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Verse 10. _YE OBSERVE DAYS_] Ye superstitiously regard the Sabbaths
and particular days of your own appointment;
_AND MONTHS_] New moons; _times_-festivals, such as those of
tabernacles, dedication,...
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YE OBSERVE - The object of this verse is to specify some of the things
to which they had become enslaved.
DAYS - The days here referred to are doubtless the days of the Jewish
festivals. They had nume...
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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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The state of the Galatians, while heathen, was similar but worse. They
had not been heirs in a state of temporary slavery, but frankly slaves
to the mere element-spirits, those undivine gods they wors...
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There was a time when you did not know God, and when you were slaves
to gods who are no gods at all; but now that you know God or rather
now that god knows you--how can you turn back again to the weak...
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THE DAYS OF CHILDHOOD (Galatians 4:1-7)...
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OBSERVE. Greek. _paratereo_. See Acts 9:24. Compare Colossians 2:16....
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Perhaps this verse should be read interrogatively, -Do ye observe
&c.?" or the construction may be carried on from the preceding verse,
-How is it that ye are turning, … that ye are observing &c.?"
_Y...
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8–11. _Appeal; after so great a change how can you go back!_
(Galatians 4:8) But—before your conversion, when you knew not God,
ye were slaves to them which by origin are not gods; (Galatians 4:9)
and...
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Epexegetic of the way in which they are already showing their slavery
to pre-Christian customs. Only the observance of times is mentioned
here; in Colossians 2:16 this is preceded by that of foods. No...
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ΠΑΡΑΤΗΡΕΪ́ΣΘΕ _praes. ind. med. от_
ΠΑΡΑΤΗΡΈΩ (G3906) пристально смотреть,
внимательно наблюдать (Eadie); о
предложном сочетании _см._ МН, 319. У
этого гл. _med._ и _act._ имеют одинаковое
значение ...
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TEXT 4:8-11
(8) Howbeit at that time, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to them
that by nature are no gods: (9) but now that ye have come to know God,
or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back...
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_VERSE 10. YE OBSERVE DAYS, AND MONTHS, AND TIMES, AND YEARS._...
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Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by
nature are no gods.
HOWBEIT - contrast of their former with their present state. Appeal
not to turn back from their privileges...
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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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DAYS] Jewish feast-or fast-days. MONTHS] new moons: cp. Colossians
2:16. TIMES] RV 'seasons,' such as Passover, Pentecost, etc. YEARS]
e.g. sabbatic years. These observances are 'weak and beggarly
ele...
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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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This probably refers to the special events in the *Jewish religion.
These events are not wrong. But the Christians in Galatia were wrong
to turn away from God. They were obeying these traditions inste...
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YE OBSERVE. — A compound word, signifying not only “to observe,”
but “to observe _scrupulously.”_ The word is used by Josephus in
his paraphrase of the fourth commandment: “Remember the sabbath day
to...
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(8-11) The results of the foregoing argument are now turned against
the Galatians. In their old heathen state they had been in bondage to
gods that were no gods. From this bondage they had been delive...
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CHAPTER 17
THE RETURN TO BONDAGE.
Galatians 4:8
"Sons of God, whom He made His heirs in Christ, how are you turning
back to legal bondage!" Such is the appeal with which the Apostle
follows up his a...
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BUT THOUGH IN TIME PAST WHEN YOU KNEW NOT GOD YOU WERE SLAVES TO FALSE
GODS, HOW CAN YOU, NOW THAT YOU HAVE LEARNT TO KNOW HIM, OR RATHER
HAVE BEEN RECOGNISED BY HIM, TURN BACK TO THE LESSONS OF CHILD...
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The observance of Sabbaths and new moons, of feasts and fasts, of
sabbatical and jubilee years, was clearly enjoined by the ceremonial
Law; and Paul admitted the obligations of that Law for himself an...
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LIVE AS SONS, NOT AS BONDMEN
Galatians 4:1
The Apostle often uses the word _elements_ or “rudiments,”
Galatians 4:3; Galatians 4:9;...
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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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You observe [1] days, &c. These false teachers were for obliging all
Christians to observe all the Jewish feasts, fasts, ceremonies, &c.
Some of the later reformers find here an occasion to blame the...
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[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
St. Jerome on this verse, p. 271, dicat aliquis, nos simile crimen
in[]urrimus....observantes diem dominicam....Pascha festivitatem, &
Pentecostes []ætitiam, & pro varietate regionum,...
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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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10._Ye observe days_. He adduces as an instance one description of
“elements,” the observance of days. No condemnation is here given
to the observance of dates in the arrangements of civil society. Th...
