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Verse 16. _AM I THEREFORE BECOME YOUR ENEMY_] How is it that you are
so much altered towards me, that you now treat me as an enemy, who
formerly loved me with the most fervent affection? Is it _becaus...
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AM I THEREFORE BECOME YOUR ENEMY ... - Is my telling you the truth in
regard to the tendency of the doctrines which you have embraced, and
the character of those who have led you astray, and your own...
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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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THE DAYS OF CHILDHOOD (Galatians 4:1-7)...
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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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BECAUSE, &c.. dealing truly with. Greek. _aletheuv_, Here and
Ephesians 4:15. Compare App-175....
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_Am I therefore_ -So that I am become … truth?" The _tone_of the
sentence is interrogative, rather than the form.
_I tell you the truth_ The reference is probably to the second visit
to Galatia, when...
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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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ὭΣΤΕ. He argues from the fact of the change in their feelings
towards him that there must be a reason for it. Has my faithful speech
shown that I am an enemy to you?
ἘΧΘΡῸΣ ὙΜΩ͂Ν ΓΈΓΟΝΑ. From my secon...
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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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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 16. AM I THEREFORE BECOME YOUR ENEMY, BECAUSE I TELL YOU THE
TRUTH?_...
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Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
Translate, 'So then am I become (in your eyes) your enemy by telling
you the truth?' (; .) He had not been counted their enemy at his...
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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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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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Paul *preached the truth when he first went to Galatia. And Paul was
writing the truth in this letter. He was telling the Christians that
they were wrong. So he probably offended some of them. False t...
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YOUR ENEMY. — “The enemy” was the name by which St. Paul was
commonly referred to by the party hostile to him in the next century.
It is quite possible that the phrase “your enemy” ought to be
placed,...
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(12-16) Let me beg of you: cast off the bondage of Judaism as I have
done, just as I gave p its privileges to place myself on a level with
you. I have no complaint to make against you. You remember th...
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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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ὥστε is often used in the sense of _therefore_ to introduce an
imperative or an affirmative conclusion in the Epistles of Paul, but
not an interrogation. I can see no reason here for making the clause...
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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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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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Through infirmity of the flesh....and your temptation in my flesh. St.
Jerome thinks the apostle had some bodily infirmity upon him. St. John
Chrysostom understands his poverty, and want, and persecut...
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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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16._Am I therefore become your enemy? _He now returns to speak about
himself. It was entirely their own fault, he says, that they had
changed their minds. Though it is a common remark, that truth bege...
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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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AM I THEREFORE BECOME YOUR ENEMY,.... Not that he was an enemy to
them, he had the same cordial affection for them as ever; he had their
true interest at heart, and was diligently pursuing it; but the...
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Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
Ver. 16. _Am I therefore become, &c._] Truth breeds hatred, as the
fair nymphs did the ugly fauns _a_ and satyrs. The hearing of truth...
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_Where is then the blessedness ye spake of_ On which ye so
congratulated one another? Since ye once thought yourselves so happy
in my presence with, and my preaching among you, how happens it that
you...
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A personal appeal for the truth against the false teachers:...
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AM I, THEREFORE, BECOME YOUR ENEMY BECAUSE I TELL YOU THE TRUTH?...
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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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HAVE I THEREFORE BECOME YOUR ENEMY BECAUSE I TELL YOU THE TRUTH?
Who is the enemy? Truth? Messenger?
False teachers who take away your liberty as a son....
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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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What hath now altered your mind, or made you have a worse opinion of
me? Wherein have I offended you or done you any harm? I have done
nothing but revealed to you the truth of God; am I therefore beco...
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So then am I become your enemy, by telling you the truth? [I beseech
you, brethren, become as I am, and be not Jews; for I forsook Judaism
and became simply a Christian, which made me, in the eyes of...
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Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I
Wherefore the apostle himself also in every case uses stringent
language to the Churches, after the Lord's example; and conscious of
his own boldness, and...
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Galatians 4:16 I G1096 therefore G5620 become G1096 (G5754) your G5216
enemy G2190 tell G226 you G5213 truth...
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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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‘So then am I become your enemy because I tell you the truth?'
What then is their response now that he is speaking stern but true
words in order to try to put them right. Will they treat him as an
en...
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Galatians 4:16. SO THEN HAVE I BECOME YOUR ENEMY BY TELLING YOU THE
TRUTH? He puts the conclusion politely and delicately in the form of a
question instead of direct assertion. Others translate: ‘Ther...
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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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YOUR ENEMY
(εχθρος υμων). Active sense of εχθρος, hater with
objective genitive. They looked on Paul now as an enemy to them. So
the Pharisees and Judaizers generally now regarded him.BECAUSE I TEL...
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Galatians 4:16
The Right Mode of Giving and Receiving Reproof.
I. Men will profess, and perhaps unthinkingly believe, that they
derive the most essential benefits derivable from a true friend; but
if...
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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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HAVE I NOW? "After all the love and devotion you showed to me your
spiritual father, have I now become your enemy by telling you the
truth of Christ and urging you to hold firmly to it???...
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ENEMY OR FRIEND?
So then am I become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
Galatians 4:16.
This is a question St. Paul asked some of his friends in Galatia. He
had been telling them some plain t...
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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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_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 Kings 18:17; 1 Kings 18:18; 1 Kings 21:20; 1 Kings 22:27; 1 Ki
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Therefore [ω σ τ ε]. Better, so then : seeing that your love for
me has waned.
Your enemy [ε χ θ ρ ο ς υ μ ω ν]. 'Ecqrov enemy, in an
active sense, as is shown by the next clause. Not passive, an obj...
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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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As if the apostle had said, "How comes your affections, which were so
warm at first, to be so cold now? Whence is it that I, who was
formerly so precious in your esteem, am now looked upon as an enemy...