“ Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? ”
Tell me ... - In order to show fully the nature and the effect of the Law, Paul here introduces an illustration from an important fact in the Jewish history. This allegory has given great perplex...
(6) Tell me, ye that (u) desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? (6) The false apostles urged this, that unless the Gentiles were circumcised Christ could profit them nothing at all, and...
Galatians 4:21 to Galatians 5:1 . The new thing he tries is an allegorising spiritualising application of an OT story. Slave-born Ishmael mocked ( Genesis 21:10 *) free-born Isaac, and the son...
21. Tell me. Having given exhortations adapted to touch the feelings, he follows up his former doctrine by an illustration of great beauty. Viewed simply as an argument, it would not be very...
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? Ye that desire to be under the law - Ye who desire to incorporate the Mosaic institutions with Christianity, and thus bring yourse...
Galatians 4:21 .— The Apostle exhorts the Galatians to stand fast in the liberty with which Christ hath made them free; shewing those who are so zealous for the law, that if they mind what the...
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? Desire - of your own accord madly courting that which must condemn you. Do ye not hear - do ye not consider the inner...
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...
Ye that desire to be under the law. — A direct appeal to those who were inclined to give way to the Judaising party. Do ye not hear the law? — “Hear” is probably to be taken in the sense of “giv...
Chapter 19 THE STORY OF HAGAR. Galatians 4:21-31 - Galatians 5:1 THE Apostle wishes that he could "change his voice" ( Galatians 4:20 ). Indeed he has changed it more than once. "Any one who...
“Children of Promise” Galatians 4:21-31 In this allegory of Sarah and Hagar, it is important to notice that Paul is not dealing with the principle of evil within our hearts, but with the attemp...
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...
(20) I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. (21) В¶ Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? (22) For it is written, tha...
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law ,.... Not merely to obey it, as holy, just, and good, from a principle of love, and to testify subjection and gratitude to God; so all believers desire to...
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? Ver. 21. Ye that desire, &c. ] That are ambitious of slavery, of beggary, Galatians 4:9 . How many have we at this day th...
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law Of Moses, as the rule of your justification; do ye not hear the law? Regard what it says? how it teaches that Abraham's children, by faith, who are hei...
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. 21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye n...
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law; you that cannot be content to receive Jesus Christ alone, for justification; but have a mind to maintain a necessity of obedience to the law of circumci...
‘Tell me, you who desire to be under the Law, do you not hear the Law?' So some of the Galatians want to come ‘under the Law', being circumcised, observing the Feasts and Feast days, using ritual wa...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Galatians 4:24 . Which things are an allegory. —Under the things spoken of—the two sons, with their contrast of parentage and position—there lies a spiritual meani...
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...
Tell me. The value of a pointed question The question that prompts us to tell what we know sharpens our knowledge; and, similarly, the question that makes us tell what we are doing may greatly...
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...
An urgent appeal to an Old Testament example:
Galatians 3:10 ; Galatians 3:23 ; Galatians 3:24 ; Galatians 4:9 ; John 10:34 ; John 12:34 ; John 15:25 ; John 5:46 ; John 5:47 ; Matthew 21:42-44 ; Matthew 22:29-32 ; Romans 10:3-10 ; R...
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...
Do ye not hear the law — Regard what it says.