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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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YE OBSERVE DAYS, AND MONTHS, AND TIMES, AND YEARS. Lest the apostle
should be thought to suggest, without foundation, the inclination of
these people to be in bondage to the ceremonies of the law, he...
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Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
Ver. 10. _Ye observe days_] The Christian Church knows no holy days,
besides that honourable Lord's day, Isaiah 57:14; Revelation 1:10, and
such hol...
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_Howbeit_ Αλλα, _but_, or _however_, that ye Gentiles may not
foolishly reject, neglect, or forfeit your privileges, as the sons of
God, you ought to remember what your condition was while under _the...
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YE OBSERVE DAYS, AND MONTHS, AND TIMES, AND YEARS....
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The foolishness of backsliding from this 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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YOU OBSERVE DAYS AND MONTHS AND SEASONS AND YEARS.
Days = Sabbaths, Holy Days
Months = New Moon festivals
Times = Annual feasts like Pentecost, Passover, etc.
Years = Sabbath year, Jubilee
11 I A...
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8-11 The happy change whereby the Galatians were turned from idols to
the living God, and through Christ had received the adoption of sons,
was the effect of his free and rich grace; they were laid u...
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If we had any evidence that these Galatians were relapsed to their
Gentile superstitions, these terms might be understood of such days,
&c. as they kept in honour to their idols. But the apostle, thro...
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Ye observe days, and months, and seasons, and years....
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Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus
of the flesh as a proof of election, and as if, on account of it, they
were specially beloved by God,-how is it not a subject of ridicule?
And as to their observing m...
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Galatians 4:10 observe G3906 (G5731) days G2250 and G2532 months G3376
and G2532 seasons G2540 and G2532 years...
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‘But at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who
by nature were no gods. But now that you have come to know God, or
rather to be known of God, how do you turn back again to the wea...
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IS IT NOT THEN FOOLISH TO TRY TO TURN BACK TO THEIR FORMER STATE?
(GALATIANS 4:8).
Granted then that we have received these great privileges from God,
would it not be foolish to revert back to being...
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_The State of Adoption contrasted with the State of Slavery under the
Law_.
The Apostle proceeds to give a fuller exposition of the divine sonship
and heirship, ch. Galatians 3:29, and shows that the...
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Galatians 4:10. DO YE (SCRUPULOUSLY) OBSERVE DAYS, AND MONTHS, AND
SEASONS, AND YEARS? The interrogative form gives more vicacity to the
passage and more weight to Galatians 4:11. If it is not a quest...
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YE OBSERVE
(παρατηρεισθε). Present middle indicative of old verb to
stand beside and watch carefully, sometimes with evil intent as in
Luke 6:7, but often with scrupulous care as here (so in Dio Cas...
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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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YOU PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION. "These holydays, even though Moses
commanded them, are no more effective to gain the favor of God than
were the pagan rites you formerly practiced when you worshiped idols....
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_To observe days and months _
THE OBSERVANCE OF DAYS AND SEASONS
I. Natural. When days are observed according to the course of the sun
and moon. Thus night follows day, and every year hath four seas...
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 4:8 The Galatians are in danger of
forfeiting sonship and abandoning the true God. They risk returning to
false gods (v. Galatians 4:8) and to worldly ways of life (vv....
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GALATIANS—NOTE ON GALATIANS 4:10 DAYS AND MONTHS AND SEASONS AND
YEARS were all part of the ceremonial laws of the Mosaic covenant (see
Leviticus 23:5,...
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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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_Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years_. As S. Augustine
(_Ep_. 119 and _Enchirid._ 79) and Anselm understand the elements to
be the sun, moon, and idols, so do they understand this verse...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Galatians 4:9. HOW TURN YE AGAIN [anew]?—Making a new beginning in
religion, lapsing from Christianity just in as far as they embrace
legalism. TO THE WEAK AND BEGGARL...
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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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Colossians 2:16; Colossians 2:17; Leviticus 23:1; Leviticus 25:1;...
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Ye observe [π α ρ α τ η ρ ε ι σ θ ε]. See on Mark 3:2, and
John 18:12, and comp. Joseph. Ant 3:5, 5, parathrein tav eJbdomadav to
watch the weeks. The word denotes careful, scrupulous observance, an
i...
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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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Ye observe days — Jewish sabbaths. And months — New moons. And
times — As that of the passover, pentecost, and the feast of
tabernacles. And years — Annual solemnities. it does not mean
sabbatic years...
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St. Paul here gives instances to the Galatians, wherein it did appear,
that they brought themselves under an unnecessary bondage to the rites
of the ceremonial law; he tells them plainly, that they ke...