Galatians 3:10-11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:11

Paul further quoted Habakkuk 2:4, from the Prophets section of the Old Testament, to show that justification by faith has always been God’s method. Since Scripture says that it is the person who is righteous by faith that will live, no one can be justified by works of the law.In Galatians 3:10 Paul argued that anyone who seeks justification by works of the Law will suffer God’s curse. He or she will do so because he or she cannot keep the Law perfectly. In Galatians 3:11-12 he argued that... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Galatians 3:10

3:10 written, (f-19) See Deuteronomy 27:26 . read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Galatians 3:11

3:11 by (g-3) En . meaning 'in the power of,' 'in virtue of,' 'according to the principle and nature of.' faith; (h-22) See Habakkuk 2:4 . read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:1-29

Justification is by Faith, not Works1-14. The Apostle upbraids the Galatians with their speedy change from faith to legal observances, reminding them of the fact that their reception of the Spirit had not been through the works of the Law, but through faith, and appealing both to the testimony of their own consciences and to the teaching of sacred history in the parallel case of Abraham.Paraphrase. ’(1) You thoughtless Galatians have surely been bewitched. I told you plainly of Christ dying for... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Galatians 3:6-14

(6-14) These prolific results are due to faith, and not to the Law; just as it was faith which won for Abraham that imputed righteousness. Faith was the cause, blessing the consequence, which extends to all the spiritual descendants of Abraham. The Scripture distinctly foresaw this when it declared that the heathen too (i.e., those who believe from among the heathen) should be blessed in Abraham. The effects of the Law are just the opposite of this. Where faith brings a blessing the Law brought... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Galatians 3:10

(10) In this and the following verses the action of the Law is contrasted with that of faith, and the necessity of faith and the system of things to which faith belongs brought out into strong relief. The antithesis is: faith—blessing; law—curse. The “curse” was the penalty which the Law itself imposed upon all who failed to keep it. None really kept it, and therefore none escaped this curse.As many as are of the works of the law.—An expression corresponding to “they which are of faith” in... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Galatians 3:11

(11) In the sight of God.—Standing as a prisoner before His tribunal.The just shall live by faith.—The stress is on the word “faith.” It is faith (not law) which gives life. In St. Paul’s application of the passage, the word “just” must be taken in what is technically termed a slightly proleptic sense. A man is not just before the exercise of faith, but he becomes just by the exercise of it; and, in another aspect, the state of righteousness upon which he then enters is also a state of life.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Galatians 3:11-12

(11, 12) The Law could not bring a blessing. It could not justify. For the condition of justification is faith; and the Law has nothing to do with faith. Its standpoint was entirely different—that of works. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Galatians 3:1-29

Galatians 3:1 'How any man with clear head and honest heart,' wrote Sterling, 'and capable of seeing realities, and distinguishing them from scenic fancies, should, after living in a Romanist country, and especially at Rome, be inclined to side with Leo against Luther, I cannot understand.' References. III. 1. Bishop Winnington-Ingram, The Men Who Crucify Christ, p. 1. D. C. A. Agnew, The Soul's Business and Prospects, p. 1. T. Arnold, Christian Life; Its Hopes, p. 254. Spurgeon, Sermons,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Galatians 3:6-14

Chapter 12ABRAHAM’S BLESSING AND THE LAW’S CURSE.Galatians 3:6-14FAITH then, we have learnt, not works of law, was the condition on which the Galatians received the Spirit of Christ. By this gate they entered the Church of God, and had come into possession of the spiritual blessings common to all Christian believers, and of those extraordinary gifts of grace which marked the Apostolic days.In this mode of salvation, the Apostle goes on to show, there was after all nothing new. The righteousness... read more

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