CHAPTER 26 OUR BROTHER'S BURDEN AND OUR OWN. Galatians 6:1 THE division of the Chapter s at this point is almost as unfortunate as that between chaps. 4 and 5. The introductory "Brethren" is not a form of transition to a new topic; it calls in the brotherly love of the Galatians to put an end to... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 27 SOWING AND REAPING. Galatians 6:6 EACH shall bear his own burden (Galatians 6:5)-but let there be communion of disciple with teacher in all that is good. The latter sentence is clearly intended to balance the former. The transition turns upon the same antithesis between social and indiv... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 28 THE FALSE AND THE TRUE GLORYING. Galatians 6:11 THE rendering of Galatians 6:11 in the Authorised Version is clearly erroneous (see how large a letter). Wickliff, guided by the Latin Vulgate-with what maner lettris-escaped this error. It is a plural term the Apostle uses, which occasio... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 29 RITUAL NOTHING: CHARACTER EVERYTHING. Galatians 6:15 VERSE 14 (Galatians 6:14) comprehends the whole theology of the Epistle, and Galatians 6:15 brings to a head its practical and ethical teaching. This apothegm is one of the landmarks of religious history. It ranks in importance with C... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 30 THE BRAND OF JESUS. Galatians 6:17 THE Apostle's pen lingers over the last words of this Epistle. His historical self-defence, his theological argument, his practical admonitions, with the blended strain of expostulation and entreaty that runs through the whole-now rising into an awful... [ Continue Reading ]