Galatians 4:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all. ”

Galatians 4:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am ... - There is great brevity in this passage, and no little obscurity, and a great many different interpretations have been given of it by commentators. The va...
Galatians 4:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(5) Brethren, I beseech you, be as I [am]; for I [am] as ye [are]: ye have not injured me at all. (5) He moderates and qualifies those things in which he might have seemed to have spoken somewhat sh...
Galatians 4:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

An affectionate paragraph, reminding the Galatians how he had conformed in every legitimate way ( cf. 1 Corinthians 9:19 ff.) to their customs, and begging them not to desert his faith. In the pas...
Galatians 4:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

beseech. Greek. deomai . App-134. be . become. for I, &c. Read, for. (was) as ye (are). have . Omit. not... at all . (in) nothing Greek. oudeis injured . wronged. Greek. adikeo ....
Galatians 4:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. Be as I am. Having till now spoken roughly, he begins to adopt a milder strain. The former harshness had been more than justified by the heinousness of the offense; but as he wished to do...
Galatians 4:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am ; for I am as ye are : ye have not injured me at all. Be as I am - Thoroughly addicted to the Christian faith and worship, from the deepest conviction of its t...
Galatians 4:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For I am as ye are:— the original words καγω ως υμεις are ambiguous, and may either signify, I am, or I have been, as ye are. Our translation takes them in the former sense, and so they must ex...
Galatians 4:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all. Be [become: ginesthe ( G1096 )] as I am - `as I, though a zealous Jew by birth ( Galatians 1:14 )...
Galatians 4:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Galatians 4:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Be as I am. — Use the same Christian freedom that I use. For I am as ye are. — I lay no stress on my pure Jewish descent. I claim no privileges because I was circumcised the eighth day. I do not...
Galatians 4:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 18 PAUL'S ENTREATY. Galatians 4:12-20 THE reproof of the last paragraph ended in a sigh. To see Christ's freemen relapsing into bondage, and exchanging their Divine birthright for chil...
Galatians 4:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Truthful and Devoted Dealing Galatians 4:12-20 How great a loss is it when we allow ourselves to be diverted from the simplicity of faith to trust in ceremonies, rites, and a prescribed routine...
Galatians 4:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Galatians 4:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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....
Galatians 4:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am ,.... Though they had gone so far backwards, yet still hoping well of them that they would he reclaimed, he styles them "brethren": not in a carnal but spiritual...
Galatians 4:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am ; for I am as ye are : ye have not injured me at all. Ver. 12. Be as I am ] No longer a legalist, as once, Philippians 3:5 ; Philippians 3:8 . Ye ha...
Galatians 4:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I beseech you, be as I am Follow my example in laying aside your opinion of the necessity of the law; for I am Or rather, I was; as ye are That is, I was once as zealous of the law as you are;...
Galatians 4:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Galatians 4:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Affectionate Remonstrance. A. D. 56. 12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as...
Galatians 4:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Be as I am; for I am as ye are; be as friendly to me as I am to you: see the like phrase, 1 Kings 22:4 . But how doth the apostle say they had not injured him at all, when it is manifest they ha...
Galatians 4:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘I plead with you, brothers, be as I, for I as you.' We could possibly translate ‘I am as you were.' (As we have shown in the translation there is no verb in the last phrase in the Greek). Then Paul...
Galatians 4:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Galatians 4:12 . Be as I am, for I am as ye are. —Paul had become as a Gentile, though he was once a passionate Jew. Their natural leanings towards Judaism they ou...
Galatians 4:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 4:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Galatians 4:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am. The call to Christian liberty I. The call is based on personal example. “I am.” Paul, an exemplification of Christian liberty. He could afford to contrast h...
Galatians 4:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Galatians 4:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are; ye have not injured me at all.
Galatians 4:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 9:20-23 ; 1 Kings 22:4 ; 2 Corinthians 2:5 ; Acts 21:21 ; Galatians 2:14 ; Galatians 6:14 ; Genesis 34:15 ; Philippians 3:7 ; Philippians 3:8
Galatians 4:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...
Galatians 4:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am — Meet me in mutual love. For I am as ye were — I still love you as affectionately as ye once loved me. Why should I not? Ye have not injured me at all — I have...

Galatians 4:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Galatians 4:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Galatians 4:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 4:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Galatians 4:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 4:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Galatians 4:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Galatians 4:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Galatians 4:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 4:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Galatians 4:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Galatians 4:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Galatians 4:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Galatians 4:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Galatians 4:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Galatians 4:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Galatians 4:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Galatians 4:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 4:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Galatians 4:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Galatians 4:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 4:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Galatians 4:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Galatians 4:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Galatians 4:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Galatians 4:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Galatians 4:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Galatians 4:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Galatians 4:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Galatians 4:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes