Galatians 5:7

Ye did run well — In the race of faith. Who hath hindered you in your course, that ye should not still obey the truth?

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 t...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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 prai...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Final emphatic statement of the dilemma, Christ or circumcision. Paul, speaking with all authority in spite of false inferences drawn from his circum...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

did run . were running. did hinder . impeded. Greek. anakopto . Only here. But the texts read enkopto . See Acts 24:4 , obey . Greek. peitho...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. Ye did run well. The censure which the apostle administers for their present departure from the truth is mingled with approbation of their...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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,...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Who did hinder you, &c.— The word 'Ανεκοψε, rendered hinder, is an olympic expression, answerable to the word rendered ye did run: and it p...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 (...
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 incons...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Run well ] before the Judaisers misled you. Who did hinder ] a rhetorical question.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 cours...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(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 call...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 21 THE HINDERERS AND TROUBLERS. Galatians 5:7-12 THE Apostle's controversy with the Legalists is all but concluded. He has pronounced...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
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 y...
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 hin...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 at...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 recurre...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ye did run well In the race of faith, love, and obedience; in true, genuine Christianity; believing its truths, experiencing its graces, enjoying i...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exhortation to Stedfastness; Persuasives to Stedfastness. A. D. 56....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 cour...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Galatians 5:9 . A little leaven. —Of false doctrine, a small amount of evil influence. Galatians 5:10 . He tha...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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....
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 Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul warns against the leaven of false doctrine:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 ; Hebr...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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⁷ Ye did run well; who did hinder youa that ye should not obey the truth?

Related Commentaries of Galatians 5:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

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