“ Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. ”
Now a mediator is not a mediator of one ... - This verse has given great perplexity to commentators. “There is, unquestionably,” says Bloomfield, “no passage in the New Testament that has so much...
Now a mediator is not [a mediator] of one, (24) but God is one. (24) A taking away of an objection, lest any man might say that sometimes by consent of the parties which have made a covenant, someth...
The promise having once been given, no subsequent enactment like the Law can interfere with it. (Similarly Heb. emphasizes the priority in time of Melchizedek to Aaron.) Even in human affairs, a scra...
20. Now, a mediator is not a mediator of one. Some are disposed to philosophize on this expression, and would make Paul’s meaning to be, that the twofold nature of Christ is not one in essen...
Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. A mediator is not a mediator of one - As a mediator, μεσιτης, signifies a middle person, there must necessarily be two parties, between whom...
Now a mediator, &c.— To understand this verse, we must carry in our minds what St. Paul is here doing; and from Galatians 3:17 it is manifest that he is proving that the law could not disannu...
Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. 'Now a mediator [in the essential idea: ho ( G3588 ) mesitees ( G3316 ): the article is generic] cannot be of one (but must b...
Justification is by Faith, not Works 1-14. The Apostle upbraids the Galatians with their speedy change from faith to legal observances, reminding them of the fact that their reception of the Spiri...
If such was not the function of the Law — if it had no power to modify the promise — what was its true function? It was a sort of measure of police. Its object was to deal with transgressions. It w...
Chapter 14 THE DESIGN OF THE LAW. Galatians 3:19-24 "WHAT then is the law?" So the Jew might well exclaim. Paul has been doing nothing but disparage it.-"You say that the Law of Moses brings n...
the Law Leads to Christ Galatians 3:20-29 The Mosaic law was not designed to be the final code of the religious life, but to prepare the soil of the human heart to receive Jesus Christ in all t...
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 the...
(15) Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. (16) Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises m...
THE ONE MEDIATOR ‘How a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.’ Galatians 3:20 This short sentence is so difficult in its conciseness, so abstruse, and capable of so many meaning...
Now a mediator is not a mediator of one ,.... A mediator supposes two parties he stands between, and these at a distance from, or disagreeing with each other; where there is but one party, there can...
Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. Ver. 20. Is not a mediator of one ] q.d. God and men were at odds, else what use of a mediator? Sin is the makebate (mischief maker),...
Now a mediator is not a mediator of one There must be two parties, or there can be no place or use for a mediator: but God, who made the free promise to Abraham, is only one of the parties; the oth...
FAITH IS THE ONE PRINCIPLE OF BLESSING (vs.1-9) "0 foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you?" (v.1). Little wonder, as Paul considers the principles and tremendous issues involved, that he speaks...
Design of the Law; The True Children of Abraham. A. D. 56. 19 Wherefore then serveth the l...
This is a text acknowledged by all interpreters to be very obscure; not so much as considered in itself, (for all know, that a mediator speaks one that goes in the middle between two persons that are...
‘What then is the Law? It was added because of transgressions until the seed should come to whom the promise has been made, ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator is not of...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Galatians 3:19 . Wherefore then serveth the law? —As it is of no avail for justification, is it either useless or contrary to the covenant of God? It was added be...
Paul, writing, to those changeable Galatians, who had so soon deserted the faith, says to them in this chapter Galatians 3:1 . O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey...
Galatians 3:1 . Oh foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you: εβασκανε, who hath fascinated, beguiled, or seduced you by subtlety and cunning, and sought by ingenious malice to draw you from the t...
Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. I. The key to the apostle’s argument--“One.” 1 . ( Galatians 3:16 ) One is the seed of Abraham, to whom the promise was made. “In thee sh...
EXPOSITION Galatians 3:1 O foolish Galatians (ὦ ἀνόητοι Γαλάται). In thus apostrophizing them, the apostle brands their present behaviour, not any lack of intelligence on their part...
Proofs for the Liberty of a Christian from the Nature and Meaning of the Law. The secondary office of the Law:
1 Timothy 2:5 ; Acts 12:20 ; Deuteronomy 6:4 ; Galatians 3:17 ; Genesis 15:18 ; Genesis 17:1 ; Genesis 17:2 ; Job 9:33 ; Romans 3:29
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...
Now the mediator is not a mediator of one — There must be two parties, or there can be no mediator between them; but God who made the free promise to Abraham is only one of the parties. The other,...