Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Galatians 1:4
1:4 world, (a-18) Aion . 'age,' 'course of this world.' read more
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John Darby
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 1:1-24
St. Paul maintains the Validity of his Apostleship and the Truth of his Gospel1-5. The Apostle sends greetings from himself and the brethren with him to the Churches of Galatia, reminding them at the same time that his apostolic authority was not of human but of divine origin.Paraphrase. ’(1) I, Paul,—no self-constituted or humanly appointed missionary, but an Apostle divinely called by Christ and by God, who raised Him from the dead—(2) send greetings to the Churches of Galatia, in which all... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Galatians 1:1-5
I.(1-5) It is no self-constituted teacher by whom the Galatians are addressed, but an Apostle who, like the chosen Twelve, had received his commission, not from any human source or through any human agency, but directly from God and Christ. As such, he and his companions that are with him give Christian greeting to the Galatian churches, invoking upon them the highest of spiritual blessings from God, the common Father of all believers, and that Redeemer whose saving work they denied and, by... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Galatians 1:3
(3) Grace . . . and peace.—See Note on Romans 1:7.God the Father.—We may see by this verse how the title “Father,” originally used in the present formula to distinguish between the Divine Persons, came gradually to contract a wider signification. God is, through Christ, the Father of all who by their relation to Christ are admitted into the position of “sons” (Romans 8:14-17; Galatians 4:5-7). Hence, where no special limitation is imposed by the context, this secondary sense may be taken as... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Galatians 1:4
(4) Who gave himself.—Surrendered Himself, of His own free act and will, to those who sought His death. The phrase has a parallel in Titus 2:14, and appears in its full and complete form in the Gospel saying (Matthew 20:28; Mark 10:45): “The Son of Man came to give His life a ransom for many “; and in 1 Timothy 2:6 : “Who gave Himself a ransom” (the word is here a compound, which brings out more strongly the sense of vicariousness) “for all.”For our sins.—In the Greek there are three... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Galatians 1:1-24
The Unalterable Gospel Galatians 1:8 I. It is always the work of a critical stage in the history when the ways of escape are rigidly limited in number. The most appalling situations in life are not those from which we may flee through many doors. The graver the complications that face us, the fewer the feasible schemes of salvation from their cruel entanglement. And such common analogies have their special application to the subject of sin. If redemption is possible, it is inconceivable that... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Galatians 1:3-5
Chapter 2THE SALUTATION.Galatians 1:3-5THE greetings and benedictions of the Apostolic Letters deserve more attention from us than they sometimes receive. We are apt to pass over them as if they were a kind of pious formality, like the conventional phrases of our own epistles. But to treat them in such fashion is to do injustice to the seriousness and sincerity of Holy Scripture. This salutation of "Grace and Peace" comes from Paul’s very heart. It breathes the essence of his gospel.This... read more
Arno Clemens Gaebelein
Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Galatians 1:1-24
Analysis and Annotations I. THE TESTIMONY OF PAUL CONCERNING HIS APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY AND THE GOSPEL CHAPTER 1 1. The Introduction. (Galatians 1:1-5 ) 2. The Rebuke. (Galatians 1:6-10 ) 3. Paul’s Gospel Given by Revelation. (Galatians 1:11-12 ) 4. How Paul became an Apostle Independent of Jerusalem. (Galatians 1:13-24 ) The introductory words of this Epistle are brief and of deep significance. He speaks of himself as an apostle not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and... read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Galatians 1:4
1:4 {2} Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil {d} world, according to the will of God and our Father:(2) The sum of the true Gospel is this, that Christ by his offering alone saves us who are chosen out of the world, by the free decree of God the Father.(d) Out of that most corrupt state which is without Christ. read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 1:3-5
The greeting Paul wrote in most of his epistles was a combination of the commonly used Greek (charis, grace) and the Jewish (shalom, peace) salutations. The former in the Christian context refers to God’s undeserved favor that is the portion of His children. Galatians opens, closes (cf. Galatians 6:18), and is full of grace (Galatians 1:6; Galatians 1:15; Galatians 2:9; Galatians 2:21; Galatians 3:18; Galatians 5:4). The actual Greek word is chairein, which means, "rejoice," but this standard... read more