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Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Galatians 3:6-14

B. Doctrinal ExpositionGalatians 3:6 to Galatians 4:7.1. Salvation is not to be attained by works of the law, but through faith alone(Galatians 3:6-18).a. Demonstration from Scripture(Galatians 3:6-14.)6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.7Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children [sons] of 8Abraham. And [Moreover] the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify [or justifieth]11 the heathen [Gentiles] through faith,... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Galatians 3:11-19

Inheritors of the Promise Galatians 3:11-19 We are not under ceremonial law, as contained in the precepts of Leviticus. Our Savior has perfectly fulfilled them on the behalf of the Jewish people, whom He represented from His birth until His death. The law of ordinances is then abrogated on their behalf; and we Gentiles have never been placed under its thrall. As to the curse that is uttered against every one, whether Jew or Gentile, that offends against the moral code declared in the Ten... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Galatians 3:1-29

Here begins the second division of the epistle, in which Paul deals with the doctrine of liberty. He begins with the exclamation, "O foolish Galatians, who did bewitch you?" He then inquired, Did they receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or, having begun in the Spirit, are they now perfected in the flesh? Was their suffering in vain? Was that Spirit supplied, and those miracles wrought by the works of the law? The answers to these questions are perfectly clear, and reveal a positive... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Galatians 3:10-29

The Cross and Its Objectives Galatians 3:10-29 ; Galatians 4:1-6 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Cross must ever stand forth in the limelight of Bible and spiritual study. Apart from Christ's Calvary work we have nothing to present to a dying world. On one occasion the president of a college told us that his chief ambition was to present to his students the beautiful life of Jesus of Nazareth. We immediately replied that there could be no excessive imitation of the life of Christ until first of all... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 3:13

‘REDEEMED FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW’‘Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us.’ Galatians 3:13 The Cross of Christ sheds light upon some of those darker problems of existence which have from the beginning perplexed the minds of men. I. One of the most momentous of these questions finds a solution there and not elsewhere. It is this: ‘How shall a man be just with God?’ The only satisfactory solution of these questions is to be found at the Cross. II. God... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:10-15

The Law Can Only Condemn Us But We Have Been Redeemed from the Law (Galatians 3:10-15 ). Paul then points out the folly of trying to become acceptable to God by our own works. read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:13

‘Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is every one who hangs on a tree”.’ And now Paul gets to the essence of the salvation provided in Jesus Christ. It comes about by Christ taking our place in order to set us free. It is by Christ acting in power to redeem us because of what He has done for us. By His very dying on the cross Christ has revealed Himself as bearing a curse. Deuteronomy 21:23 refers to those who hung on a... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:14

‘That on the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.’ And the purpose of His being made a curse for us was so that through faith we might be accounted as righteous, receiving the blessing of the Spirit. For we can only receive the Spirit because of what He has done for us. Paul here links the blessing of Abraham, which will come on all nations (Genesis 12:3) with the giving of the Holy Spirit. He is linking... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:1-14

Galatians 3:1 to Galatians 5:12 . Doctrinal Section. Paul Sets the Choice before them— Christ or the Law— and Argues for its Urgency. Galatians 3:1-2 Chronicles : . It was a strange folly which could lead them to forget the picture, so plainly shown them, of the suffering Saviour. ( 1 ) Their own experience had been of “ the Spirit,” as ( a) the source of ecstatic prayer ( Galatians 4:6), in which the sacred scrap of Aramaic speech ( Mark 14:36) once used by Jesus was employed throughout... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Galatians 3:13

If the law curseth all those who continue not in all things contained in the law, (as the apostle had said, Galatians 3:10, and proved from Deuteronomy 27:26), it might be objected: How will believers then escape more than others; for none of them continue in all that is written in the law? The apostle here obviateth this objection, by telling the Galatians, that, as to believers, Christ had redeemed them from this curse. The word generally signifies delivering; here it signifies a deliverance... read more

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