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Verse 17. _THEY ZEALOUSLY AFFECT YOU_, BUT _NOT WELL_] It is difficult
for common readers to understand the meaning of these words: perhaps
it would be better to translate Ζηλουσιν ὑμας ου
καλως, the...
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THEY ZEALOUSLY AFFECT YOU - See 1 Corinthians 12:31 (Greek); 1
Corinthians 14:39. The word used here (Ζηλόω Zēloō), means
to be “zealous” toward, that is, for or against any person or
thing; usuall...
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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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ZEALOUSLY AFFECT. Greek. _zelov_, to be zealous, either for good or
for bad.
WOULD. wish to. App-102.,
EXCLUDE. Greek. _ekkleiv_, See Romans 3:27.
AFFECT. Greek. _zelov_, as above....
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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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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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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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ἘΚΚΛΕΙ͂ΣΑΙ ὙΜΑ͂Σ אABCD etc. ἐκκλεῖσαι
ἡμᾶς The editions of Beza and the Elzevirs, with only a few
cursives.
17. ΖΗΛΟΥ͂ΣΙΝ ὙΜΑ͂Σ ΟΥ̓ ΚΑΛΩ͂Σ. In contrast to
my plain speaking and apparent enmity, the fa...
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ΖΗΛΟΫ́ΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΖΗΛΌΩ (G2206)
быть ревностным, посвящать себя
чему-л., интересоваться: "они
увлекаются" (Lightfoot; _см._ Galatians 1:14).
ΚΑΛΏΣ (G2573) хорошо; здесь с отр.:
"нечест...
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THEY WOULD EXCLUDE YOU.— Some copies and several expositors read
_us,_ which certainly appears more natural and easy; and, is there is
no doubt but that the Apostle refers here to the endeavours used...
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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 17. THEY ZEALOUSLY AFFECT YOU, BUT NOT WELL._
Paul takes the false apostles to task for their flattery. Satan's
satellites softsoap the people. Paul calls it "by good words and fair
speeches t...
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They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you,
that ye might affect them.
THEY - your flatterers: in contrast to Paul, who tells them the
truth.
ZEALOUSLY - zeal in prosely...
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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 'They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut
you out that ye may seek them.' THEY] the Jewish extremists.
NOT WELL] i.e. in a party spirit. EXCLUDE YOU] from the influence of...
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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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Those ‘other people’ were the false teachers. Their intentions
were not good because they were jealous. They did not want the
Christians to be loyal to Paul. To ‘separate you’ also means ‘to
shut you...
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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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THEY ZEALOUSLY AFFECT YOU. — “Zealously affect” is a single word
in the Greek, and means “to show zeal towards,” “to court,”
“to curry favour with,” “to canvass eagerly, so as to win over
to their sid...
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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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They zealously affect you, (q) [but] not well; yea, they would exclude
you, (r) that ye might affect them.
(q) For they are jealous over you for their own benefit.
(r) That they may transfer all you...
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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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17._They are jealous of you. _He comes at length to the false
apostles, and does more by silence to make them odious, than if he had
given their names; for we usually abstain from naming those whose v...
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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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THEY ZEALOUSLY AFFECT YOU,.... Or "are jealous of you"; meaning the
false apostles, whose names, in contempt, he mentions not, being
unworthy to be taken notice of, and their names to be transmitted t...
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They zealously affect you, _but_ not well; yea, they would exclude
you, that ye might affect them.
Ver. 17. _They zealously affect you_] _Depereunt vos; _ as jealous
woers they would have you whole t...
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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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THEY; the false teachers professed a great regard for the Galatians,
that they might detach them from Paul, and attach them to themselves.
This would, as the apostle saw, be at the peril of their salv...
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A personal appeal for the truth against the false teachers:...
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THEY ZEALOUSLY AFFECT YOU, BUT NOT WELL; YEA, THEY WOULD EXCLUDE YOU
THAT YE MIGHT AFFECT THEM....
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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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YOU:
Or, us...
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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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THEY; the false teachers, that have perverted you as to the faith of
the gospel. ZEALOUSLY AFFECT YOU; pretend a great warmth of affection
for you. BUT NOT WELL; but in this they do not well, nor for...
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They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut you
out, that ye may seek them....
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Galatians 4:17 court G2206 (G5719) you G5209 no G3756 good G2573 yes
G235 want G2309 (G5719) exclude...
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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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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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Galatians 4:17. Warning against the errorists on account of their
selfish exclusiveness and party spirit.
THEY COURT YOU, the Judaizers (Galatians 1:7; Galatians 5:10) pay you
every attention and are...
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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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THEY ZEALOUSLY SEEK YOU
(ζηλουσιν υμας). Ζηλοω is an old and a good word from
ζηλος (zeal, jealousy), but one can pay court with good motives
or evil. So here in contrast with Paul's plain speech t...
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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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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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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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THOSE OTHER PEOPLE. "The _circumcision party_ claims to love you and
to be working for your own good. But their intention is to turn you
away from the truth of Christ, and to separate you from me." SO...
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_They zealously affect you, but not well._
FALSE ZEAL
Paul suggests--
I. That things which are good in their kind may be done for wrong
ends.
1. In preaching,
(1) some do it for envy and strife;...
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 4:17 The false teachers flatter the
Galatians, but only to receive flattery from them in return. TO SHUT
YOU OUT. They want to form an exclusive club of people who observe...
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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 Corinthians 11:2; 1 Corinthians 4:18; 1 Corinthians 4:8; 2
Corinthians 11:13;...
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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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They — The judaizing teachers who are come among you. Zealously
affect you — Express an extraordinary regard for you. But not well
— Their zeal is not according to knowledge; neither have they a
singl...
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THEY, that is, the false apostles, pretend great love to you, and.
zealous affection for you; BUT NOT WELL, not upon honest and just
grounds. There is often an ill cause, which is to be condemned and...