Galatians 5:8 NIV

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

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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 5:8

Verse 8 8.This persuasion cometh not. Having formerly combated them by arguments, he at length pronounces, with a voice of authority, that their persuasion came not from God. Such an admonition would not be entitled to much regard, were it not supported by the authority of the speaker. But Paul, to whom the Galatians had been indebted for the announcement of their Divine calling, was well entitled to address them in this confident language. This is the reason why he does not directly say, from... 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 5:7-9

The sudden swerve of the Galatians from the truth. They had been making a hopeful progress in the truth, when they suddenly started aside through the influence of the Judaists, to the deep sorrow and unfeigned astonishment of the apostle. Mark— I. THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS A GOOD RACE . "Ye did run well." An old divine says, "To run in religion is well, to run well is better, and to accomplish the race is the best of all." It is well in its beginning; so it was emphatically in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:7-12

In these verses the language is remarkably curt and disjointed. Their style seems to betoken, either the mind of the writer musing in painful embarrassment, uncertain how best to grapple with the case before him through imperfect knowledge of the circumstances ("Who did hinder you?" ); or , possibly, the painful effort which it cost the apostle to "write with his own hand." In Galatians 5:13 he at length takes up a line of thought which he is able to follow on with fulness and fluency. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:8

This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you ( ἡ πεισμονὴ οὐκ ἐκ τοῦ καλοῦντος ὑμᾶς ); this persuasion , or the mind to hearken to this doctrine, is not from him that calleth you. The exact force of the word πεισμονή , which so far as has been noted does not occur in any earlier writer, is disputed. We may group it with ἐπιλησμονή , forgetfulness; φεισμονή (sparinguess), clemency; πλησμονή , fulness, satiety; which are likewise verbal nouns formed... 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

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 5:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:2-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:2-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:7-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:7-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 5:8

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