Galatians 5:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. ”

Galatians 5:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But if ye bite - The word used here ( δάκνω daknō), means, properly, to bite, to sting; and here seems to be used in the sense of contending and striving - a metaphor not improbably taken fr...
Galatians 5:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(14) But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. (14) An exhortation to the duties of charity, by the profit that follows from it, because no men proved...
Galatians 5:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

First safeguard. They are free indeed, and as Christians are done with Law; but love will save them from indulging lower impulses. Love (as Jesus taught, Mark 12:31 and parallels) includes everythi...
Galatians 5:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

bite . Greek. dakno . Only here. devour . Greek. katesthio . See 2 Corinthians 11:20 . take heed. Greek. blepo . App-133. that... not = lest. Greek. me . App-105. consumed . Greek. a...
Galatians 5:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. But if ye bite and devour one another. From the nature of the subject, as well as from the language employed, we may conjecture that the Galatians had disputes among themselves; for they...
Galatians 5:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. If ye bite and devour one another - These Churches seem to have been in a state of great distraction; there we...
Galatians 5:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. Bite - backbite the character. Devour - the substance, by extortion, etc. ( Habakkuk 1:13 ; Matth...
Galatians 5:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Galatians 5:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(13-15) The Judaisers would deserve such a fate; for they are undoing the whole object with which you were called. You were called, not to legal bondage, but to freedom. This caution only is needed...
Galatians 5:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 22 THE PERILS OF LIBERTY. Galatians 5:13-15 OUR analysis has drawn a strong line across the middle of this chapter. At Galatians 5:13 the Apostle turns his mind in the ethical direct...
Galatians 5:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Produce the Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:13-26 That Christ has freed us from the Law as a means of salvation does not free us from moral restraint, but brings us under the constraint of a hi...
Galatians 5:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Galatians 5:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
Galatians 5:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But if ye bite and devour one another ,.... Another reason inducing to love is taken from the pernicious consequences of a contrary spirit and conduct. The allusion is to beasts of prey falling upon...
Galatians 5:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. Ver. 15. But if ye bite, &c. ] Si collidimnr, frangimur, If we clash, we break. Dissolution is the...
Galatians 5:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ye have been called By the gospel; into liberty From the bondage of the Mosaic ceremonies, as well as of sin and misery: only use not liberty for an occasion of the flesh So as to nourish or gr...
Galatians 5:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Galatians 5:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Practical Godliness Enforced; Works of the Flesh and of the Spirit; The Fruits of the Spirit. A. D. 56....
Galatians 5:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This lets us know, that there were great contentions and divisions amongst the members of this church, whether (which is probable) occasioned by their differences in and about the doctrine of justifi...
Galatians 5:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Freedom is Not to Be Misinterpreted as Licence. They Must Walk in Love and By the Spirit ( Galatians 5:13-26 ). Paul now goes on to deal with the charge that the Gospel he is presenting gives men...
Galatians 5:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Galatians 5:13 . Use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh. —Do not give the flesh the handle or pretext for its indulgence, which it eagerly seeks for. By lov...
Galatians 5:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 5:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Galatians 5:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. Uncharitable contentions in the Church of God I. There ever were, are, and will be, differences among Go...
Galatians 5:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Galatians 5:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The service of love as opposed to the service of the flesh:
Galatians 5:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 3:3 ; 1 Corinthians 6:6-8 ; 2 Corinthians 11:20 ; 2 Corinthians 12:20 ; 2 Samuel 2:26 ; 2 Samuel 2:27 ; Galatians 5:26 ; Isaiah 11:13 ; Isaiah 11:5-9 ; Isaiah 9:20 ; Isaiah 9...
Galatians 5:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...
Galatians 5:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But if — On the contrary, in consequence of the divisions which those troublers have occasioned among you, ye bite one another by evil speaking. And devour one another — By railing and clamour. Tak...

Galatians 5:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Galatians 5:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Galatians 5:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 5:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Galatians 5:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 5:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Galatians 5:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Galatians 5:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 5:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Galatians 5:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Galatians 5:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Galatians 5:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Galatians 5:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Galatians 5:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Galatians 5:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Galatians 5:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Galatians 5:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 5:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Galatians 5:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Galatians 5:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 5:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Galatians 5:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Galatians 5:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Galatians 5:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Galatians 5:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Galatians 5:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Galatians 5:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Galatians 5:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Galatians 5:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes