“ Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. ”
Have ye suffered so many things in vain? - Paul reminds them of what they had endured on account of their attachment to Christianity. He assures them, that if the opinions on account of which the...
(3) Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if [it be] yet in vain. (3) An exhortation by manner of reproach, so that they do not in vain suffer so many conflicts.
Galatians 3:1 to Galatians 5:12 . Doctrinal Section. Paul Sets the Choice before them Christ or the Law and Argues for its Urgency. Galatians 3:1-14 . It was a strange folly which could lead t...
in vain . See Romans 13:4 . if. Greek. ei . App-118.
4. Have ye suffered so many things? This is another argument. Having suffered so many things in behalf of the gospel, would they now, in an instant, lose it all? Nay, he puts it in the way o...
Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. Have ye suffered so many things in vain? - Have ye received and lost so much good? The verb πασχων, as compounded with ευ, well, or κα...
Have ye suffered so many things in vain?— As much persecution might be declined by admitting this mixture of Judaism, there was reason to fear that a regard to their own present ease and convenienc...
Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. Have ye suffered so many things - namely, persecution from Jews and from fellow-countrymen, incited by the Jews: evidences that...
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...
III. (1-5) Whence this strange relapse? It is not as if you were ignorant of better things. The crucified Saviour, the one great object of faith, has been preached before you in a way too plain to...
Chapter 11 THE GALATIAN FOLLY. Galatians 3:1-5 . AT the beginning of chap. 3 falls the most marked division of this Epistle. So far, since the exordium, its course has been strictly narrative....
Righteousness Based on Faith Galatians 3:1-10 The strong tendency of the Galatian Christians to depend upon ceremonies or upon legal obedience, in addition to their faith in Christ, elicits i...
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...
(1) В¶ O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? (2) This only would I learn o...
Have ye suffered so many things in vain ?.... These Galatians had suffered great reproach, many afflictions and persecutions for the sake of the Gospel, as all that embrace it must expect to do; and...
Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. Ver. 4. If it be in vain ] q.d. It is not in vain. God keepeth the feet of the saints, that they cannot altogether lose the thin...
This only would I learn of you That is, this one argument might convince you; received ye the Spirit In his gifts and graces, in his witness and fruits. See Galatians 4:6 ; Galatians 5:22 . By...
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...
Justification by Faith. A. D. 56. 1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye shoul...
There is no doubt but these churches in the regions of Galatia had their share in the sufferings of Christians by the Jews for their adherence to and profession of the doctrine of the gospel, which t...
Paul Confirms What He Has Said By Pointing Out That Every Blessing They Have Received Was Received Through Faith ( Galatians 3:1-9 ). Paul now reminds the Galatians of how they first came to Chris...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Galatians 3:1 . Who hath bewitched you? —Fascinated you, as if overlooked by the evil eye, so that your brain is confused. The Galatians were reputed to possess ac...
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...
Have ye suffered so many things in vain? The vanity of past Christian life in the case of apostasy Unless you continue faithful to the end, all your former Christian life must remain without th...
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...
Salvation Is Not of Works, but by Faith. Paul appeals to the experience of the Galatians:
2 John 1:8 ; 2 Peter 2:20-22 ; Ezekiel 18:24 ; Hebrews 10:32-39 ; Hebrews 6:4-6
Have ye suffered — Both from the zealous Jews and from the heathens. So many things — For adhering to the gospel. In vain — So as to lose all the blessings which ye might have obtained, by enduring...