“ Ye did run well; who did hinder youa that ye should not obey the truth? ”
Ye did run well - The Christian life is often represented as a race; see the notes at 1 Corinthians 9:24-26 . Paul means here, that they began the Christian life with ardour and zeal; compare G...
(6) Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? (6) Again he chides the Galatians, but with both an admiration and a praise of their former race, so that he may make them...
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...
did run . were running. did hinder . impeded. Greek. anakopto . Only here. But the texts read enkopto . See Acts 24:4 , obey . Greek. peitho . App-150. the truth . i.e. Christ ( John 14:6...
7. Ye did run well. The censure which the apostle administers for their present departure from the truth is mingled with approbation of their former course, for the express purpose that, by b...
Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? Ye did run well - Ye once had the faith that worked by love - ye were genuine, active, useful Christians. Who doth hinder - Who...
Who did hinder you, &c.— The word 'Ανεκοψε, rendered hinder, is an olympic expression, answerable to the word rendered ye did run: and it properly signifies, "Coming across the course,while...
Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? х Etrechete ( G5143 )] 'Ye were running well' in the Gospel race ( 1 Corinthians 9:24 ; 1 Corinthians 9:26 ; Philip...
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...
Ye did run well. — Again, as in Galatians 2:2 , a metaphor from foot racing. The Galatians had made a good start, but suddenly changed their course. Who did hinder you ? — The metaphor here is n...
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...
Ye did run well ,.... In the Christian race; when they first set out in a profession of religion, they embraced and held fast, and were zealously attached to the truths of the Gospel; they were in t...
Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? Ver. 7. Ye did run well ] Why do ye now stop or step back? Tutius recurrere quam male currere, was the Emperor Philip's s...
Ye did run well In the race of faith, love, and obedience; in true, genuine Christianity; believing its truths, experiencing its graces, enjoying its privileges, performing its duties. The exercise...
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...
This was once your faith, your profession, and according to this you directed the course of your life and actions; who hath hindered you in your course, or turned you out of your way, or given you a...
‘You were running well. Who hindered you that you should not obey the truth?' Their progress and growth had been fully satisfactory, who was it now then who was hindering them from obeying the truth...
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 5:7 Spiritual Declension. I. The first test to which we would bring the professing Christian who is anxious to determine whether he is ceasing to run well is that furnished by secret pr...
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...
Ye did run well; who did hinder you, that ye should not obey the truth. I. The concession--“Ye did run well.” 1. Christianity is like a race. (1) It is laborious. (2) It is brief. (3)...
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...
Paul warns against the leaven of false doctrine:
1 Corinthians 9:24 ; 1 Peter 1:22 ; 2 Corinthians 10:5 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:8 ; Acts 6:7 ; Galatians 3:1 ; Hebrews 11:8 ; Hebrews 12:1 ; Hebrews 5:9 ; Matthew 13:21 ; Romans 10:16 ; Romans...
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...
Ye did run well — In the race of faith. Who hath hindered you in your course, that ye should not still obey the truth?