“ I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. ”
I am afraid of you ... - I have fears respecting you. His fears were that they had no genuine Christian principle. They had been so easily perverted and turned back to the servitude of ceremonies...
The state of the Galatians, while heathen, was similar but worse. They had not been heirs in a state of temporary slavery, but frankly slaves to the mere element-spirits, those undivine gods they wor...
lost . lest by any means. Greek. me pos . bestowed , &c, Compare Romans 16:6 . upon . Greek. eis , App-104. in vain . See Galatians 3:4 ,
11. Lest I have bestowed upon you labor in vain. The expression is harsh, and must have filled the Galatians with alarm; for what hope was left to them, if Paul’s labor had been in vain? Some...
DISCOURSE: 2072 MINISTERS LABOURING IN VAIN Galatians 4:11 . I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain . MINISTERS are, in the Scriptures, compared to husbandmen. Now, no...
I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. I am afraid of you - I begin now to be seriously alarmed for you, and think you are so thoroughly perverted from the Gospel of Christ...
I am afraid of you, &c.— There was the greater reason for this apprehension, as the fixing the time for the Jewish feasts depended upon the great Sanhedrim; so that their observing them would b...
Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. Howbeit - contrast of their former with their present state. Appeal not to turn back from their privi...
The Bondage of the Law. Freedom in Christ 1-7. Under the Law we were in bondage; under the Gospel we have received the freedom of sons. Paraphrase. '(1) The heir before he comes of age can no m...
(8-11) The results of the foregoing argument are now turned against the Galatians. In their old heathen state they had been in bondage to gods that were no gods. From this bondage they had been deliv...
Chapter 17 THE RETURN TO BONDAGE. Galatians 4:8-11 "Sons of God, whom He made His heirs in Christ, how are you turning back to legal bondage!" Such is the appeal with which the Apostle follows...
Live as Sons, not as Bondmen Galatians 4:1-11 The Apostle often uses the word elements or “rudiments,” Galatians 4:3 ; Galatians 4:9 ; Colossians 2:8 ; Colossians 2:20 . High and holy as...
He now declared the process of freedom. "God sent forth His Son... under the law." Thus the law He kept was justified, and He lived thereby. But more than this, He bore its penalty, and so procured j...
(7) Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. (8) В¶ Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods....
I am afraid of you ,.... Which shows the danger he apprehended they were in, by taking such large steps from Christianity to Judaism, and expresses the godly jealousy of the apostle over them; intim...
I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. Ver. 11. Lest I have bestowed labour ] Gr. κεκοπιακα, even to lassitude, as a day labourer. Other work folks find their work as t...
Howbeit Αλλα, but , or however , that ye Gentiles may not foolishly reject, neglect, or forfeit your privileges, as the sons of God, you ought to remember what your condition was while under the...
HOW CHILDREN ARE ADOPTED AS SONS (vs.1-7) The first few verses of chapter 4 give us the distinctive Christian position in more detail. This position is the result of promise accomplished, as cont...
Affectionate Remonstrance. A. D. 56. 8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service un...
Paul knew that, with reference to himself, he had not laboured in vain; he might say with Isaiah, Isaiah 49:5 : Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorified. He had told the Corinthia...
Is It Not then Foolish to Try to Turn Back to their Former State? ( Galatians 4:8-11 ). Granted then that we have received these great privileges from God, would it not be foolish to revert back t...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Galatians 4:9 . How turn ye again [anew]?—Making a new beginning in religion, lapsing from Christianity just in as far as they embrace legalism. To the weak and...
Galatians 4:1-5 . Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the f...
Galatians 4:1 . The heir, as long as he is a child, and a minor, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all. He is under guardians, till the year appointed by the will of his f...
I am afraid of you. A minister’s fears I. What are those fears? 1. Lest his word should not issue in conversions. 2. Lest the converted members of his flock should not adorn their profess...
EXPOSITION Galatians 4:1 Now I say (λέγω δέ). A form of expression usual with the apostle when introducing a new statement designed either to explain or elucidate something before said...
The foolishness of backsliding from this truth:
1 Corinthians 15:58 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:5 ; 2 Corinthians 11:2 ; 2 Corinthians 11:3 ; 2 Corinthians 12:20 ; 2 Corinthians 12:21 ; 2 John 1:8 ; Acts 16:6 ; Galatians 2:2 ; Galatians 5:2-4 ;...
Turning unto Law-Works Galatians 4:1-22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. It is passing strange that, after we have come to know salvation by grace, we could turn back to the beggarly elements of salvatio...
The apostle here, dropping the argument, applies to the affections, Galatians 4:11-20 , and humbles himself to the Galatians, with an inexpressible tenderness.