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@Ga1:1
The Galatians, or Gallograecians, were the descendants of
Gauls, who migrated from their own country, and after a series
of disasters, got possession of a large district in Asia Minor,
from them called Galatia. (Pausanias,Attic. c. iv.) They are
mentioned by historians as a tall and valiant people, who went
nearly naked, and used for arms only a buckler and sword; and
the impetuosity of their attack os said to have been
irresistible. Their religion, before their conversion, was
extremely corrupt and superstitious: they are said to have
worshipped the mother of the gods, under the name of Adgistis;
and to have offered human sacrifices of the prisoners they took
in war. Though they spoke the Greek language in common with
almost all the inhabitants of Asia Minor, yet it appears from
Jerome that they retained their original Gaulish language even
as late as the fifth century. Christianity appears to have been
first planted in these regions by St. Paul himself, (ch
i.6;iv.13;) who visited the churches at least twice in that
country,(Ac.xvi.6;xviii.23:) It is evident that this epistle
was
written soon after their reception of the gospel, as he
complains of their speedy apostasy from his doctrine,(ch.i.6;)
and as there is no notice of his second journey into that
country, it has been supposed, with much probability, that it
was written soon after his first, and consequently about A.D.
52
or 53: It appears that soon after the Apostle had left them,
some Judaizing teachers intruded themselves into the churches;
drawing them off from the true gospel, to depend on ceremonial
observances, and to the vain endeavour of `establishing their
own righteousness.' It was in order to oppose this false gospel
that St. Paul addressed the Galatians, and after saluting the
churches of Galatia, and establishing his apostolic commission
against the attacks of the false teachers, he reproves them for
departing from that gospel which he had preached to them, and
confirmed by the gift of the Holy Ghost;- proves that
justification is by faith alone, and not by the deeds of the
law, from the example of Abraham, the testimony of Scripture,
the curse of the law, the redemption of Christ, and the
Abrahamic covenant, which the law could not disannul;- shews
the
use of the law in connection with the covenant of grace;
concludes that all believers are delivered from the law, and
made the spiritual seed of Abraham by faith in Christ;
illustrates his inference by God's treatment of the Jewish
church, which he put under the law, as a father puts a minor
under a guardian; shews the weakness and folly of the Galatians
in subjecting themselves to the law, and that by submitting
themselves to circumcision they become subject to the whole law,
and would forfeit the benefits of the covenant of grace; gives
them various instructions and exhortations for their Christian
conduct, and particularly concerning the right use of their
Christian freedom; and concludes with a brief summary of the
topics discussed, and by commending them to the grace of Christ.
1 He wonders that they have so soon left him and the gospel
8 and accuses those that preach any other gospel than he did
11 He learned the gospel not of men, but of God
14 and shews what he was before his calling
17 and what he did immediately after it
* an - see on :
# ROM 1:1 1co 1:1
* not
# 11-12,17
* neither
# ac 1:16-26,13:2-4
* but
# ac 9:6,15-16,22:10,14-21,26:16-18 ro 1:4-5 2co 3:1-3 ep 3:8
# 1ti 1:11-14 2ti 1:1 tit 1:3
* and
# mat 28:18-20 jno 5:19,10:30,20:21
* raised
# ac 2:24-32,3:15 ro 4:24-25,10:9,14:9 ep 1:19-20 he 13:20
# 1pe 1:21 re 1:5,18,2:8
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* all
# phi 2:22,4:21
* churches
# ac 9:31,15:41,16:5-6,18:23 1co 16:1
@Ga1:3
# ro 1:7 1co 1:3 2co 1:2,13:14 ep 1:2 phi 1:2 col 1:2 1th 1:1
# 2th 1:2 2jno 3
@Ga1:4
* gave
# 2:20 mat 20:28,26:28 mar 10:45 lu 22:19 jno 10:11,17,18
# ro 4:25 ep 5:2 1ti 2:6 tit 2:14 he 9:14,10:9,10 1pe 2:24,3:18
# 1jno 2:2,3:16 re 1:5
* from
# 6:14 is 65:17 jno 12:31,14:30,15:18,19,17:14,15 ro 12:2
# 2co 4:4 ep 2:2,6:12 he 2:5,6:5 ja 4:4 1jno 2:15-17,5:4,5,19,
20
# re 5:9,7:9
* according
# ps 40:8 mat 26:42 lu 22:42 jno 5:30,6:38,14:30,31 ro 8:3,27,
32
# ep 1:3,11 he 10:4-10
* our
# mat 6:9 ro 1:7 ep 1:2 phi 4:20 1th 3:11,13 2th 2:16
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* whom
# 1ch 29:13 ps 41:13,72:19 is 24:15,42:12 mat 6:13 lu 2:14
# ro 11:36,16:27 ep 1:12 phi 4:20 1ti 1:17 2ti 4:18 he 13:21
# 1pe 5:11 2pe 3:18 jude 25 re 4:9-11,5:12,7:12,14:7
* amen - see on :
# MAT 28:20
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* marvel
# mar 6:6 jno 9:30
* so
# 3:1-5,4:9-15,5:4,7 ps 106:13 is 29:13 je 2:12,13
* that called
# 5:8 1co 4:15 2th 2:14 2ti 1:9 1pe 1:15 2pe 1:3
* the grace
# ac 15:11 ro 5:2 1ti 1:14 2ti 2:1 re 22:21
* unto
# ro 10:3 2co 11:4
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* but
# 2:4,4:17,5:10,12,6:12,13,17 ac 15:1-5,24,20:30 ro 16:17,18
# 2co 11:13
* pervert
# 5:10,12 je 23:26 mat 24:24 ac 13:10,15:1,24 2co 2:17,4:2
# 1ti 4:1-3 2ti 2:18,3:8,9,4:3,4 tit 1:10,11 2pe 2:1-3
# 1jno 2:18,19,26,4:1 2jno 1:7,10 jude 1:4
# re 2:2,6,14,15,20,12:9,13:14,19:20,20:3
@Ga1:8
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