AM PRESENT WITH YOU.
Having struck a personal note, the apostle here continues in the same
strain, with all the eage...
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A personal appeal for the truth against the false teachers:...
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HOW CHILDREN ARE ADOPTED AS SONS
(vs.1-7)
The first few verses of chapter 4 give us the distinctive Christian
position in more detail. This position is the result of promise
accomplished, as contrast...
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THEY ZEALOUSLY COURT YOU, _BUT_ FOR NO GOOD; YES, THEY WANT TO EXCLUDE
YOU, THAT YOU MAY BE ZEALOUS FOR THEM.
Zeal is good (to a point).
When it has knowledge - Romans 10:3
When you obey the doctri...
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12-18 The apostle desires that they would be of one mind with him
respecting the law of Moses, as well as united with him in love. In
reproving others, we should take care to convince them that our
r...
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IT IS GOOD TO BE ZEALOUSLY AFFECTED ALWAYS IN A GOOD THING: the
apostle, in the former verses, had been speaking of a great zeal, or
warmth of affection, (for that zeal signifieth), which these Galati...
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But it is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all times,
and not only when I am present with you. [The Jews showed great zeal
in proselyting (Galatians 1:14; Matthew 23:15; Romans 2:10), a...
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PAUL NOW REVEALS HIS CONCERN AND LONGING FOR THEM (GALATIANS 4:12).
Paul now pleads with them from the heart. He cannot bear to think what
they are losing by their foolishness....
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‘They seek you zealously, but not in a good way. No, they desire to
shut you out that you may look to them. But it is good to be zealously
sought in a good matter at all times, and not only when I am...
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2. _Affectionate Appeal to the Galatians._
Paul interrupts his argument for a moment by an affectionate appeal to
the feelings of the Galatians. He reminds them of their former
enthusiastic love and v...
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Galatians 4:18. IT IS GOOD TO BE ZEALOUSLY COURTED IN A GOOD CAUSE AT
ALL TIMES, AND NOT ONLY WHEN I AM PRESENT WITH YOU. I do not object to
kind attentions and zealous devotion, provided it be from p...
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TO BE ZEALOUSLY SOUGHT IN A GOOD MATTER
(ζηλουσθα εν καλω). Present passive infinitive. It is
only in an evil matter that it is bad as here (ου καλος).WHEN I
AM PRESENT
(εν τω παρεινα με). "In th...
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Galatians 4:18
Christian Zeal Commended.
I. Zeal may be defined as the heat or fervour of the mind, prompting
its vehemence of indignation against anything which it conceives to be
evil-prompting, it...
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Galatians 4:12. _Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye
are: ye have not injured me at all._
He had told them the gospel, and other teachers had come in and
alienated their affections. H...
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Galatians 4:1. Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child,
differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; but is
under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father....
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CONTENTS: Believers full redemption from the law. Sonship through the
Spirit. Dangers of lapsing into legality. Impossibility of mixing law
and grace.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Abra...
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Galatians 4:1. _The heir, as long as he is a child,_ and a minor,
_differeth_ _nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all._ He is
under guardians, till the year appointed by the will of his fath...
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FOR A GOOD PURPOSE. _Alford_ understands this verse to say: "I have no
wish, in thus writing, to set up an exclusive claim to show a deep
concern for you - whoever will really teach you good, at any t...
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_Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?_
THE RIGHT MODE OF GIVING AND RECEIVING REPROOF
Men commonly assign a number of the persons and things within their
sphere to the clas...
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 4:12 As in Galatians 3:1, Paul reminds
the Galatians of what happened when they heard the gospel. He also
contrasts his own ministry with that of the false teachers.
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CHAPTER 4
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
i. He continues the argument of the preceding chapter that the Jews,
like children and slaves, were under the Jewish law as a pædagague,
while Christians, as sons o...
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_But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing._ It
is good to imitate others, but only in what is good. [The Vulgate
reading is in the imperative: _Be zealously affected always to th...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Galatians 4:12. BE AS I AM, FOR I AM AS YE ARE.—Paul had become as a
Gentile, though he was once a passionate Jew. Their natural leanings
towards Judaism they ought t...
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EXPOSITION
GALATIANS 4:1
NOW I SAY (λέγω δέ). A form of expression usual with the
apostle when introducing a new statement designed either to explain or
elucidate something before said (of. Galati...
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Now I say, That an heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing
from a servant, though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and
governors until the time appointed of the father (Galatians 4:1-2...
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1 Corinthians 15:58; Galatians 4:20; Isaiah 59:17; John 2:17;...
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It is good - in a good thing. Zhlousqai to be zealously sought, in the
same sense as before. It is passive. It is good for you Galatians to
be zealously sought. In a good thing [ε ν κ α λ ω] answers t...
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TURNING UNTO LAW-WORKS
Galatians 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. It is passing strange that, after we have come to know salvation by
grace, we could turn back to the beggarly elements of salvation by
law...
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In a good thing — In what is really worthy our zeal. True zeal is
only fervent love....
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Note here, That although there is. zeal in. bad cause, which is to be
condemned and avoided, yet there is. zeal in. just and righteous
cause, which is so laudable and worthy to be practised; when it i...