Galatians 1:3 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Galatians 1:1-5

In these verses we have the preface or introduction to the epistle, where observe, I. The person or persons from whom this epistle is sent?from Paul an apostle, etc., and all the brethren that were with him. 1. The epistle is sent from Paul; he only was the penman of it. And, because there were some among the Galatians who endeavoured to lessen his character and authority, in the front of it he gives a general account both of his office and of the manner in which he was called to it, which... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Galatians 1:1-5

1:1-5 I, Paul, an apostle--and my apostleship was given to me from no human source and through no man's hand, because it came to me direct from Jesus Christ and from God the Father, who raised Jesus from the dead--with all the brothers who are here, write this letter to the Churches of Galatia. May grace and peace be on you from God the Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ, who, because our God and Father willed it so, gave his life for our sins, to rescue us from this present world with all... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Galatians 1:3

Grace to be you ,.... After the inscription above, in which the writer of the epistle, and the persons joined to him, are described, and the churches to whom it is written, follows the salutation in these words, and which is common to all the epistles of this apostle; of the sense of which; see Gill on Romans 1:7 . The Alexandrian copy reads, "from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ"; and the Ethiopic version reads, "our Father". read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:3

Grace be to you, etc. - See on Romans 1:7 ; (note). read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:3

Verse 3 3.Grace be to you and peace. This form of salutation, which occurred in the other epistles, has received an explanation, to which I still adhere. Paul wishes for the Galatians a state of friendship with God, and, along with it, all good things; for the favor of God is the source from which we derive every kind of prosperity. He presents both petitions to Christ, as well as to the Father; because without Christ neither grace, nor any real prosperity, can be obtained. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 1:1-5

The introductory greeting. The style of this greeting, compared with those found in St. Paul's other Epistles, gives indications of his having addressed himself to the composition of the letter under strong perturbation of feeling. This transpires in the abruptness with which, at the very outset, he at once sweeps aside, as it were, out of his path, a slur east upon his apostolic commission, in protesting that he was "apostle, not from man nor through a man." It appears again in that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 1:1-5

The gospel of self-sacrifice. In sending an Epistle to an apostate people, Paul does not indulge in unmeaning compliments. These Celts in Asia had been showing some of their proverbial fickleness, and going back from the doctrine of justification by faith to a ritualism whose development must be self-righteousness. It is needful for their recovery from apostasy that the authority of the apostle and the truth of the gospel should be put before them in unmistakable terms. Hence we find... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 1:1-5

Introduction. The tone of this Epistle is decidedly controversial. In the first and second chapters the writer establishes against Judaistic assailants his apostolic authority. This, however, is only subsidiary to his main design, which is in the third and fourth chapters, as an accredited servant of God, to establish the gospel of Christ, or justification by faith against Judaism (a different gospel), or justification by the works of the Law. The fifth and sixth chapters may be said to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 1:3

Grace be to you and peace ( χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ); grace to you and peace. Here, as often, we have combined the form of salutation prevalent among Greeks, χαίρειν (found in its unaltered form in James 1:1 , "wishing joy"), Christianized into χάρις , grace, which denotes the outpouring of Divine benignity in all such spiritual blessings as sinful creatures need; and the Hebrew greeting, shalom , which in its transformation into εἰρήνη may be supposed to have... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 1:3

The apostolic benediction. "Grace to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ." This benediction is a proof of the hearty love of the apostle, as well as a mark of his unswerving loyalty to the doctrine of salvation by Christ only. I. THE BLESSINGS WISHED FOR . "Grace and peace." Nearly twenty times in Scripture are these two graces linked together, but never so significantly as at present, when the Galatians manifested a disposition to return to the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Galatians 1:1-5

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Galatians 1:1-5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Galatians 1:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 1:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 1:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 1:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 1:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 1:3

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