갈라디아서 5:1-8 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:2

A solemn and emphatic warning. The apostle assumes a severer and a more authoritative tone—"I Paul"—and shows that there is something worse than folly in turning aside to the Law, for it is to take an absolutely destructive course. It is absolutely impossible to reconcile circumcision with Christ. "If ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing." I THIS DOES NOT WARRANT THE CONDEMNATION OF CIRCUMCISION IN ITSELF . For it was a Divine appointment, not only a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:2-12

Falling from grace. Paul in the present section exposes the legal and ceremonial spirit as a tall from the moral magnificence of grace. It has been well said that "it is harder to abolish forms than to change opinions. Ceremonies stand long after the thought which they express has fled, as a dead king may sit on his throne stiff and stark in his golden mantle, and no one come near enough to see that the light is gone out of his eyes and the will departed from the hand that still clutches... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:2-12

Circumcision. I. PAUL SOLEMNLY PUTS BEFORE THE GALATIANS THE TRUE STATE OF THE CASE . "Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing." Commencing with an arresting word, he introduces his own name with all the solemnity of oath-taking, witness-bearing. "Behold, I Paul say unto you." What the weight of his testimony is directed against, is their submitting to circumcision. This was what the Judaizing teachers were... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:3

For I testify again ( μαρτύρομαι δὲ πάλιν ); I protest again. In using the word μαρτύρομαι , pro teste loquor , "I speak in the presence of a witness," the apostle intimates that he is making his affirmation with a definite sense of the Lord being his Witness (cf. Ephesians 4:17 , "This I say and testify in the Lord"). The original construction and force of the verb are shown in Judith 7:28, ΄αρτύρομαι ὑμῖν τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν . The apostle is wont to use it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:3

The obligations involved in circumcision. The Judaizing teachers did not, perhaps, allow their converts to realize the full extent of the obligation involved in circumcision. I. THE APOSTLE REITERATES THE EXTENT OF THIS OBLIGATION IN THE CASE OF THE CIRCUMCISED . They are "debtors to do the whole Law." Circumcision was not a mere badge of Judaism, as baptism is of Christianity, but it involved a profession of obedience to the whole Jewish Law. It was not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:4

Christ is become of no effect unto you ( κατηργήθητε ἀπὸ τοῦ χριστοῦ ); or, ye have disconnected yourselves from Christ. The verb καταργεῖν is a favourite word with St. Paul, occurring twenty-seven times in his Epistles, including twice in the Hebrews, whilst in the rest of the New Testament it occurs only once, and that in the Pauline St. Luke ( Luke 13:7 ). Its proper meaning is "to make inoperative," "make of no effect," as above ( Galatians 3:17 ). The phrase, ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:4

The logical results of the Judaistic position. Christ profits only those united to him, and a soul departed from him is undone for ever. This would be the exact risk of such Galatians as, following Judaistic guidance, sought to be "justified by the Law." Consider— I. THEIR DOCTRINE INVOLVED SEPARATION FROM CHRIST . "Christ is become of no effect unto you;" rather, "you are done away from Christ." Representing circumcision as the bond of connection with the Law, the apostle... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:5

For we through the Spirit ( ἡμεῖς γὰρ πνεύματι ); for we for our parts by the Spirit. "We" who abide in Christ, and continue steadfast in the grace into which Christ has brought us; that is, we believers in Christ, as such. Not, "I and those who go along with me," as e.g. in Philippians 3:17 . "By the Spirit." πνεῦμα can hardly here mean, as in Galatians 3:3 , the element of spiritual life; but much more probably the personal Spirit of God, referred to as inspiring and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:5

The blessed prospects involved in the true doctrine of grace. "For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith." This passage is not to be understood as saying merely that believers have no other hope of justification but by faith in Christ, or that believers wait for the hope of being justified by faith. The righteousness was, in fact, already theirs, and therefore not an object of hope at all. The apostle means that we are enabled by faith, in the power of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:5

The hope of righteousness. I. WHAT IT IS . The hope of righteousness appears to be the hope of realizing righteousness, the hope of becoming righteous. In St. Paul's language a hope is not our subjective anticipation, but the thing for which we hope. Such a possession we as Christians anticipate. 1 . Righteousness is a great treasure. It is a worthy object of desire. It is better than any rewards it may entail. To hunger and thirst after righteousness is to feel the deepest and... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:2-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:2-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:5

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