“ For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. ”
For I through the law - On this passage the commentators are by no means agreed. It is agreed that in the phrase “am dead to the law,” the Law of Moses is referred to, and that the meaning is, th...
For I through the law am dead to the (t) law, that I might live unto God. (t) The Law that terrifies the conscience brings us to Christ, and he alone causes us to indeed die to the Law, because by m...
Excitement and consequent confusion rise higher still. In one sense, these verses record a climax; Paul is not merely Peter's equal he had exposed him once when Peter was plainly in the wrong. There...
through . Greek. dia . App-104. am dead . died.
19. For I through the law. Now follows the direct reply, that we must not ascribe to Christ that work which properly belongs to the law. It was not necessary that Christ should destroy the ri...
DISCOURSE: 2057 TRUE USE OF THE LAW Galatians 2:19 . I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God . THE knowledge of the law is indispensably necessary to the knowledge of t...
For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. For I through the law am dead to the law - In consequence of properly considering the nature and requisitions of the law, I am de...
Through the law— By the tenor of the law itself. See ch. Galatians 3:24-25 Galatians 4:21 , &c. Romans 3:21 ; Romans 11:14 comp. with Romans 7:4 . What St. Paul says here seems to impl...
For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. Here Paul seems to pass from his exact words to Peter, to the general purport of his argument. However, his direct address...
His Authority recognised by the Apostles at Jerusalem and maintained in his Conflict with St. Peter 1-10. It was not until upon the occasion of a subsequent visit to Jerusalem fourteen years later...
(15-21) The section which follows is, in form at least, still a continuation of the rebuke addressed to St. Peter; but the Apostle soon drifts away from this, and begins imperceptibly a comment upon...
Chapter 10 THE PRINCIPLES AT STAKE. Galatians 2:19-21 PAUL'S personal apology is ended. He has proved his Apostolic independence, and made good his declaration, "My Gospel is not according to...
Living by Faith in Christ Galatians 2:11-21 Evidently Peter had gone back from the clear revelation of Acts 10:1-48 , and from his former practice as stated in Galatians 2:12 . The fear of th...
Having dealt with the divine origin of his teaching, the apostle now proceeded to show that his teaching was confirmed by the conference he had with the elders at Jerusalem fourteen years after his c...
(16) Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not b...
For I through the law am dead to the law ,.... The apostle further replies to the objection against the doctrine of justification, being a licentious one, from the end of his, and other believers, b...
But if while we seek to be justified by Christ Through the merit of his obedience unto death, by simply believing in him, and in the truths and promises of his gospel; we ourselves are still found...
THE JERUSALEM CONFERENCE Not until fourteen years later was there any consultation between Paul and the apostles generally. On this occasion (of which Acts 15:1-41 gives the history) Paul went w...
Peter Reproved by Paul. A. D. 56. 11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to...
Through the law of Christ, as some say; or rather, through the law of Moses, of which he had been before speaking: that is, say some, through the death of the law; the law itself being dead, as a c...
Paul Now Deals With Objections To His Statement And Stresses That The Law's Purpose Is To Point To Christ ( Galatians 2:17-21 ). ‘But, if while we have sought to be justified in Christ, we also we...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Galatians 2:11 . When Peter was come to Antioch I withstood him to the face. —The strongest proof of the independence of his apostleship in relation to the other a...
Galatians 2:19 I. St. Paul was dead to the law in two ways. First, he no longer sought in it the motive power which should enable him to bring forth fruit to God. It had itself cured him of this d...
Galatians 2:1-2 . Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. And I went up by revelation,- He was sent by the church at Antioch, but the ch...
Galatians 2:1 . Then fourteen years after, I went up again to Jerusalem, and took Titus, his fellow-labourer. Luke adds, “and others also.” Acts 15:2 . We may gather from this, that Luke was of t...
For I through the law am dead to the law. Death and life I. Those who are justified are qualified for the highest service--“living to God.” II. Living to god is dying to sin. 1. The aim o...
EXPOSITION In the preceding chapter, St. Paul has been concerned to make clear the position that neither the gospel which he preached nor the commission which he held was derived from the older...
The lessons drawn from this incident:
1 Corinthians 10:31 ; 1 Peter 2:24 ; 1 Peter 4:1 ; 1 Peter 4:2 ; 1 Peter 4:6 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:10 ; 2 Corinthians 5:15 ; Colossians 2:20 ; Colossians 3:3 ; Galatians 3:10 ; Galatians 3:2...
Law and Grace Galatians 2:15-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The drift toward Jewish rites and ceremonies. When the early Church came into existence at Pentecost, it was formed from the saved compose...
For I through the law — Applied by the Spirit to my heart, and deeply convincing me of my utter sinfulness and helplessness. Am dead to the law — To all hope of justification from it. That I may li...