“ I would they were even cut off which trouble you. ”
I would they were even cut off - That is, as I understand it, from the communion of the church. So far am I, says Paul, from agreeing with them, and preaching the necessity of circumcision as the...
(11) I would they were even cut off which (g) trouble you. (11) An example of a true pastor inflamed with the zeal of God's glory, and love for his flock. (g) For those that preach the Law cause me...
Final emphatic statement of the dilemma, Christ or circumcision. Paul, speaking with all authority in spite of false inferences drawn from his circumcising Timothy ( Galatians 5:11 ) and in spite of...
were , &c.. even dismembered themselves. Reference to the rite practised by the Phrygians in the worship of Cybele. Compare Mark 9:43 , (Revised Version would even cut themselves off) trouble...
12. Would that they were even cut off. His indignation proceeds still farther, and he prays for destruction on those impostors by whom the Galatians had been deceived. The word, “cut off,” ap...
I would they were even cut off which trouble you. I would they were even cut off which trouble you - This saying has puzzled many, and different interpretations of the place have been proposed by lea...
I would they were even cut off which trouble you.— Who subvert or unsettle you. It by no means agrees with the gentle genius of Christianity to suppose that this Apostle, who understood it so w...
I would they were even cut off which trouble you. They ... which trouble you, х anastatountes ( G387 )] - turning upside down ( Acts 17:6 ): setting up what ought to be down, and down wha...
The Nature of Christian Liberty 1-12. The futility of seeking justification by attempting to comply with the demands of the Mosaic Law; the inconsistency of works and faith as methods of salvation...
(7-12) All was going well at first. What sudden intruder has stopped your path and led you astray? Certainly it is not God, to whom you owe your calling, that has persuaded you to such a course. You...
Chapter 21 THE HINDERERS AND TROUBLERS. Galatians 5:7-12 THE Apostle's controversy with the Legalists is all but concluded. He has pronounced on the question of circumcision. He has shown his...
Hold Fast Your Freedom Galatians 5:1-12 We are free. The Son has made us free, and we are free indeed, though not free to disobey the dictates and promptings of our new nature. We are set free...
The whole law of liberty is stated in the sentences, "For freedom did Christ set us free," "stand fast therefore," and "be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage." He then refers first to circumci...
(6) For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. (7) Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? (8) Thi...
I would they were even cut off which trouble you. These words are a solemn wish of the apostle's with respect to the false teachers, or an imprecation of the judgment of God upon them; that they mi...
I would they were even cut off which trouble you. Ver. 12. I would they were even cut ] Not circumcised only, cut round, but cut off, Non circumcidantur modo, sed et abscindantur. (Chrys.)...
And I, brethren If, as my enemies insinuate; I yet preach circumcision As necessary to salvation, and urge it upon the believing Gentiles; why do I yet suffer persecution From the Jews, as one...
LIBERTY TO BE PRACTICED (vs.1-6) Chapter 4 dealt with the perfect freedom introduced by God Himself through Christ, freedom given to all who have been redeemed by His precious blood, freedom from...
Exhortation to Stedfastness; Persuasives to Stedfastness. A. D. 56. 1 Stand fast therefore in...
I wish that God would some way or other put an end to these that trouble you. This Paul speaketh not out of hatred to their persons, but out of a zeal to the glory of God, and a just indignation agai...
Paul is Puzzled by their Failure and Angry At Those who have Led Them Astray ( Galatians 5:7-12 ). Paul now again expresses his deep puzzlement at their behaviour. He just cannot understand how th...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Galatians 5:9 . A little leaven. —Of false doctrine, a small amount of evil influence. Galatians 5:10 . He that troubleth you. —The leaven traced to personal ag...
Galatians 5:1 . Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. «You are not under the law, but under grace. Do not su...
Galatians 5:1 . Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, by the redemption he has procured through the shedding of his own most precious blood. The liberty of your c...
I would they were even cut off that trouble you. Reasons for Paul’s indignation Not content with argument he charges the Judaizers with what is base, cowardly, and corrupt. They are mean and ti...
EXPOSITION Galatians 5:1 Galatians 5:2 Behold, I Paul say unto you (ἴδε, ἐγὼ Παῦλος λώγω ὑμῖν); lo , I Paul say unto you. The adverbial exclamation ἴδε, found in St. Pa...
The service of love as opposed to the service of the flesh:
1 Corinthians 5:13 ; Acts 15:1 ; Acts 15:2 ; Acts 15:24 ; Acts 5:5 ; Acts 5:9 ; Exodus 12:15 ; Exodus 30:33 ; Galatians 1:8 ; Galatians 1:9 ; Galatians 5:10 ; Genesis 17:14 ; John 9:34 ;...
The Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Much is written about the Holy Spirit in the Word of God. The Epistles of Paul are freighted with many marvelous messages relative t...
I would they were even cut off — From your communion; cast out of your church, that thus trouble you.