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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:2

Verse 2 2.This one I wish to learn from you. He now proceeds to support his cause by additional arguments. The first is drawn from their experience, for he reminds them in what manner the gospel was introduced among themselves. When they heard the gospel, they received the Spirit. It was not to the law, therefore, but to faith, that they owed the reception of this benefit. This same argument is employed by Peter in the defense which he makes to his brethren for having baptized uncircumcised... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:3

Verse 3 3.Are ye so foolish? Commentators are not agreed as to what he means by the Spirit and by the flesh. He alludes, in my opinion, to what he had said about the Spirit. As if he had said, “As the doctrine of the gospel brought to you the Holy Spirit, the commencement of your course was spiritual; but now ye have fallen into a worse condition, and may be said to have fallen from the Spirit into the flesh.” The flesh denotes either outward and fading flyings, such as ceremonies are,... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:4

Verse 4 4.Have ye suffered so many things? This is another argument. Having suffered so many things in behalf of the gospel, would they now, in an instant, lose it all? Nay, he puts it in the way of reproach, if they were willing to lose the advantage of so many illustrious struggles which they had made for the faith. If the true faith had not been delivered to them by Paul, it was rash to suffer anything in defense of a bad cause; but they had experienced the presence of God amidst their... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:5

Verse 5 5.He therefore that ministereth. He is not now speaking of the grace of regeneration, but of the other gifts of the Spirit; for a subject different from the preceding one is manifestly introduced. He warns them that all the gifts of the Holy Spirit, in which they excelled, are the fruits of the gospel, of that gospel which had been preached among them by his own lips. Their new teachers deprived them of those gifts when they left the gospel, and fled to another kind of doctrine. In... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 3:1-14

The bewitchery of Law. Paul, having stated his position as dead to the Law and inspired by Christ, goes on in the present paragraph to appeal to the Galatians to free themselves from the bewitching power of Law, and to yield themselves to the faith in a crucified and now risen Christ, which alone secures justification and its cognate blessings. And here we notice— I. HOW LAW CAN COMPETE SUCCESSFULLY WITH A CRUCIFIED SAVIOUR FOR THE HOMAGE OF THOUGHTLESS ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 3:1-14

Appeal to experience and Scripture. I. FOOLISHNESS OF THE GALATIANS SHOWN FROM THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE . 1 . Expression of astonishment in view o f their first impressions of the cross. "O foolish Galatians, who did bewitch you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth crucified?" Paul's address to Peter concluded with his presenting the dreadful supposition of Christ having died for nought. He with that turns to the Galatians, and calls to their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 3:2

This only would I learn of you ( τοῦτο μόνον θέλω μαθεῖν ἀφ ὑμῶν ); this only would I learn from you. I need ask for nothing more to show that the Law is nothing to you, than that you should tell me this. Received ye the Spirit by the works of the Law? ( ἐξ ἔργων νόμου τὸ πνεῦμα ἐλάβετε ;); was it in consequence of works of the Law that ye received the Spirit ? I came amongst you as an apostle, preaching the gospel, and upon your baptism laying my hands upon you;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 3:2-5

The apostle's first argument in this controversy. I. APPLICATION OF THE TEST OF EXPERIENCE . "Received ye the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by the hearing of faith?" He begins by a practical test, which can be easily settled by experience and history. He refers to the time of awakening grace and first love. They had "received the Spirit." 1 . He concedes that they were Christians , though they were neither faithful, nor stable, nor sound. "The Holy Spirit is the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 3:3

Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? ( οὕτως ἀνόητοί ἐστε ἐναρξάμενοι , πνεύματι νῦν σαρκὶ ἐπιτελεῖσθε ); are ye so foolish ? having begun with the Spirit , are y¢ now finishing with the flesh ? πνεύματι , as contrasted with σαρκί , means the element of spiritual existence (comp. the use of πνεῦμα in Romans 1:4 ; 1 Peter 3:18 ) into which they had been brought at their conversion by the Holy Spirit's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 3:4

Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain ( τοσαῦτα ἐπάθετε εἰκῆ εἴγε καὶ εἰκῆ ); did ye suffer all those troubles for nought ? if indeed really for nought. The ambiguity of τοσαῦτα , which means either "so many" or "so great," is preserved by the rendering all those. The Revisers put so many in the text, and "or so great " in the margin. In respect to ἐπάθετε , the leading of the context in which the verse is embedded might incline us... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:4

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The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 3:1-14

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