Galatians 5:8-12 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Galatians 5:1-12

In the former part of this chapter the apostle cautions the Galatians to take heed of the judaizing teachers, who endeavoured to bring them back under the bondage of the law. He had been arguing against them before, and had largely shown how contrary the principles and spirit of those teachers were to the spirit of the gospel; and now this is as it were the general inference or application of all that discourse. Since it appeared by what had been said that we can be justified only by faith in... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Galatians 5:1-12

5:1-12 Look now it is I, Paul, who am speaking to you I tell you that if you get yourself circumcised Christ is no good to you. Again I give my word to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is under obligation to keep the whole law. You who seek to get yourselves right with God by means of legalism have got yourself into a position in which you have rendered ineffective all that Christ did for you. You have fallen from grace. For it is by the Spirit and by faith that we eagerly... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Galatians 5:8

This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. That is, the opinion they were persuaded to believe; and which the Syriac version renders, פיסכון , "your persuasion"; this is not of God, who had called them into the grace of Christ; nor of Christ, who had called them to the knowledge of himself, and communion with him; nor of the Spirit of Christ, who had called them with an holy calling, and who still continued to call them to repentance; nor of any faithful minister of the Gospel,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Galatians 5:9

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. A proverbial expression pretty much in use with the Jews; see 1 Corinthians 5:6 , respecting either persons or things; and is in answer to, or prevents an objection that might be made, or something that might be said, in favour of these churches; that their case was not so bad, or the danger they were in so great, as was represented by the apostle; since they were only a few persons that propagated this notion, and but few that received it, at... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Galatians 5:10

I have confidence in you through the Lord ,.... Though the apostle had said many things which carried in them the appearance of roughness and severity, yet he still entertained hopes of them that they were not so far gone, but that they might be brought back again; and he here expresses his confidence of it. This confidence in them is not of faith, for no trust is to be put in men; no, not in the best; but of charity, or love, which hopes all things, and believes all things; and which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Galatians 5:11

And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision ,.... The apostle was traduced by the false teachers, as a preacher of circumcision himself in some places; and this they did partly to show him to be a variable and inconsistent man, who preached one doctrine in one place, and another in another place, and so not to be attended to; and partly with others, to draw them into their scheme upon his authority: what might give them the handle, or at least what they improved to this purpose, might be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Galatians 5:12

I would they were even cut off which trouble you. These words are a solemn wish of the apostle's with respect to the false teachers, or an imprecation of the judgment of God upon them; that they might be cut off out of the land of the living by the immediate hand of God, that they might do no more mischief to the churches of Christ: this he said not out of hatred to their persons, but from a concern for the glory of God, and the good of his people. The word here used answers to the Hebrew... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 5:8

This persuasion - Of the necessity of your being circumcised and obeying the law of Moses, is not of him that calleth you. I never preached such a doctrine to you; I called you out of bondage to liberty, from a galling yoke to a cheerful service. Some translate πεισμονη , obedience or subjection. This subjection of yours to the Mosaic law is opposed to the will of God, and never was preached by me. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 5:9

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump - A proverbial expression, see 1 Corinthians 5:6 , very aptly applied to those who receive the smallest tincture of false doctrine, relative to the things essential to salvation, which soon influences the whole conduct, so that the man becomes totally perverted. They might have argued, "It is a small thing, and should not be made a subject of serious controversy, whether we be circumcised or not." Granted, that in itself it is a small matter; but,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 5:10

I have confidence in you - I now feel a persuasion from the Lord that I shall not be permitted to expostulate with you in vain; that ye will be none otherwise minded - that ye will be aware of the danger to which ye are exposed, that ye will retreat in time, and recover the grace which ye have lost. But he that troubleth you - The false teacher, who sowed doubtful disputations among you, and thus has troubled the repose of the whole Church, shall bear his judgment - shall meet with the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Galatians 5:1-12

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Galatians 5:1-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Galatians 5:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Galatians 5:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Galatians 5:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Galatians 5:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Galatians 5:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 5:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 5:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 5:10

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